Still no idea what Razor meant when he said, very cryptically, on The Ticket last week that the Stars were about to "upgrade the herd." But the website www.rumormethis.com on Thursday cited a Florida newspaper as saying The Ambassador of Fun may be scouting the Lightning. Could it be there was something to the rumors about Martin St. Louis? Vaclav Prospal wouldn't be a bad addition, either, depending what we had to give up.
Here's what the blog reported:
"Carter Gaddis and Erik Erlendsson of The Tampa Tribune report that Dallas Stars and the Chicago Blackhawks have been scouting the Tampa Bay Lightning recently.
Stars co-GM Brett Hull and director of player personnel Dave Taylor attended Tuesday’s Lightning home game versus the Edmonton Oilers, though it is unclear which team they were there to scout.
A few months, talk was that the Stars and Lightning were discussing a Martin St. Louis for Marty Turco swap. However, Erlendsson speculates that the Stars might be looking at forwards Vaclav Prospal, Chris Gratton, and Andreas Karlsson.
Erlendsson also reported that while the Stars were scouting the Lightning, there were no Lightning scouts in attendance at Tuesday’s game in Dallas.
Blackhawks scout Marc Bergevin also took in the game, and according to both Gaddis and Erlendsson, he was at the game to keep a close eye on the Lightning.
Blackhawks assistant GM Rick Dudley and “at least one other Blackhawks scout or executive” were also present at the Lightning’s previous home game. Word is that Chicago is interested in forward Prospal, and are believed to be shopping forward Tuomo Ruutu."
2 comments:
Hell no to Chris Gratton
Turco isn't going anywhere. Smith will go and St. Louis is old, Richards or Lacaviler are more likely
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