News – Sharks Get 1st, 2nd and 4th From Toronto For Toskala And Bell – San Jose Sharks

News – Sharks Get 1st, 2nd and 4th From Toronto For Toskala And Bell – San Jose Sharks:

The San Jose Sharks have acquired a conditional first round pick (San Jose’s option for 2007 or 2008), a second round pick in 2007 and a fourth round pick in 2009 from the Toronto Maple Leafs, in exchange for netminder Vesa Toskala and forward Mark Bell.

Running up to this a few days late, but what the heck.

From the Sharks point of view, I like this deal. It clears salary cap, it gets Toskala a chance at being a starter, and it clears the logjam at goalie. It ALSO removes Mark Bell from the picture — he simply had one of those years everyone wants to forget, and now he gets a fresh start elsewhere. I couldn’t see him coming back and being accepted by the fans, so this makes that a non-issue.

For the Leafs? it brings into question the Raycroft deal — you don’t like to deal for starting goalies two years in a row. I think they overpaid, unless Bell really returns to form. If he does — then this is a pretty fair deal. But to me, that’s a fairly big if.

Advantage sharks.

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