Cam Ward for Todd Bertuzzi & Vaclav Prospal

[shook81]

I was recently offered Cam Ward in Exchange for Bertuzzi and Prospal. It is a 10 team league with the following settings:

12F, 6D, 2G, 8BN
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, Shots, SH%
GAA, SV%, W, SO

Here is my current roster:

Sidney Crosby (Pit - F)
Olli Jokinen (Fla - F)
Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl - F)
Derek Roy (Buf - F)
Michael Nylander (Was - F)
Brenden Morrow (Dal - F)
Saku Koivu (Mon - F)
Antoine Vermette (Ott - F)
Ryane Clowe (SJ - F)
Mike Richards (Phi - F)
Ales Kotalik (Buf - F)
Mikko Koivu (Min - F)
Ryan Whitney (Pit - D)
Sergei Gonchar (Pit - D)
Kevin Bieksa (Van - D)
Tom Poti (Was - D)
Cory Murphy (Fla - D)
Mike Green (Was - D)
Chris Mason (Nsh - G)
Manny Legace (StL - G)

Bench
Todd Bertuzzi (Anh - F)
Ryan Malone (Pit - F)
Alexander Semin (Was - F) DTD
Shea Weber (Nsh - D) IR
Alexander Radulov (Nsh - F)
Vaclav Prospal (TB - F)
Bryan Berard (NYI - D)
Marc-Andre Fleury (Pit - G)

I am a bit concerned about losing that much firepower when I already have three capable goalies (which with the exception of Legace haven\'t been playing up to par.)

Free agent forwards include:
Hamilton
Carcillo
Hagman
Zajac
Fedotenko
Samuelsson
Cogliano
Sturm
J. Jokinen
Steen
Bell
White
etc.

Lastly, I was impressed with Ward\'s off-season work and his consistency thus far. Carolina is looking like a good team...so do you think I should pull the trigger? I\'m over Bertuzzi...but I\'m hesitant to trade Prospal. Please advise. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Id do it in a heartbeat jsut because I\'m in the same kind of goaltending situation as you, and I know how important a goalie would be to you right now. Trust me, this is a good deal for you. Don\'t expect Cam Ward to keep putting up the same numbers, but expect some wins and decent numbers.

Some guy wants to get rid of Cam Ward, and I want to get him, but he\'s asking way more than that. I\'d be thrilled to pick him up for that. Bertuzzi is soft and is probably overrated, so youre mostly losing Prospal and a waiver player.

[shook81]

Good points. I think I am going to make the deal...especially considering that it is often much easier to pickup scoring than good goaltending. Karma for you...