Okay, Something Else Was Brewing...

If you're a hard-core hockey fan, you know this already, but for those of you who aren't, the big and fairly surprising (at least to me) news of the weekend in Sharks land is that defenseman Dan Boyle of the Tampa Bay Lightning did in fact waive the no-trade clause in the contract he signed just this February and agree to be dealt to San Jose. The Sharks also got another Lightning D-man in the deal (Brad Lukowich), and sent Matt Carle, prospect Ty Wishart, and draft picks to Tampa.

I stand by my previous assertion that if the signing of free-agent blueliner Rob Blake had been Doug Wilson's only move to address the departure of Brian Campbell, it would've been inadequate. The Boyle deal (which I never really believed would happen) is quite the follow-up, however, and considered together the two moves seem...pretty cool.

Just a quick post for now. More tomorrow...