Really odd trade that went down early this morning.
Pens get Phillipe Boucher
Stars get Darryl Sydor
On the surface, Pittsburgh gets an older D whose best years happened years ago in Dallas and LA for...an older D whose best years happened years ago in Dallas and LA
Both are in the last year of their deals. Both making $2.5M.
Sydor had actually played decently the past few games he dressed. But he had also expressed that he wanted traded. He was #7 on the depth chart now, and that's before Whitney (December) and Gonchar (March) return.
Boucher is a RH shot, which the Pens only have one (Letang).
But the deal still makes NO sense.