Posted by Chris Iorfida on February 26, 2008 01:37 PM | Permalink
Vancouver has dealt Matt Cooke to Washington for Matt Pettinger, according to TSN.
It would be a trade of gritty forwards who've only played for one team in their NHL career.
Cooke has seven goals and nine assists in 61 games in his 9th season with Vancouver.
Pettinger has two goals and five assists in 56 games in his 7th year with the Capts. At 27, he is two years younger than Cooke and grew up in Victoria.
He has one year left at $1.1 million, according to CP, while Cooke is a UFA on July 1.
Washington have already added Cristobal Huet, Sergei Fedorov in a bid to win the Southeast Division and mark the franchise's first playoff bid since 2003.
Will Vancouver add a top-six forward before deadline's end? Update: David Nonis says he tried.
MORRISON ANALYSIS
Cooke is an unrestricted free agent this summer and wasn't likely going back to Vancouver. He leads the team in hits and was a pest, but they get a younger version in Pettinger who may be able to provide more offence.
Winner: Washington
Comments
Curious move, perhaps a salary dump for bigger things to come today?
Posted by: Tom Regina | February 26, 2008 01:49 PM
What is the point of this trade for the Canucks?
Just to say they made a trade on deadline day?
Posted by: charlie | February 26, 2008 01:52 PM
Salary dump. Cooke makes too much for a third liner with little offensive production. He's also seen his role as a flea diminished by the emergence Alex Burrows. Burrows has played more like Cooke than Cooke has for the last two seasons.
Posted by: Seagulls Vancouver | February 26, 2008 01:59 PM
Yes, no more Matt Cooke in the NW!
Posted by: Flames Fan Calgary | February 26, 2008 02:00 PM
There is no point to this trade, totally unecessary, if anything Matt Cooke is quite a bit better than Pettinger. Come Nonis give your head a shake.
Posted by: matt windsor windsor | February 26, 2008 02:00 PM
Thanks for the 9 years Cookie. Trade a wash, saving salary perhaps for a bigger trade, then again all that's left tends to be overpriced! I'll be surprised to see any more movement. GO CANUCKS GO!
Posted by: Melvo | February 26, 2008 02:08 PM
I think this was a pretty point-less trade..I guess the Canucks will save 0.5mil on the salary cap, but Cooke had some good chemistry going with that new line of Raymond-Shannon-Cooke..I hope it was a salary dump to pick up O. Jokinen or M. Ryder!
Posted by: Canucks Fan Vancouver | February 26, 2008 02:14 PM
yess!!!!!!! Finally Nonis has pulled the trade that will get us to the Cup!! Nonis, stop patting yourself on the back for your two year old Luongo trade and do something before your window of opportunity closes. You know what you had to do for over a year now so do it. I am getting tired of hearing "it doesn't make sense" or "there's nothing out there" or the "asking price is ridiculous"
Posted by: Sunny Vancouver | February 26, 2008 02:20 PM
I think Cooke is a good grinder, but his days in Vancouverland seemed to be numbered, this trade is nothing more then a trade of two players who are exactly the same type of player, although I find it a little surprising that the Capitals dumped one of there many Calgary Hitmen aluni
Posted by: Kelly Winnipeg | February 26, 2008 02:24 PM
Huet, Fedorov, now Cooke. So Washington is gearing up for...the golf course? Thank you Matt Cooke for all the time you put in here. AV didn't seem to appreciate your style.
Now to get rid of Cowan for a 7th rounder, call up Mike Brown and rescue Olli from Florida. Olli! Olli! Olli! Oy! Oy! Oy!
Posted by: Paul Vancouver | February 26, 2008 02:49 PM
Yet another block buster trade for the hapless Canucks. This trade makes no sense, where is the scoring help they so desperately need? The Penguins add Hossa, when they already have Crosby and Malkin, but don't give up faith, the Nucks now have Pettinger and all will be well, as they exit in the first round, that's if they make it
Posted by: Grant Kelowna | February 26, 2008 03:22 PM
What a waste of time...I guess Nonis realizes that no good trade would help this team win a cup...there's too many trades needed.....maybe next year we could trade Nonis.
Posted by: Bill Vancouver Vancouver | February 26, 2008 03:37 PM
wth are they doing this
Posted by: andrew bc | February 26, 2008 03:45 PM
What a surprise. Nonis is having a press conference right now and is saying the same things I've mentioned in my previous post.
Posted by: Sunny Vancouver | February 26, 2008 03:49 PM
what was nonis supposed to do? sick of people in vancouver whining about not getting a big scorer when the rumors included raymond, kesler, schnieder, and bourdon for richards or jokinen. needs to be realistic for a deal to be done, if not whats the point. will pittsburgh win the cup because of hossa? will dallas win the cup because of richards? lets have faith in the team that has brought us this far this season! don't jump off the bandwagon yet!
Posted by: nucks fan vancouver | February 26, 2008 04:28 PM