Being a Bruins fan, I wasn't at all surprised by the fact Hannu Toivonen was traded today to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for centre Carl Soderberg. What did surprise me is the Bruins actually appeared to get decent value back. Soderberg has never played in the NHL, or North America for that matter. He is a big body, and at 21 he still has plenty of time left to develop. Carl pretty much killed any chance of playing in St. Louis when he refused to report to the AHL after not making the team last season. As for Hannu, everyone knew his time was up in Boston. Once thought of as the star goalie of the future, Toivonen just never found his groove, very possibly as a result of being rushed by a bad team. With a depth chart of Fernandez, Thomas, and Rask it was a foregone conclusion that Hannu and his salary weren't going to spend another year on the Providence-Boston shuttle.
*On another topic, the Bruins and Blues are becoming very comfortable trading partners, having made three deals this past year, including the deadline deal when Petie C, desperate for change, was hosed into giving up Brad Boyes for Dennis Wideman.
*Other News- the B's have resigned checking line winger Jeff Hoggan to a one year two-way contract worth $495,000. I'm not sure why this money is being spent. Hoggan was often a healthy scratch last year and really did nothing to establish himself as a keeper.
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