Hochei

Yesterday, the article in the San Jose Mercury News was that Sharks
general manager Doug Wilson was ready to pull off a trade. This
afternoon I get online and read this.

Wow! Well, I think Sturm and Stuart have huge upsides that could have
the Sharks regretting this trade. Primeau is a solid B-list player,
but no one who will make a fan cry himself to sleep. Thornton is a
huge boost to the team that is in sore need of talkative guys who
will motivate everyone in the locker room. He's a proven quantity
that will get even better over the years—although it seems like he's
already hitting his down-slide because I've been reading Boston press
on him for years and he matured so much earlier than Marleau, who was
drafted in the same year.

Bottom line, the Sharks are thinner on defense now, but with two all-
star centers. This season just got a lot better.

How does this relate to Moldova? Well, Dad sends me DVDs of Sharks
games, but other than that, not much. Oh yeah, and the trade happened
while I was in Moldova. So I'm writing about it.