Panthers aquire pair of Senators
Hockeytraderumors.com is reporting that the Panthers have aquired Chris Neil and Chris Kelly from the Ottowa Senators. Details of the deal were not included.
Chris Neil:
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GW GT SOG Pct
2006-07 OTT 82 12 16 28 6 177 3 2 0 0 3 0 139 .086
2007-08 OTT 68 6 14 20 -3 199 0 0 0 0 1 0 78 .077
2008-09 OTT 44 2 4 6 -12 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 .047
Chris Kelly:
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GW GT SOG Pct
2006-07 OTT 82 15 23 38 28 40 1 1 2 3 0 0 131 .115
2007-08 OTT 75 11 19 30 3 30 0 1 1 2 1 0 124 .089
2008-09 OTT 62 7 10 17 -8 34 0 0 0 2 1 0 83 .084
Career Totals (Full) 305 43 72 115 42 180 2 3 3 13 4 0 454 .095
Chris Neil is definatley having a poor season, but is really more of an enforcer, so he can bring an extra physical play to the team. Kelly, though, looks like a much brighter addition, as he has past 30+ point seasons at Center and can give good depth at the position. He is also having a down year.
Both players down years could be a product of a poor year by the Senators in general, how much is their fault and how much its affecting them is not clear, but we might see a spike in performance suggesting they were being held down by others underpreforming.
Overall, I like this move depending what we gave up. I mean, c'mon, how often are the Panthers buyers at the deadline!?
One day, I will own a new NFL team, and to it I will sign:
QB: Michael Vick, RB: Ricky Williams, RB: Lendale White, WR: Terrel Owens, WR: Chad Johnson, WR: Plaxico Burress, WR: Chris Henry, TE: Jeremy Shockey, LB Ray Lewis, CB Deangelo Hall, CB Pacman Jones, DT Tank Johnson, and fill the holes with Bengles and Raiders.
Noone will #$@! with us, or we'll send our new offensive cooridnator Rae Carruth their way...