Raffi Torres has been traded to Buffalo for a second round pick and defenseman Nathan Paetsch.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, dammit howson…stop sitting on your hands and trying to give yourself a “stranger” and make some moves that will help with club….

Torres gone….sigh….for a guy that isn’t going to help us and a pick that will go either to trade for a 40-something washed up player or a young guy that needs 5 years in the minors an when he is ready they will trade him……damn you Columbus…make a move.

Don’t forget guys, Paetsch is just a salary dump. We knew we would be getting a pick for Raffi. Paetsch was thrown in only to balance the salaries.

First Manny (at the time)
Then Chimmer
Now Torres

Seriously when is enough, enough? Stop letting the good ones go!

because if we can or will, this will be a big win for us

sure it sets up next season….but I want to continually see progress….we do good then take a step back…do good, take a step back….

We got some good talent just its time to finish this by bringing in guys that will help our squad get over this hump of mediocrity…

Center piece for Mr. Nash anyone??? we are still waiting no matter how obvious it is….but hey lets go out and sign Mike Peca again…he should fill our needs for a cheap price. shame.

well that is an eventful trade deadline for the Jackets…lose Torres and Jurcina and gain a 2nd round pick and a Paetsch

I feel like the coffin has been closed on this season for the Jackets…So! Heres to next season and the hopes that it won’t look like this one ::shoots down shot of Jack Daniels::

Tom Reed now tweeting that Modin is gone to LA for a conditional 7th round pick.

we sound like Pittsburgh Pirates fans after some of the trades they have made(me included) about how we’re done with the team and then two weeks later we are back to rooting for the team. Who knows this team could turn it around and make a run to the playoffs, but somehow I doubt that. It looks like we are loading up for a run for the cup in a few years as apposed to this year

Please people, look at this handy chart before complaining:
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/cap-central/team.php?team=CLB

The three NHL players we dealt were UFAs. We were not getting them back, and to simply let them walk is foolish. We got SOMETHING for them, which is ultimately much better than nothing. Picard was a RFA, but is seemingly pointless here.

Look, we are in no position to make a playoff run, and leaving ourselves to rebuild our system and leave cap room for our current players.

For that matter, we’ve got a "new" player in Filatov, John Moore, and a few good-performing college players (Atkinson and now Rust) lined up. Also looking at the Hockey Buzz list, we’ve got LOADS of young talent, and with another year of experience, we are bound to get better.

We lost one player of real significance (Torres), and we could get him again in Free Agency. I’d consider this a good outcome for our team.

a. Season isn’t over til it’s over…probably won’t but you should still put your best foot forward and just try your hardest (other factors play into it other then us just winning…other teams could lose at the right times or someone gets hurt and a team has problems that weren’t there before, i.e Gonchar-less Penguins.)

c. Just because you have someone who is highly touted as a rookie, doesn’t mean he is going to just bloom like a Sidney Crosby. So pretty much when you trade for youth, essentially you are playing roulette with your future. It’s true, don’t deny it. Sometimes youth don’t pan out and then a club loses out….

d. Ok we have some picks…I’m not completely sour on these deals, I just wish we could have done more. So we are setting up for next season, I’m fine with that, I wasn’t expecting the Cup this year so I’m not that disappointed. I just hope that we REALLY ARE gearing up for next season…you can’t make playoffs then fall off the map, look at the Thrashers organization (they recovered poorly just to rebuild again.) Let’s just hope that Howson is really trying to make some moves in this upcoming season…not just saying he will.

 We have been playing it too safe I think, slow and steady might win the race but if the Jackets fail to get a few good winning seasons…probably won’t be in Columbus for us to worry about.

e. Ok, sure 1st line Centers are in short supply and high demand, but the point of me saying that was…How long have we known what are problems have been and not gone out and made a real push to fix that? We have passed over a few names in the last couple seasons that I think could of really helped us out…I think being a young team that is still proving itself does have some trouble luring people like Lecavalier or maybe Kaberle away from their present clubs but if you are willing to pay someone like Commodore all that money to play, then it should be a no-brainer to add someone of their caliber.

 I hope Nikita Filatov comes back next season…actually if he was still on the squad now I might not have such a big deal with people like Torres leaving because the offensively ability of that kid….we need scoring in Columbus and that kid’s got it.