The Jagr Experience (sounds like a Ludlum novel, doesn't it?) shouldn't cloud one's vision. True, the Caps need to get to being a grittier, harder to play, lunch pail kind of team, but teams that win do have a dominant force. Tampa Bay has Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier. Calgary, the epitome of lunch pail hockey this year, has Jarome Iginla. The teams they beat to get to the finals lacked the dominant go-to guy (although Primeau filled that role to a degree with the Flyers).
There is an old adage in sports that the team getting the best player wins a trade. It's not always true, but I think it is most of the time. What is to be gained in giving up a once-in-20-years player (literally, since a lot of folks think he's the best since Lemieux in 1984 coming out of amateur) for a couple of high-end, but perhaps not (to be charitable) franchise prospects?
Why is this pick so bloody difficult? Buyer's remorse before you buy?
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Play hard, shake hands, drink beer.
"LA needs two hockey teams like Switzerland needs two navies" -- Norman Chad (from "My 10-Point Plan to Save Gary Bettman from Himself")
