Andrew Rothstein at Puck Prospectus looks at a number of trade deadline deals and says the Olli Jokinen deal was worth it for the Rangers..."When Flames fans found out Sutter was dealing Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust for Ales Kotalik and Christopher Higgins, they were stunned by the lack of value they were receiving in return. Despite New York making yet another move for a veteran to patch a team weakness, they actually did well to only surrender a guy, in Kotalik, who has been horrific at even strength and gets by on chances only because teams love his size, hands and cannon of a shot."
...Rothstein mentions every advantage for the Rangers except for the two biggest. Opening of cap space by getting the remaining two years of Kotalik's contract off the books and Brandon Prust. The other factors aren't even relevant as far as I'm concerned.
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