Gotta be embarrassing for the Waterboy to have his miss on the front page of Yahoo with the title, “Goalie’s ‘humiliating blunder'”.  Oops.

That’s all I’m going to say about that.  Let’s talk about something good, shall we?  Today at The Puck Stops Here, there’s an article about the Dan Boyle trade that says it’s the worst trade of the past year, and I have to agree (although the Patrick O’Sullivan trade might be close).  Also, the point has to be made that Tampa has done an astoundingly poor job with the subsequent trades involving the pics and players they got for Boyle.  All the trades are pointed out in the link above, so if you’re interested in the individual deals, check that out.

Because I want to take my mind off of the Wild game, I tabulated all the assets that changed hands going into and out of the Lightning organization that were involved in the Boyle trade, and here’s the whole equation:

Tampa Bay loses: Dan Boyle, Brad Lukowich, Filip Kuba, Alexandre Picard, and a 3rd round pick.

Tampa Bay gets:  Andrei Meszaros, Noah Welch, Steve Downie, Ty Wishart, two 3rd round picks, and a 4th round pick.

So for a top-10 NHL defenseman, two solid blueliners, a marginal NHL player, and a pick, they get one decent blueliner, a solid prospect in Wishart, two players that are very questionable, and some middle round picks.  Not only was the Boyle trade bad, the suckiness of the trade was compounded by other major crap deals they’ve made this year.  Feel better about the Sharks now?