Last Summer, with the Montreal Canadiens trading PK Subban south the Nashville in their worst offseason trade since Chris Chelios in 1990, it decayed the Canadiens ability to contend. For Nashville, it was getting a Gretzky for a Gretzky.
But, I wonder if the Homestanding Canadiens really pulled off a Gretzky Equilizer? First of all, other than Guy Lafleur, they haven't pulled off a trade that they really won from. And, you'd be getting a player who'd be 29, not 19, 39,49 or 59.
We'd have to nudge a Cold War Breaking Icebreaker into actual sports trades, not decisions. If transferring was the only way out of Dwight Howard or going pro enough where the Los Angeles Rams got you sight unseen for a half a year on College Campus, that adds nothing and shortens the bonds.
To make matters worse, I think it would break and break badly on Pittsburgh and its Sports Culture. With No NBA or other Pro Basketball, it would make Western Pennsylvania's Winters Siberianly Angry. And, it would hurt the Pittsburgers Across America's Purchasing Power as Pittsburgh in the present sense is no bigger than St. Louis and worse and such a trade or inevitable "I Told You So" Move would have crashed negatively, or as negative as had the Penguins melted their lead against the Sharks last Summer.
Even though these moves would be inevitable one way or another, their being welcomed is a different and bad story all around.
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