This afternoon, Danick Paquette's name likely blew up in Google search topics as thousands of Washington Capitals fans probably wanted to know more about the unknown prospect they just received in a trade.
At 5 p.m. EST, Washington Capitals Vice President and General Manger George McPhee announced that the Capitals traded RW Eric Fehr to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a fourth-round pick and 20 year-old prospect Danick Paquette.
At the moment, this looks like a pretty fair trade; however, this is the kind of trade where we won't really know the winner for a year or two or three.
Eric Fehr is a former first-round draft pick and a one-time 20-goal scorer. Fehr is something of a sniper, power-forward hybrid. The 25-year-old Manitoba native is good in front of the net and has a hard and fairly accurate wrist shot.
Also, weighing in at 212 pounds (if memory serves me correctly, this stat is no longer correct as he put on about 12-15 pounds during the 2010 offseason) and standing at 6'4" tall, he has a body that can be thrown around well.
The problems with Eric Fehr are that, as a first-round pick who showed great potential— ...
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