Blockbuster Moves!

The Missanabie Bears' General Manager, Julien Bergeron, was on the phone most of the night last night as he made two massive deals that will, in his opinion, make his team more competitive. Here are the details:

Trade #1:
To Missanabie:
-Cam Ward
-SPR DEC Free Agent Trade

To Springfield:
-Roberto Luongo
-Conditional Free Agent Trade: If Luongo produces 35 points or more between November 8th and January 1st, Springfield receives Missanabie's February Pick. If Luongo produces less than 35 points, Springfield receives Missanabie's January Pick

Some have questioned Julien Bergeron's sanity after this trade was made. It was fairly obvious that during last night's game, Cam Ward was injured with a massive cut to his upper leg. However, Bergeron gambled on the severity of that injury. It did not pay off. Earlier today, it was announced that Ward would miss weeks of actions, and probably would not be back until at least mid December.

That is not discouraging the General Manager though. This trade was orchestrated by the General Manager of the Kansas City Archangels, Carl Newton, who proposed his own trade with Bergeron. In order for the trade to work out, Bergeron had to free some cap space, so opted to ship out Luongo in order to do so, with Newton's help. The General Manager of the Springfield Hell's Satans, Brian Pittman, could not be happier.

Trade #2:
To Missanabie:
-Jordan Staal

To Kansas City:
-David Backes
-MIS DEC Free Agent Trade

This trade benefited both teams. Bergeron, who has been less than satisfied with Luongo's performance and recent injury had been planning on trading out his contract to Free Agency come this December. However, he also has been wishing to eliminate Backes from his team as well, who has been struggling severely. These series of trades not only eliminated Backes from Bergeron's roster, but it also gives Bergeron Springfield's December Free Agent trade to utilize to eliminate Ward for a worthwhile goalie.

Meanwhile, Pittman is slowly building a team that can sustain itself while Ovechkin struggles to heal from his injury. With his signing of Patrick Marleau on November 1st, and now his acquisition of Roberto Luongo, things are looking up for Pittman, who came out to a rough start throughout October.

However, Newton's motives are questionable. General Manager of the Hamilton Tigers, Devyn Gagnon, accused Newton openly of tampering and taking advantage of General Managers that are desperate to make trades for the sake of trading. He pointed out that while Pittman and Bergeron received some decent players through the trades, Newton is still collecting December Free Agent trades, which now total up to three. He feels as if Bergeron sold his first place spot to Newton, and guaranteed him the season win. However, since nobody cares about the Tigers, nobody listened to Gagnon's complaints, causing him to become enraged enough to break Jason Williams', a forward with the Zaza Dancers, leg, putting him out for months.

Authorities were contacted in response to the attack. However, it appears that Pittman has hired the Zaza police department to play for his team while he continues to seek out actual players, meaning that Gagnon is likely to go without legal punishment. General Manager of the Zaza Dancers, Alan McFadden, demanded compensation of some sort from Gagnon. This resulted in Gagnon attacking Zaza Defenseman, John Michael Liles, severely injuring his shoulder. When asked for comment about the attack, McFadden had this to say:

"Shutting up now."

-Alan McFadden, General Manager of the Zaza Dancers

Current Standings:

Team	Points
Kansas City Archangels	237
Missanabie Bears	230
Hamilton Tigers	203
Hanmer Velocity	201
Springfield Hell's Satans	190
Zaza Dancers	170