Avalanche trade Skoula for Sauer

[jkr]

Lacroix picks up some more toughness for his blueline. Everyone expects a huge deal from Lacroix ( it may still come) but he fills a need with this trade.

www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=73083

[seventeen]

I haven't seen enough of Sauer on which to form an opinion, but I have always liked Skoula. Lacroix obviously didn't, as he seemed to be in most Avalanche trade rumour stories.