And the winning bid for Thomas Vanek is...

[Shep]

To St. Louis:
Ryan Johansen
Roman Horak
Ryan Sproul

To New Jersey:
Thomas Vanek

[Scott]

LOL.. predicament now.

Deal..

[Chris]

Very nice. Didn't even notice.

[bills09]

I definately wouldnt of paid that much for Vanek, nice haul Shep

[bma]

nice..first legit silent auction on BBKL. Shep def kept the integrity of the auction throughout the whole process

[Scott]

nice..first legit silent auction on BBKL. Shep def kept the integrity of the auction throughout the whole process

And got paid, that's the thing too. Not saying Shep isn't a man of his word but as he'll tell you, most just want to get someone cheap..

[Shep]

nice..first legit silent auction on BBKL. Shep def kept the integrity of the auction throughout the whole process

And got paid, that's the thing too. Not saying Shep isn't a man of his word but as he'll tell you, most just want to get someone cheap..

It was pretty obvious the guys in there to try and get Vanek cheap, and the guys that were legitimately trying to get Vanek with good value, without being forced into a bidding war.

It was fun, such a variety of offers.

In total, I received 13.

[bills09]

To St. Louis:
Ryan Johansen
Roman Horak
Ryan Sproul

To New Jersey:
Thomas Vanek

[Scott]

I think I paid fair value.. sligt overpayment but getting the best player deserves that. No big deal.. I'm super happy with the trade.

[The BBKL Insider]

Good deal all around, I probably would have taken jimmy hayes, but still a good deal for shep and scott both!