The deal was straight up, goalie for goalie, with the Montreal Canadians picking up David Aebischer.  To the casual hockey fan, Jose Theodore is more of the big name player, as he won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s most valuable player in 2001-02.  During that season he led the league with a .931 save percentage, but many believe he hasn’t been the same player he used to be.  The hockey fans on espn.com seem to be split on the decision on who at this point is the better player,  with the vote being 53%-47% in favor of Theodore.  Here is one analysts who thinks the Avs got the short end of the stick, and Theodore won’t rejuvenate his career making the switch from the Canadians to the Avalanche as Patrick Roy did.

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