On Fri, 2 Oct 1992 09:55:12 EDT R David Smith said: >it gives the Canucks a solid second goaltender. It is just like the Whale to >trade away what little talent they have however. Once they develop Corrie, >they will probably trade him too. With Frank Pietrangelo and Sean Burke the top two goalies in the Whalers' system, Whitmore was expendable. He didn't want to play in the minors, which is the role Hartford had him pencilled in for. It looks like a pretty good trade from both sides: Hartford had an extra goalie who was unhappy, they needed a minor league goalie, Vancouver needed an experienced backup for McLean. Looks like both sides got what they wanted. The third-round draft choice represents the perceived difference between Whitmore's value and D'Alessio's (Whitmore's a [somewhat] proven NHL commodity, D'Alessio isn't).