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OK, so how bad do you have to do your hockey job to get chirped by John Spanos?

I guess you have to trade a first-round pick, a second-round pick and a player like, say, Matt Moulson for a player like, say, Thomas Vanek and then trade Vanek for a second-round pick and a prospect who may or may not be a top-six forward.

That's what New York Islanders general manager Garth Snow did Wednesday as the clock ticked down to the NHL trade deadline.

Snow shipped Vanek to the Montreal Canadiens for prospect Sebastian Collberg, a speedy kid who was a Habs' second-round draft pick in 2012, and a conditional second-rounder (no pick will be involved if the Canadiens don't make the playoffs).