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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
It's baffling to me how much we won the Phaneuf trade...
Stajan is so awesome.
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We traded a first pairing defenceman, a 4th line forward and a decent prospect at the time for an overpaid 4th line center, an inconsistent scorer, a decent young defenceman and a 4th liner. Cancel out Sjostrom and Aulie with Mayers and White and we have Phaneuf for Stajan and Hagman.
Phaneuf, overly criticized in Toronto i get it (although most Toronto players are criticized), but he became their captain, had some good seasons and was their top defenceman far and away. We got a guy who has been our 3rd/4th line centre at a very very steep price.
Dion did cause some issues here, but you can't take away what he could do on the ice. So no, we did not win that trade.