It's lots of apples to oranges.
I don't consider it fleecing, when at the time the deal was reasonable. Like the Kipper trade. He was their third string at the time......and it's not like we destroyed them in the long run either. They continued to have great goaltending in SJ, for the duration of Kipper's career, and the pick worked out well. I am sure SJ would do it all over again if they had a time machine.
Hamilton. Yes on paper this is a fleece right from the day it happened. But for it to be even considered for the greatest in team history......Hamilton will need to play a large role in a cup win. The draft picks we gave up turn out to be busts, and Boston's team defence struggles.
Mullen fits both....right away it was a one sided deal on paper. He won a cup and scored a lot of points over his time here.
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