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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
Not happy at all with this.
You can't move a player with that kind of potential with out getting a front line player back.
The Flames really got hosed here, IMO. Dion is a 24 year old player who has yet to hit his prime.
Hagman is good, and White is OK but the upside that Dion has is beyond what these two bring to the table.
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If not a front line player back, then you have to get strong prospects and/or picks back. You HAVE to.
Who cares if this team manages to squeak into 7th or 8th this year now with the couple of points added by these new players only to be bounced by Chicago or San Jose again? I certainly don't, not when you lose Phaneuf for 4 older players, with 2 of them being UFAs and possibly leaving after 40 more games or so anyway.
I'm not so mad about trading Phaneuf as I am about the return they got.
This is what convinces me something was going on behind the scenes, in the locker room, that basically forced Sutter's hand.