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Originally Posted by calumniate
To me this makes the Aulie trade look really bad  |
The Flames supposed defensive depth is now history as its now marginally stronger than their forward depth amongst their prospects. Unless one of those 2nd round picks turn into a top 3 forward or top 2 defenseman the Flames got totally bent over by the Rangers and the Erixon's and Co.
In regards to the Phaneuf deal Sutter was already giving up the best player in the deal and should have resisted moving the only prospect but we all know that the future was never his primary concern to him. That trade has been a disaster on all fronts as the Flames would have been better off trading Phaneuf for pick/prospects as they may one day have a quality player to show for the deal, Aulie to play this year, and a heck of a lot more cap space.
The last 2 years have been a disaster for the Flames with some very quality defensive players going (Phaneuf, Aulie, Erixon) out and overpaid junk coming in. Now they are going to have to count on guys like Pardy and Carson (if they can be retained) for quality minutes.