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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I've never bought that for two reasons, one is basically that it was Francis writing that column and we all know that he's pretty much hated the Flames since they didn't treat him like the second coming of someone that's good at their job.
As some of the better reporters have stated, GM's will always feign shock and disbelief at trades and swear they didn't know that player X was available or they would have paid lots more to get him, it a way of protecting their jobs.
I have a lot of problems with any story that comes from the desk of Francis.
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Ah, forgot it was a Francis piece, that changes everything.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
I've always questioned how much of those stories came from "unnamed GMs" and how much was certain media types exaggerating comments to fit the commentary they themselves were running. The truth is, Phaneuf's name was linked to trade rumours for weeks. There is no way any GM worth his job wasn't aware that something was up. If they failed to make a call, that is on them, not Sutter.
As to the trade itself, my opinion then was that the best case was that it would have been an even trade. Three years later, it looks like I was right, though not in the way I hoped. Nobody on either side of the trade has done a damn thing for their new organizations. Both teams are probably worse off for it.
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True, however without Phaneuf I think they'd be contending with Edmonton and Columbus. It's a shame we never got a 1st out of that deal too, could've been a top 10.