On paper it should have been a decent trade. Pick any other team and get back 2 top-6 forwards and a top-4 defenseman and you'd think it would have been good. But of course any trade with Toronto ALWAYS works against us. Ian White actually played decent upon arrival. Stajan SHOULD have hit 50+ points. Hagman SHOULD have hit 25+ goals. In hindsight it's easy to say it was a disaster.
On paper, absolutely it should have worked out. TBH I don't' really fault Sutter at all for what happened. Just like the Jokinen and Bouwmeester arrivals, they SHOULD have worked out. I blame B.Sutter more then anything. He is the king of misusing players and trying to fit a square peg into a circle.
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