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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
You just said it was a bad deal and now you are backtracking saying he's trending to a serviceable defenseman, one that scored double digit goals and 40+ points last year. The fact is like Moon said before Phaneuf isn't nearly as bad as you and others like to paint him and a lesser defenseman such as Luke Schenn fetched Van Riemsdyk. It's not a bad deal for the Leafs until Phaneuf turns into a player so bad that they have to bury him on the depth chart as a #1 defenseman is a #1 defenseman and there are less than 40 in the league.
Give it up already as you can't win this argument.
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Well, if we accept your definition of "backtracking", then no, I can't win because you will just redefine every English word you need to to maintain the delusion that you are right.
Toronto did not make that trade to acquire a serviceable defenceman. They traded for what they expected could still be a superstar defenceman. If the Leafs got Dion Phaneuf, the superstar Norris-winning defenceman that we all thought he would be following his rookie season in this trade, then yes, the Flames would have gotten fleeced. As it is, Toronto may have gotten the better of the trade, but they hardly made out like bandits. And I question whether Phaneuf has brought all that much to Toronto.