If anyone thinks we got the best trade available than they are blind Flames/Sutter apologists.
You trade a player if Dion's salary/calibre at the draft. The next draft there was rumors the sens were looking to move on from Spezza an they also signed puck moving dman Gonchar that summer so they were in the market
It was a knee jerk move and Darryl traded him to the most persistent GM who was more than happy to unload his useless crap he also got Sutter to toss in one of our only half decent prospects in Aulie
We also lacked a 2010 first with no prospects other than Backlund and we could have surely got one back if we held on until the draft
This mis-management of the Phanuef asset is a huge reason this team still relies on 2 35+ players that have carried this team for a decade to continue to do so
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