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Originally Posted by Samiz
Why are people so mad? Last year, everyone would be ecstatic if this was the return for Bouwmeester. We are most likely gonna stay top 3 without him and possibly higher with Kipper gone too.
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People get all huffy when the rumours of the actual value of players aren't true.
When Regehr was traded, the initial line was a 1st and Adam coming back...turning into outrage when the Flames gave up a 2nd/Kotalik and got back Butler and Byron.
When Iginla was traded, people dreamt up all the scenarios of how they could get a king's ransom back for what is effectively a 35 year old rental.
Now that Bouwmeester is traded, the rumours/dreams were always swirling around Rattie. So to get a young AHL all-star who is possibly NHL ready and some unknown goalie, with a 1st of conditional year, the disappointment again hits them.
That, plus I think we as fans are generally bad at gauging the value of cap space. 13.68 gone in less than a week is pretty drastic changes on the chequebooks of the owners.