Well Calgary had nothing to match trading Conacher. Would we have wanted to trade Sven or our own first? I am sure Ottawa would rather have Conacher instead of the first we got from Pittsburgh or St. Louis.
Maybe Backlund might have got it done, but Conacher seems to be better than him right now, so that might not have worked either. They probably would have wanted Backlund and the Pens pick in return.
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