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Originally Posted by MikeMc
I hate the Canucks as much as the next guy but this thread is pretty sad/pathetic.
"Hey losers who have finished higher than us in the standings for the last 5 years. That trading of a young center better than anyone in our system for another prospect in all honesty we could really use to rebuild our sinking ship of a franchise was soooo stupid.
Don't worry about who we just traded or who we got back for him. We are talking about you here"
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I agree with this. I don't think this thread good form in a Flames forum as why should it be thread worthy if a young Canucks player gets sent down? I don't think that the trade was a landslide win for the Sabres but I believe they got the better overall player as Hodgson is leading the league in scoring amongst 2nd year players and the Sabres plan on building the team around him. That's a good return for Buffalo as Kassian may be a top 6 winger but will never be a guy you build a team around. However I understand the trade Gillis made was with a disgruntled player that wanted out and my issue is why he and AV let it escalate to where it got to that point. The way AV and the Canucks treated him when he had back problems was kind of pathetic and I can't blame the Hodgson camp for souring on the Canucks. Considering the trade for Roy and the center issues the Canucks have had Hodgson would have looked really really good but it seems he and AV just were not going to work much like Gaborik and Tortorella.