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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Yeah, I remember that. I think Lydman was coming off a concussion and old school Darryl didn't have the patience required. The other thing is, he needed a spot for Phaneuf and it wasn't fair to Tony to be a 7th defenceman, so Darryl made a quick trade with his buddy. Another thing is although the trade looked unequal on it's own, we made a few deals with Buffalo so it probably evened out.
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He never would have been the 7th. Gauthier was gone in the package deal for Langkow so that spot for Phaneuf was already there, and Lydman always got more ice time than Gauthier and Ference.
Phaneuf-Leopold
Regehr-Warrener
Lydman-Ference
Would have been every bit as serviceable as the above -Lydman +Hamrlik.
Maybe from the savings and ignoring shlubs like McCarty and Amonte, we could have afforded the Niederbros.
