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Originally Posted by bubbsy
Bruins trade Joe Colborne, 2011 first-round pick (No. 30 Rickard Rakell), 2012 conditional second-round pick (No. 54 Mike Winther) to Toronto for Tomas Kaberle -> Solid solid trade. potentially (conditional picks) getting three assets for a guy they absolutely needed to get rid of.
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I keep forgetting about that trade. As "bad" as the Kessel trade was for moving out two solid first rounders for a top line scorer, the Kaberle trade was an absolute fleecing. Kaberle did sweet F all to help the Bruins win the cup. The entire time I was cheering the Bruins on for that run I kept noticing how completely useless Kaberle was.
At least when Burke lost his trade to the Bruins he still came out with a 40 goal scorer that continues to contribute to the team.
I also still hate to think about the Phaneuf deal. The Flames should have been able to land a much bigger fish (an actual first line center) and somehow that trade turned into the Flames getting bent over a barrel and getting a collection of useless parts.
If Burke puts together just one trade where the Flames come out as such clear winners he will be worth having in the organization. If he can help build a number of those trades throughout the rebuild then I can see the Flames being back in the playoff picture as legit contenders.