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Originally Posted by Brannigans Law
It always really burned my ass how good St Louis, Savard, Stillman and Giguere were when they left town. Those painful years in the late 90's and early 2000's may not have been as bad. And dare I say if we had St Louis and Stillman in 2004 we'd have won.
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Without moving Stillman we don't have Conroy though. I'd argue we don't make the finals in 2004 without him.
I also am really bored of people complaining about St. Louis, he was undrafted and we gave him a chance, but then we waived him and no other team picked him up. Then he signed with Tampa and ended up in the right situation and he became a star. I don't think for a second St. Louis becomes the player he is today if he remained in Calgary's system.
The Giguere and Savard deals however very much bothered me. I don't think Giguere was given a fair shake here and Savard was traded for good reason, but the return was very bad.