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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
A better comparable might be Regehr (Regehr+2nd for Butler)..... if Burke can get Wideman+2nd for Butler-like return, that would be a better comparable.
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Don't forget about Kotalik
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
There was no pressure to deal Bouwmeester as he still had a year left on his contract.
If the climate for a trade isn't what you want it to be and you're in no position of weakness in terms of pending free agency, you don't get to plead mulligan because some goofs on some goofy message board think he's a buyout candidate and you managed to get a 1st rounder (bare minimum return for players of Iginla nd Bouwmeester's stature) and some throwaways.
There was no pressure to trade Bouwmeester if you weren't going to get value. That they got a predictable return for Bouwmeester isn't a feather in Feaster's cap. It's one of the reasons he was fired.hit.
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As stated above this was a pretty strong draft and an excellent time to load up on 1st rounders, not like Bouw was going to make us a contender this year. I'll take the gamble on the first half of Poirier's career over 1 more year with Bouw on a bottom feeder team. And I was a Bouw supporter.