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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I do wonder if it is absolutely necessary to have a hard 3pm EST deadline for trades though. Maybe they should have a system where the deadline is extended 3 minutes past the time of the last trade for situations like this. I still couldn't see it going on another hour.
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I don't think it would have mattered as Snow would have simply held out that extended 3 minutes. You can argue if Burke should have just accepted any lowball offer prior to 1:00 but he pretty well came out and admitted that the Vanek and Moulson situation made it extremely difficult seeing the Cammalleri suitors were waiting for those dominos to fall and seeing they fell in the last minutes there simply wasn't enough time left to get a deal done. Usually the big ticket guys don't go until the last minute but this year it did and being 3rd in pecking order hurt the Flames.
Burke isn't going to come out and say Snow is an idiot but I imagine he probably feels that way given how he held everyone hostage and then accepted almost the same deal Berra fetched for a player he earlier in the season gave up considerable assets for.