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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah he was and the evidence is in the prospect rankings thing we did over the summer where guys like him and Cundari were ranked ludicrously high by fans.
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A good indication of what Calgarypuck thought of Horak is the reaction to when he was traded. Here's the most thanked post on the first 2 pages of the thread...
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Originally Posted by 868904
wow overreaction here...
Smid is a quality NHL defenseman.
Horak really has no place on the Flames and Broissot is still years away and there's still a lot of uncertainty.
I really don't see how this helps the Oilers right now.
I see how it helps the Flames though.
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The other highly thanked posts talked about Horak being a depth prospect and being unlikely to pass anyone on the depth chart.
There were lots of negative posts, but they generally weren't thanked... it was like the nattering nabobs of negativity felt a need to post, while posters ok with trading Horak for Smid thanked positive post.
So at the very least, Calgarypuck was split on Roman Horak as a prospect. Although pretty much all of us really wanted him to succeed to rub Erixon's nose in it.