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Originally Posted by Plett25
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...
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.
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To be fair, a lot of times those threads start out pretty vague with not a lot of information and people tend to react/overreact. I think as soon as the whole trade was confirmed it was pretty unanimous that the trade benefited the Flames and could have benefited the Oilers if Horak was actually playing there but his defensive play was just too damn good.
I think most people considered that Horak may have been a full-time NHLer, but there was no guarantee of that, but combine the fact that he returned an established NHL dman was pretty hilarious considering the Oilers' needs.