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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
A reasonable point, but IIRC the trade for Kipper was Sutter reacting to an emergency situation - the injury to Turek and (I think) the backup, as well. Although he had prior experience with Kipper from his days as San Jose's coach, I doubt Sutter realized what a gem he was getting.
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If memory serves, this is correct. I believe he stated he wanted a goalie who could backup Turek for a bit and he knew Kiprusoff was underutilized behind Nabokov and Toskala. Sutter said about the trade that Kiprusoff had untapped potential equal to that of a starter but would let that play out in the future.
Little did he know that the future was now.