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Originally Posted by JD
Yes, I will (with an acknowledgement that there may be an error or two in this list):
Jarome Iginla - Coates
Craig Conroy - Button
Dean McAmmond - Button
Martin Gelinas - Button
Marcus Nilson - Sutter
Ville Nieminen - Sutter
Shean Donovan - Button
Stephane Yelle - Button
Chris Clark - Coates
Chris Simon - Sutter
Chuck Kobasew - Button
Kryzsztof Oliwa - Sutter
Oleg Saprykin - Coates
Steven Reinprecht - Sutter
Jordan Leopold - Button
Robyn Regehr - Coates
Rhett Warrener - Sutter
Denis Gauthier - Coates
Toni Lydman - Button
Andrew Ference - Button
Mike Commodore - Button
Steve Montador - Button
Miikka Kiprusoff - Sutter
Roman Turek - Button
Out of those 24, Button was responsible for bringing in 12. And he could be given credit for keeping the Coates guys around when teams like Buffalo were sniffing around for a Peca/Iginla-like deal. I'm not saying all these guys are equal or that Button was a great GM but you have to at least give him some credit. It's intentional ignorance not to.
And not to mention, Button's best move was likely (and ironically) bringing in Darryl Sutter to coach the team.
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