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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I do find it odd that they replaced Ribeiro with Gagner, however. Silly trade by Edmonton, slight headscratcher for Phoenix, but brilliance by Yzerman!
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Ribeiro was actually released because of an attitude problem. I think this 3-way trade make sense. Oilers picked up they want. I know Tampa would have buy him out and he would have been free to sign anywhere. MacT doesn't trust that Purcell would sign with them by choice, so he asked Yzerman to trade him to the Oilers for a player with pretty much the same amount of salary. Yzerman got rid of two unnecessary contract without using their compliace buyout and received a draft pick for it. Phoenix needed to replace a center they released and picked up Gagner + an extra player and only gave up a low draft pick.
So i don't see anything wrong with the trades. It was actually a good one overall because all 3 teams fulfilled their needs.