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Originally Posted by mikephoen
At the end of the year Fan session I was at a fan suggested the Flames should have taken anything they could get, even a 5th. Burke obviously scoffed at this suggestion, but Treliving added an interesting point.
Even though he wasn't here at the time, Treliving thought Burke did the right thing. He said that that teams do profiling of the other GMs in the league. He said his goes back six or seven years for each other manager in the league and it gives them an idea of who will fold at the end of a negotiation. He said it's very important not to get a reputation as someone who 'takes what they can get'.
Burke also blamed the messed up deadline on Gillis. He said that he was stringing so many teams along, telling them they were close on Kesler, that the every other deal was on the back burner. It was only at the very last minute that teams tried to move on to plan B, and at that point the Cammy was still behind Vanek, Gaborik and Moulson for most teams and time ran out.
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Guaranteed Feaster had this reputation. He lost pretty much every major trade in Tampa and Calgary.