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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
I don't think you are remembering correctly. The Flames and Roberts made a mutual decision to trade him to an Eastern team so his injury recovery would be helped by the easier travel schedule. Roberts went on to play the rest of his career in the East.
The Flames made a lot of bad moves in the 90s but this was not one of them. Considering they would have lost Roberts for nothing if he retired or left for the East as a free agent getting Cassels and Giguere for Roberts and Kidd was a decent trade.
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A lot of people thought that Roberts was done as a key player at that point, but he ended up being productive after that.
He was my favourite player at the time.