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Originally Posted by Daradon
'Trades in today's NHL are very hard to consummate.'
It's like a third grader getting asked about his D in math and him replying, 'But Mommy... it's haaaaaarrrrd.'
And yeah MacTavish, trades are hard when you not only overvalue your players and prospects, but have the stink of perpetual 30th place finishes on you. Haha. No one wants losers.
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Exactly. Well said. It's like he's admitting that he can't make a trade. People can knock sutter's phaneuf trade all they want... He knew it needed to be done and he got what he could as soon as he could... Addition through subtraction cause his effect on the team needed to end. That was just after a 9 game losing streak for the flames.
It was controversial at the time and who knows what other deals could have been had but THAT was a bold move... Now, years later, looking at phaneuf with the leafs it feels like it was a good deal just to remove him from the core of the organization. You can see the same thing from guys like hall, eberle, yakupov, Shultz, etc. in Edmonton but they don't have the guts to do what EVERYONE knows should be done.