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Originally Posted by Locke
I think it looks a lot better today than it did the day it happened.
We have Matt Stajan who is a consummate professional and has helped this team by buying into Hartley's system.
And we dont have Phaneuf. Which is great.
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Retro-actively evaluating a trade is never the right thing to do when talking about a players who's value or play declined since the trade. It's ok to say, hey GM X actually must have seen the potential in player Y he got in that trade making it look better today.
But when you are looking back on a trade and saying it's not as bad because Player X ended up not being as good as we thought, that means nothing because the deal at the time should have been reflected the players perceived value at that time. The Flames got fleeced because Phaneuf should have had a high perceived value, and the Flames failed to maximise it.