If anyone hasn't checked out that HF boards initial thread on this trade, you should do so. It's very entertaining.
The standouts for me;
The sheer volume of posts, like 160 in the first 3 minutes of the rumor, 1000 posts in the first hour, of just sheer disbelief, frustration and anger. "Whhhhaaat, I would have happily given up the 7th overall +++" types of posts.
The fans laughing that if anyone made up that offer prior to yesterday the mods would have locked it immediately for being stupidly unrealistic.
Everyone laughing at Bruins fans who were before laughing at everyone's proposals for Hamilton. They were specially mocked for jumping all over fans who had suggested Hamilton to Arizona for the 3rd overall, suggesting Arizona would have to add.
The fact that in typical HF fashion, no one outside Flames fans seemed to even know who our GM is. Every singly post either referred to the Flames in general terms "The Flames just fleeced the Bruins" or gave Burke credit for the trade (this was very common).
And my personal favorite (anyone who's been there knows those guys treat draft picks like gold and way over value them compared to picks), the guy who posted; "Wow, when HF sides with the team that gave up picks, you know it's a one sided trade!".
Basically it was a month of Bruins fans mocking everyone and laughing off every proposal, and in the process convincing themselves that if they lost Hamilton it would be for anyone Boston wanted outside of the top 2, PLUS add ins. Followed by the Flames grabbing him for an offer that would have been deleted on their site for being absurd. Hahaha, so awesome.
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