[VERVE]

Acquiring Hamilton is a win for Calgary but this kind of opportunity do not happen often. My take. Treliving got a gift from the Boston organization and it fell onto his lap. It was in a sense, "the Oilers are desperate for a top dman, well, screw the fired-Chiarelli and Edmonton, even when Edmonton had a slightly better offer, we are going with Calgary, your arch rival...How do you like them apples now, EDM?"

Now, this was probably viewed as a an Italian hand gesture of FU proportion from Boston's side. So Mr. Sather, a loyal ex-Oiler GM, winked and said, "Screw that, though I had better offers for Talbot, we will ship him to Edmonton and get this BOA going..."