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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It really is quite a glaring missed opportunity that none of these assets were realized on when their value was at its highest. Russell and Wideman are the most obvious examples, but there are certainly others.
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It troubles me that management was so wrong with where this team was at, I think they bought into the hype TBH. I've always liked Hudler but I thought, at the time, that both he and Russell should've been traded at the draft, or at some point in the offseason. I'm hardly a hockey savant, but I just don't see why they couldn't see this. Buy low, sell high and leave emotion at the door. Hudler and Russell were never going to be long term solutions and the team is still building... so why keep them?
I can see why Wideman wasn't traded though. That extra year probably made other teams very nervous considering the first two years of his contract were so bad. It also doesn't help that the Flames don't seem willing to retain salary for some reason. Hard to fault BT for all that, but Russell and Hudler should've been very movable.