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Originally Posted by automaton 3
This trade still hurts.
Why didn't someone, anyone in the Flames office stand up and say "whoa stop, this is madness!"
It was bad enough more or less giving Gilmour away, but to also throw in Macoun was simply insult to injury.
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All of the players going to Toronto in that trade were NHL calibre, except Manderville. Leeman was horrendous, and the rest coming back to Calgary were basically between NHL/AHL calibre. On top of all the players retiring after the cup win, it was the trade that put the Flames from elite level team to sub level. The worst trade in NHL history. People can compare a few 1 on 1 trades or 2 on 2, but a trade at this level hurt Calgary for years and years.