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Old 02-22-2017, 04:30 PM   #247
Enoch Root
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Originally Posted by dino7c View Post
no kidding, good enough for the greatest defense ever assembled...but not good enough for the Calgary Flames

such a dumb meaningless trade by guys who had no idea what they were doing

He still had another year on his deal for crying out loud
Sorry to derail, but that team was great defensively, but far from the best defense ever assembled.

The 1976 Canada Cup team boasted:

Orr / Potvin
Robinson / Savard
Lapointe / Vadnais
Watson

Ignoring Vadnais (who was a very good player) and Watson, the other 5 are all among the greatest defensemen ever to play.

Orr, Potvin, Robinson are all probably in the top 10 of all time, and Savard and Lapointe aren't far off.

/derail
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