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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
What a great hockey player. What a terrible trade. In the dead puck era we traded a 25 year old forward whose PPG average over a full 82 game season was 57 points a season, who had 3 out of his 4 previous seasons with more than 45 points, for a 2nd round pick, 3 years removed from his draft year who never ever scored in any league up to that point. Sad.
Hard not to think what could have been with Iginla being centered by one of the top 2 left handed offensive centers in hockey from 04 to 09. Trade probably cost the Flames a Stanley Cup and a couple more deep runs.
The article is tough to read, glad that it sounds like he is in a good place now.
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The Savard trade is the worst in Flames history. Even when Gilmour bolted we still had some franchise players left on the team. The Flames were the worst offensive team in the league and we traded one of the best offensive players in the West for a bag of rubles.
I'm very glad Gilbert has never stepped behind an NHL bench ever again.