One thing about his contract was that a number of other Flames who signed at the time structured their contracts to leave some on the table - not a lot - but some.
Phaneuf squeezed every cent out. I always wondered how that played in the room.
To me the biggest drop in Phaneuf's game was when he lost Hamrlik as his partner. Hamrlik had very high hockey IQ and could cover for Phaneuf.
To this day I think Sutter blew that trade.
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