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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Not a trade, but Button cutting loose Martin St. Louis and letting him go for nothing was one of the worst mistakes ever made by this franchise's collective group of GMs
The guy went on to to score 1013 points in 1065 games, as well as 90 points in 107 playoff games, and a Stanley Cup (obviously this one really stings).
1 Hart, 1 Pearson, 2 Art Ross, 3 Lady Byng, 5 All Star nods....
Just a ridiculous career, and Coates had him under contract FFS
Given away for NOTHING.
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Would St.Louis have had that career here in Calgary? Perhaps the one thing that motivated the player was the set back of being cut for nothing. Perhaps he wouldn't have been motivated in the Flames system to succeed like he did in Tampa. Perhaps LeCavalier and Richards helped forge him into the player he became. I'm not sold on the idea that he would have had anywhere near the career he had if the timeline didn't happen the way it did.