In my time as a diehard fan it has to be the 48hrs of insanity in 2010.
I wanted Phaneuf traded but was hoping for one of those 1 for 1 deals we see today like the Hall-Larsen, Jones-Johannsen, Subban-Weber etc. the fact they took role players from the 2nd worse team in the league was horrible optically.
The one thing that has helped that trade is Phaneuf completely plateauing and not able to duplicate his top seasons in Calgary. Stajan is a likeable guy but has been an overpaid bottom 6 centre here for the last 7 years. A 24 year old Dman a year removed from a Norris nomination should return more and at least a top 6 player or high pick.
Sutter didn't stop there flipping Jokinen and Prust for Kotalik and Higgins. Jokinen was expiring and Kotalik had another 2 years left on his deal. On top of that he was a healthy scratch 9 games prior to Sutter making the deal.
I was convinced these assets were going to be moved to land a top line centre. When it became clear that was not the case I was left devastated as that season had so much promise, then a horrible losing streak, followed by 2 terrible trades.
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