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Originally Posted by Bonecrushing Hits
The Gilmour trade was easily the worst, but while I realize this is the minority opinion, I would argue the Hull trade was right there with it.The historical narrative is that we won the cup because of that trade, I maintain we won the cup in spite of it. Yes they contributed, but seriously a back up goalie and number 4/5 d-man wasn't make or break that year. We were frickin' stacked.
Fletcher at the time admitted he knew what he was giving up... I think we could have more cup banners in the rafters had we not done it.
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I think it's because we were stacked is why he felt he could make the trade (they had four 40 goal scorers that year, including Loob and Mullen on the right side). Scoring wasn't an issue for the Flames. From 87-88 to 91-92 the Flames were 1st, 2nd 1st, 1st, and 5th in Goals For. They might have gotten not much value for one of the best goal scorers of all time, but they certainly didn't miss out on cups because of lack of goal scoring. The need for Ramage in the cup run was a lot more pressing than needing more scoring.
Who knows if Hull turns into the same kind of goal scorer if he's not getting first line minutes with Oates feeding him the puck.