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killer_carlson · 07-28-2017, 11:17 PM

Anyone criticizing the Hull trade is looking at it with blinders on.

Ramage was an all star defenceman. An all star. Not some bottom pairing plug.

Wamsley was a backup goalie who could play 30 games which we needed. The Marc damour's of the world weren't getting it done

So in order to get an all star defenceman and a well established veteran goalie the flames traded a roster player and a top prospect.

Instead of Hull they could have traded:

Suter (coming off the Calder win)
Niewendyk
Roberts
Fleury

Flames were deep in high quality forward prospects. They had to give up quality to get quality back. Had they kept hull and traded Roberts it's still probably the same discussion.

So it's utter absurdity to include the Hull trade in this discussion every summer.

We added an all star defenceman.
We added a backup goalie who could play 30 + games and hold his own
We had to include a high quality prospect to do so
The other options would also have been the same loss
The young players we kept contributed to the cup win
And ... both acquired players contributed to the cup win

07-28-2017, 11:17 PM	#94
killer_carlson Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	Anyone criticizing the Hull trade is looking at it with blinders on. Ramage was an all star defenceman. An all star. Not some bottom pairing plug. Wamsley was a backup goalie who could play 30 games which we needed. The Marc damour's of the world weren't getting it done So in order to get an all star defenceman and a well established veteran goalie the flames traded a roster player and a top prospect. Instead of Hull they could have traded: Suter (coming off the Calder win) Niewendyk Roberts Fleury Flames were deep in high quality forward prospects. They had to give up quality to get quality back. Had they kept hull and traded Roberts it's still probably the same discussion. So it's utter absurdity to include the Hull trade in this discussion every summer. We added an all star defenceman. We added a backup goalie who could play 30 + games and hold his own We had to include a high quality prospect to do so The other options would also have been the same loss The young players we kept contributed to the cup win And ... both acquired players contributed to the cup win __________________ "OOOOOOHHHHHHH those Russians" - Boney M Last edited by killer_carlson; 07-28-2017 at 11:30 PM.