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Originally Posted by CSharp
I think of the Brett Hull trade as being a future favor to the Blues - it`s a way of saying thanks for getting fleeced in the past and in the near future and for a Stanley Cup that Calgary really needed after the disappointing loss in the 86 finals.
The Gilmour trade is the worse trade of all time as it basically sent the Flames down a long path of to the Young Guns era. Then history repeated itself with the Phaneuf trade. Anyone who thinks we won the trade with Stajan will likely think the same with Leeman being the game changer from the Glimour trade. Both trades were the precursor to the Flames going down a dark path!
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Perhaps, but it was evident in 2009 that the Flames team was not going to ever do anything with their current makeup, so the fact that certain things happened to instigate a proper rebuild was not a bad thing.
The Gilmour trade was the first blow in a dark era that was largely caused due to financial problems.