Looking at the Phaneuf trade today I'd say there was no winner.
Leafs got a few good years out of Phaneuf, but while he was here the Leafs were garbage so he took a lot of crap. The Leafs ended up trading him for nothing to the Sens.
Flames got a lot of plugs and you still have one left on the roster who you would like to trade away for nothing but no team wants him.
But at the time that trade was pure garbage. The Flames traded Phaneuf and Aulie (who was a decent prospect at the time) for spare parts (I really liked White when he was with the Leafs though and thought he would have turned into something more).
Phaneuf is still a top 4 Dman in this league. He is overpaid but he is a much more important player than Stajan.
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