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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Closing in on 1000 games played and 500 points. Say what you want about the guy but that's a very solid NHL career for a defensman.
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Solid but not elite.
But the article addresses this. He was well on his way to being elite. At the time of the trade it wasn’t clear if he’d never reach his potential or even his previous levels of play or whether those successes were a flash in the pan and everything would be downhill from there.