And I think he was paid big money too early in his career. Seems to me his play fell off a bit after the contract D Sutter gave him - Sutter thought Phaneuf was the next coming of Scott Stevens and I doubt he ever would have traded him for peanuts like that on his own doing.
To this day, i'm still convinced Sutter was told to move Phaneuf ASAP for off ice reasons. IIRC he wasn't even shopped around the league.
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