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Originally Posted by handgroen
i think saturday was a lousy day to be a flames fan.
we wake up in the morning and the hamilton personal issues are all BS, and we have a better than not chance of signing fox.
the trade happens, the return is modest based on our valuation of the assets we gave up. then we learned that the chips we had were only worth 60 cents on the dollar. so the trade is not so bad with that considered.
but finding out you got less back because your goods were damaged still sucks.
without knowing what i know now about hamilton and fox, i would never do the trade. knowing what we know now, i would do the trade. but it's still a kick in the nuts to find out we never had what we thought had in those two players.
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It's a thing for any fan base. You invest in cheering and hoping for the players on your team. You cannot help but grow an attachment. This is where the over evaluation comes from. Every teams fans think that trades are all about winning the trade in a fleecing. Anything less is a horrendus error in judgement by the people who know far more than any of us do about the game and their teams needs.
What I have read lately has been kind of a cup of water in the face of a lot of people. Sobering.
I just hope once the games get played and the players who are here now are not pre-judged based on the fandom of the previous players.
These kids are going to be good. damned good. We should be excited.