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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
They had confidence in Vernon, but not much in Dadswell, hence the trade for a backup. The sad part is they had given away an excellent backup in Rejean Lemelin at the start of the '87-88 season.
I agree that Ramage was important in the '89 Cup run, but the trade was made to win in '88, and for that year the trade was a disaster: Ramage wasn't a great help in '88, Wamsley was injured and a non-factor; so in addition to losing Hull's potential scoring power, the Flames also lost their best checking forward in the trade, and got swept by the Oilers.
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All good points, though I am not sure Bozek was a better checking forward than Patterson, Tonelli, Otto, or Peplinksi.