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Originally Posted by Locke
Sorry, thats not what I meant, I meant that we werent competing with or without Dion, so taking the Toronto deal, while underwhelming, wasnt really moving the needle so I doubt there were substantially better offers out there.
He still should have checked and he didnt, but the premise that 'we could have gotten more for Phaneuf' I think is flawed.
We could maybe have gotten younger, less established players, or draft picks, but that would make a significant shift in the team's strategy at the time plus the other team still has to even out the dollars to make the deal work.
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From my understanding of the situation it was basically a “He goes or I go”. Didn’t have weeks to mull it over nor was it it was something that was even on the radar. Given the timing it’s all management could do