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Originally Posted by Robbob
It has been mentioned, but the asset given for Fantenberg had more to do with the freak Stone situation.
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It didn’t though
Not only do those two play different sides, the timing doesn’t fit your logic as Stone was out long before that and was easily replaced internally, and he was coming back by the time we made that trade. He played two weeks after the trade and I’m pretty sure he was practicing before it.
Treliving got Fantenberg because he wanted someone with more experience than Valimaki who could play third pair in the playoffs WITH Andersson. Kulak fits that perfectly.
So really it was two “miscalculations” by Treliving (don’t freak out CP!!!). One in that he underestimated Kulak and let him go for nothing, and then two because he thought Fantenberg was worth anything even though we really didn’t need anything he brought and ended up scratching him when it mattered anyways because he is just not that good.
This forum should wrap their head around the concept that just maybe the guy who took two full seasons to realize Glen Gulutzan wasn’t a good NHL coach is capable of making bonehead moves from time to time.