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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Weird list of players. Dion I agree with. Who cares about Stralman or Lydman? Those were nothing compared to Hamonic. Ference was a good trade that didnt end up working out but everyone was jazzed about it at the time. Same with Joki trade#1.
"Sure, his teams weren't horrible" yep they sure weren't. They actually made the playoffs each year, won a division and went on a SC run.
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It wasn't so much the players, but the circumstances around the trades and/or the return.
Lydman- Sutter traded because he didn't like him because he thought he was exaggeration his injury during the playoff run and got little return.
Stalman was a coup I thought coming from Toronto, then he turns around and trades him for virtually nothing.
Ference, agreed to a home town discount, only to have Sutter turn around and deal him. it was a sore spot with Ference, a popular guy in the room and likely eroded trust any of the players had in Sutter. Not to mention he was part of a trade that brought in a guy they knew was never going to sign an extension since he made it clear he wanted to play closer to his family in the States.