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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
I get the sentiment that we won that trade and with out question we did finally win that trade when that goal was scored by Stajan but nothing will take away from the fact that the flames basically traded away a Norris finalist who was entering his supposed peak years while receiving no futures of any kind back... truly a missed opportunity for this franchise who did the right thing in trading Phaneuf but honestly missed on bringing back futures along with what ended up being a solid bottom 6 Centerman in Stajan.
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Agreed. He should have at least gotten a similar haul to what the Avs got for Duchene. If Flames had coupled that with savvy drafting, it could have set the Flames up for many years. Instead, they got a couple 3rd line guys (maybe 2nd line if we squint) and a bottom pairing dman, and no futures. That was a horrible trade at the time, considering what Phaneuf was worth then.