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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Lou would be who I would pick, gun to my head. I’m not sure what his budgets generally were.
He didn’t trade for Stevens though. He was awarded him by the NHL as compensation for the Blues offersheeting Shanahan. He was the guy Lou wanted though. The Blues offered Cujo or Brindamour.
And then the Blues offersheeted Stevens the next year and he signed, but NJ matched and later successfully accused the Blues of tampering. The Blues had to give NJ 2 first rounders and $1.5M and the Devils still kept Stevens.
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I knew it was an offer sheet deal, but was just simplifying.
I didn’t know about the next year and the tampering, gonna give it a read. What a crazy time when those big names were getting passed around in related deals (add Pronger, Muller, etc - not offer sheets but part of related trade trees)
crazy to imagine how offersheet awards would play out today!
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