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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Every GM has bad deals. The current darling, Lombardi, traded a first, Colin Miller and Jones for Lucic as a rental. Looch wasn’t bad there, but that’s a lot for a rental. He let Justin Williams walk without getting anything for him. A second for Cloutier was pretty bad too. Rutherford once traded Sami Kapanen for Patel Brendl.
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Definitely. I had just never come across that Burke deal since his other blunders got much more attention.
A lot of it boils down to timing. Coming off a couple of cups, Lombardi pushed a lot of chips in to try for another. Sometimes bad deals still make sense. Sometimes good deals don't (one might argue Hamilton 1.0 for instance).