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Originally Posted by Dajazz

I hated the trade at first, then came around, but recently I’ve started to hate it. Hannifin is Bouwmeester except he’s nowhere near defensively and sure, he’s young, so who knows. Lindholm is great for sure, but he’s a complementary piece and at the time he was not the player he is today.

Hamilton was and is a Norris stud, but he didn’t fit in to the North American “Big Bad Bruiser” stereotype so he got a lot of hate. Fox was looking good then, but I could not fathom this level. Ferland, well, in hindsight it’s a great trade, but at the time he was a bruising 20-25g scorer who could not only finish, but also skate and forecheck. Guess what we are lacking now.

This is why I’ve turned on Treliving, this and the Neal/Brouwer signings coupled with the Hamonic fiasco are three major failures. Add Ward and Gulutzan as well as the Tkachuk contract handling which was a result of his screwing up the cap situation.

I like the Rangers (Lundqvist Swede connection of course)so I’m happy for Fox though.

This team sure makes it hard for me to like it....

Funny, I thought the knock on Bouwmeester was he sucked defensively while in Calgary.