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Originally Posted by TheChief
This trade was before my time as a Flames Fan. To me though (correct me if I'm wrong ) it signaled the end of a era of dominance and the beginning of a lengthy dark time for a franchise. Not long after many of the other cup heroes had left and the young guns were born.
Its funny looking back on the worst trades of all time and arguably you could say we have had 3 of the top 5.
Older Flames and NHL watchers will tell you that the flames were gifted a cup by St.Louis by fleecing their GM. (Mullen/Gilmour/Nattress), but in same token we traded away to them one of the best goalscorers in history in Hull. Some of my older friends will claim we wouldn't have won the cup without Ramage but I digress
Gilmour/Hull/Phaneuf, in my opinion 3 of the worst 5 trades in NHL history.
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This is a really interesting question.
The caveats with the Hull and Phaneuf trades mitigate them a bit.
Selanne, Roy, Neely, Messier are all pretty brutal (though I'd need to freshen up on contract statuses and the other considerations there)