This is an exciting trade. Yes, there is risk with the contracts, but I did not think anything resembling a Huberdeau level player, plus everything else was coming back. It has the potential to be an absolute home run of a trade, and even the UFA risks come to fruition, they can move the players by the deadline for more return. I don't believe any other trade would have had this level of upside.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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