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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
I always wondered (I was young at the time) but why did the Flames trade Reinhart after the 87-88 season? He once again had a very good playoffs. Not to mention, they ran out of bodies in 86 so you'd think they'd appreciate the depth -- and they actually could have used him because Suter was injured for most of the 89 run, like he was in 86. That almost bit them as he had a good series against the Flames with Vancouver in 89.
Flames made a series of bad deals with Vancouver in the late 80s. Brian Bradley for Craig Coxe, Reinhart/Bozek for a 3rd, etc. I wasn't really a fan of the Murzyn/Stern deal either though that was early 90s.
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I read something years ago about the Flames wanting to make the Canucks a bit better so they could beat the Oilers more often as to why Reinhart and Bozek were dealt there. Fletcher didn’t want the Oilers going 8-0 against them again.. Flames had MacInnis, Suter, MacCrimmon, Macon, plus Ramage did not really have a spot for Reinhart plus the injury concerns. Similar up front with Gilmour, Niewendyk, and Otto there was not much ice time left for Bozek so he was flipped to Vancover after the deal with St.Louis.
I would guess some of it was salary dumping as Gilmour, Mark Hunter, a Bozek for Bullard, Coxe, and Corkey was horrific for the Blues. So the Flames likely wanted to send some money out as they had added some pricier vets in the previous 12 months.