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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Can I just say that I'm apprehensive about trades made within a few hours of puckdrop on a game day?
The team probably doesn't need the distraction of digesting a trade of a teammate while they're hitting the ice in an important game.
Did Craig need to do this right now? Probably not.
Hopefully he considers saving these bombshells for off days next time to allow the group a little window of time to adjust.
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I remember going to the Flames-Flyers game on the 1st, which was the day after they traded Phaneuf, and an hour before they traded Jokinen+Prust for Higgins+Kotalik but there were rumors before that game that Jokinen had been traded but he played in that game anyways.
Honestly think that was probably my low point as a Flames fan. Their young stud dman traded for magic beans, they lost 3-0 to the Flyers and looked terrible (first time in my life I left a Flames game early), and then the guy we thought was our answer as a 1st line C (Jokinen) and a heart and soul guy in Prust were traded for Chris Higgins and Ales Kotalik. Man was late stage GM Sutter bad.
Honestly think that was the darkest time that I recall in the last 15 years for this franchise.