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Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
The best would be for Lindholm to score a hattrick in his first game for them and then promptly scores 1 in 26 after.
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That’s the Jokinen move. I remember the flames being on an absolute tear the year they first acquired Jokinen. They were just a few points behind Detroit for first in the west. The Jokinen trade happened… he scored a hat trick in his first game and looked like he could have scored 3 more. Then, if I remember correctly, over the next two-three weeks, the flames lost Bourque, Bertuzzi, Langkow (i.e. all of their secondary scoring) plus Giordano and Regehr to injury. Jokinen struggled to produce and fit in with Iginla and Cammalleri. The flames ended up limping into the playoffs and faced the up and coming Blackhawks… got some horrible luck in that first round against them as well. The rest is history.