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Originally Posted by Macindoc
And sometimes it even works. In the trade that sent Brett Hull to the Blues for Ramage and Wamsley, it was the contributions of Ramage that put the Flames over the top to win the Stanley Cup, even though Hull was clearly the superior player (and went on to win the Cup with the Blues, so it was a win-win deal in a sense, even though the Blues got the younger and more skilled player).
The Stanley Cup is hard to win. So if a deal that involves giving up the more valuable long-term asset gets you a return that helps you to win when you are in your competitive window, and your gamble works, it's worth it.
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Hull never won a cup with the Blues, but he did put them on the map as a hockey team.