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Originally Posted by liamenator
Button should probably get a little more credit than he does for putting a lot of core pieces from the 2004 team in place: Conroy, Donovan, Gelinas, Leopold, McAmmond, Lombardi, Kobasew, Yelle, Ference, Lowry all acquired or drafted by Button. He kept Iginla in Calgary -- we forget today that the 2 year 13.5M extension signed before 2002 was no slam dunk. He also hired Sutter, though King may have gone over his head (not sure if that's ever been confirmed).
Button made a lot of mistakes and inherited two cornerstones in Iginla and Regher, but he built pretty effectively around them with what are today unimaginable limitations of resources and reputation. Sutter added Kiprusoff and fine-tuned at the 2004 deadline.
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I like Button as a person, but he actually screwed up in regard to McAmmond.
He played one year for us (2001-02), then was traded him to Colorado in October 2002, then traded back in March, 2003, but due to the rules at the time (waiver draft) McAmmond could not play for us the season we got him back (2002-03).