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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I can kinda give Sutter a pass for Stralman, as he passed through a few teams’ hands before he established himself in Tampa.
But there’s no excuse for Lydman. Dealing him for a 3rd round pick, when he was already an established 2nd pairing d-man, and went on to be a really good #3D for 10 more years, was just inexplicable. One of the most under-recognized bad trades in the team’s history.
I think you’re absolutely right that Sutter had a very narrow definition of what he wanted in players, and that caused him to really over/under value a lot of guys and make bad deals.
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Didn't he trade Lydman because he wanted to sign Hamrlik and it was cap constraints...maybe I'm forgetting.
He also let Conroy walk coming off of 03-04 but replaced him with Langkow which ended up probably being a positive and a bit of a walk.
I always wonder if there is no lockout and the Flames could have kept that 03-04 team together a little longer without salary cap implications.