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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I thought it was a good trade. People expected way too much.
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You aren't wrong, but at the same time people were conditioned to expect a lot.
Last year being told that Andersson with 2 playoff runs was worth a ton to any contending team. Didn't happen, Flames were in the hunt and Ras was hurt.
Last summer, even after the initial drama of him only wanting to sign with Vegas there were rumblings of other deals that were a haul (Dreger's report of LA, which turned out to be not a haul either had it happened) or teams that would pay through the nose since he was the best RHD on the market.
The days leading up to the actual trade and twitter insiders telling fans that Danielson was on the table may have skewed some thinking. Hard to say.
But also the constant noise on 960 from Steinberg and his guests like Seravalli telling us almost weekly that Ras was going to command a helluva return.
Now, their idea of a great return and the average fans idea could be entirely different, and thats on fans for reading too much into it.
But I think there were definite reasons people had high expectations and felt let down.