This has to be one of the absolutely stupidest threads on CP...possibly ever (but then again....).
The deal was, apparently, in the works for weeks. Both men had lots of time to think and talk over their options. D'ya really think that BT just calls someone out of the blue and says "Hey - let's do a swap. How about Player A and B for your player C and D. Seems good to me." And then gets an answer in 15 seconds ..."Um. No. You gotta throw in Fox or we're not budging."
There is ample time for both guys to get input - and by all accounts BT talks with his team pretty regularly. Rather sure that "someone" might have pointed out to him that Dougie was a valuable piece of the Flames core and he might not want to trade him. You think that might not have come up?
Seriously. Give your heads a shake.
Winners and losers in trades aren't determined in 15-second sound bites, by talking heads on TV or by posters in CP. They are determined by one thing, and one thing only: results.
And we haven't seen those yet.
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