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 Ragnarok73
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Registered: February 2011
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| PlusOne wrote on Fri, 06 December 2019 20:40 |
| Ragnarok73 wrote on Fri, 06 December 2019 21:26 |
Watching Larsson play now, it makes me shudder to think that at one time I actually thought getting him for Hall had its benefits. Chia utterly screwed the team to get a slight improvement on D, and it wasn't nearly enough to make up for the loss of scoring ability that Hall provided. Pistol Pete should never work in this league again unless it's for the Flames or Leafs.
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Ya, I think a bunch of us tried to convince ourselves he was an elite shutdown D on a fantastic contract. It made us feel better and took a bit of the sting out of the trade.
I even convinced myself he was a first pairing guy with the right partner, specifically one who could move the puck.
A few years later he is looking closer to Russell, an overpaid third pairing player.
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I can't wait to see Bouchard make it to the big league finally. The Oil need a true #1 D-man, and Evan is as close as they've got to that right now, or at least he will be once he's fully ripened in the minors.
"There's no greater springboard to development than failure." - Craig MacTavish, April 13/15.
5-14-6-1
"Sabres think the suck is their ally? They merely adopted the suck. The Oilers were born in it...molded by it."
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