Gusher
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- Jan 1, 2007
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You cannot seriously tell me that Pronger coming off the Stanley Cup finals had less value than Bertuzzi coming off a total crapshoot of a season with only one year left on his contract to boot.
If we really wanted Luongo and Lowe had moved fast enough, he would be an Oiler today. I have very little doubt about that. That's the thing with being a GM, I think we learned the hard way, the day the season is over ... the season is REALLY over. The next day you have to operate like you're starting again from ground zero. While we were stilling thinking about the Cup finals, our rivals, Calgary and Vancouver were already working on deals/targeting players to improve their rosters. And they did just that. I am still wowwed by the fact that Vancouver got Luongo for what they did and Calgary the same for Tanguay. Complete highway robbery.
Florida had just traded away their best player on the day Pronger demanded a trade. I doubt they want to trade away more of the future in a deal trying to land Pronger. They didn't give up Bouwmeester and Horton because they would be left high and dry with anything left on the team for the future. Florida wasn't in the position to trade for a guy like Pronger and expect the team to win the Cup. They would have had to make tons of more moves for them to be Cup contenders. They are still in rebuilding mode.
Bertuzzi having 71 points in 82 games on a mediocre Canucks team last season wasn't exactly a "crapshoot of a season" either.
And again, what makes you think Lowe wanted Luongo? Lowe was confident with Roloson, especially after the display Roloson showed in the Playoffs. Just because you wanted Luongo doesn't mean Lowe did. Even I always wanted Luongo here but just because he's not I don't blame Lowe for him going to Vancouver.