ConnorMcNugesaitl
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The Pronger trade was not something that would've been possible prior to the new CBA and we were straight up lucky. Hemsky and Stoll were drafted, we paid a dear price for Roli (1st rounder vs. what we paid for Talbot) Spacek and Samsonov were rentals only.
Pronger who was better than Hall ever has been was traded for a less than great return and we then whittled down those assets over time.
It's also easy to point to guys like Stoll and Hemsky when it's too early to say what we have in Puljujarvi, Yamamoto and Bouchard. We are a few young players stepping up from being a very good team, things are far from as doom and gloom as you have been preaching here for months.
What would've prevented the Pronger trade in the new cba?
As far as I can tell it was a player (Brewer) and prospects which ended up not panning out for Pronger. The Oilers didn't send any cash or anything to St. Louis.
It was a straight up hockey trade. One that was inspired by bad advice because they were told moving him would make the franchise more valuable.
But the trade was made during the salary cap era.