TCTC
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- Mar 25, 2013
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Hextall could've made similar trades if he was serious about a long term rebuild. Giroux ad Voracek would've fetched similar or even better returns.The Carter and Richards trades are two of the best trades in team history, and they were both moves made with an eye toward the future. Couturier and Voracek are still core players on this team. Schenn and Simmonds moved on after several good years but we recouped Frost, Farabee and Hartman + a pick for them.
Holmgren certainly made a lot of disastrous moves after that but without those trades the team would have been mired in an even worse state for the past 6 years. The average GM makes a trade like that never.
Frankly, Hextall didn't have the balls to make that type of move. He didn't even trade Simmonds...