Have we forgotten that Burke traded away our franchise center?

[maketrades]

More than ever I've started to see that while we got a great player in Kessel, Seguin is, and would have been for us, a much more valuable player. He would've been the franchise center we've been missing since Sundin.

I know there was a period in time where absolutely everyone hated the trade, then as Kessel proved himself people were like, meh it's a wash.

Last season Seguin had 84 points as a 21/22 year old.

I'm starting to despise this trade once again.

I would easily do Kessel for Seguin 1 for 1 right now no questions asked.

In case that's not enough, we could also have Hamilton playing with Rielly right now, in addition to Seguin.

So all and all **** you Burke. I hope you **** over Calgary just as you did to us.

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[Northern Dancer]

Oh great, another 20/20 hindsight thread. BTW Burke did not trade Seguin for Kessel.

 

[Schenn]

Quit living in the past. What happened, happened. You've had enough time to cope.

 

[Kessley Snipes*]

I don't recall Brian Burke ever trading Tyler Seguin for Phil Kessel.

 

[ACC1224]

Trade is never made if Rask was never dealt.

 

[maketrades]

So you guys are defending Burke?

 

[Diamond Joe Quimby]

What a thing to randomly think about at 11:35 am on a Wednesday in July.

That's my kind of vitriol.

 

[ACC1224]

So you guys are defending Burke?

It's more like they're making fun of you.

 

[Kessley Snipes*]

So you guys are defending Burke?

What a well-written and thoughtful rebuttal to our counter-arguments.

 

[King Mapes]

How can we forget? We get a new thread every few days

 

[Hurt]

There's actually an emote for this!



There's nothing to discuss further about this. He's long gone.

 

[Mess]

Burke no longer believes his accelerated re-tooling plan works. He learned his lesson at Leaf Nation expense.

Now in Calgary he is singing a whole new tune that Flames are building patiently through the draft process, claiming shortcuts seldom work and rebuilds take time.

He inherited Sean Monahan and they drafted Sam Bennett and now have two young promising centers they plan to build a core upon and feel they have a bright future ahead.