trentmccleary
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We sure did, but Heater forced us to deal with one team or nothing, and Spezza was on the back end of his career, was due a large contract, and was also able to nix a better deal.
What are you even talking about? Duchene himself, playing for our team, is better than the sum of the parts we gave up.
YOU got screwed because now all of a sudden Bowers is awesome, Turris is a #1 centre, and next year will be Hughes for sure!! The team didn't get screwed because Turris is a #2 centre, Bowers is a tier 2 prospect, and the first next year will be what it is, but is against the odds of being #1.
We have our #1 centre in his prime, try and enjoy it.
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That's quite a biased view necessary to make this deal look like anything but a colossal failure.
The Duchene deal was basically forced, dragged out so long in front of everybody.
Duchene had declined for years already, despite his young age.
Duchene needs to be signed to large contract or the deal looks even worse than it does now (just like the stupid Bobby Ryan deal that was a disaster from Day 1).
No, our team got screwed because they keep giving up way more than they get in every trade and have for at least a decade.
Duchene is a slight upgrade on Turris, nothing more. It may never be perceptible in the standings; which is huge problem considering the price we paid.
Bowers was a 1st round pick that we needed to play on the team at an entry level salary for a few years.
So was our 2019 1st rounder.
2018 (2.97 GPG) was the highest scoring season since 2005-2007 (3.08 & 2.95), back when Spezza and Heatley would average 1.30 points per game. Duchene just finished 76th in scoring with 0.72 PPG; those are Mike Fisher stats. We have a 1st line center now?
While I haven't obsessed about this trade over the past 6 months... I've consistently hated it when it was proposed, when it happened, after it happened and everyday since. There aren't enough spin-o-ramas in the world to convince me that Matt Duchene is worth Heatley or Spezza, let alone way more than either.
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