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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1275918" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>That's not really fair to the 'Hawks on the Hasek trade. Just like what's going to happen with Darling, there was an expansion draft coming up ('92, Senators and Lightning) and the 'Hawks could only protect one goalie. They had to trade one of the two or lose him for nothing. Everyone else in the league knew that and only offered pennies on the dollar in return. Getting a solid young top-6 forward in Daze out of the deal ended up being a pretty good return given the circumstances. </p><p></p><p>Belfour was the more established goalie and was actually four months younger than Hasek. He was the right choice to keep and was a Hall of Famer in his own right who eventually won a Cup (with a different team).</p><p></p><p>You want to blame anyone for Hasek leaving the 'Hawks, blame the NHL and it's ridiculously regressive anti-big market policies that continue to this day. </p><p></p><p>Now, the Belfour trade on the other hand... yeah, I'm not going to defend that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1275918, member: 26283"] That's not really fair to the 'Hawks on the Hasek trade. Just like what's going to happen with Darling, there was an expansion draft coming up ('92, Senators and Lightning) and the 'Hawks could only protect one goalie. They had to trade one of the two or lose him for nothing. Everyone else in the league knew that and only offered pennies on the dollar in return. Getting a solid young top-6 forward in Daze out of the deal ended up being a pretty good return given the circumstances. Belfour was the more established goalie and was actually four months younger than Hasek. He was the right choice to keep and was a Hall of Famer in his own right who eventually won a Cup (with a different team). You want to blame anyone for Hasek leaving the 'Hawks, blame the NHL and it's ridiculously regressive anti-big market policies that continue to this day. Now, the Belfour trade on the other hand... yeah, I'm not going to defend that. [/QUOTE]
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