The full deal on the trade:
To Calgary: Adrian Aucoin and his $4 million salary
To Chicago: Andrei Zyuzin and Prospect Steve Marr
Outside of a net gain of about $2.5 million this trade heavily favors The Flames, Zyuzin was quite useless last season and was scratched quite often. I actually thought he was gone as a UFA this summer... So there is absolutely no loss there.
What we gain with adding Adrian Aucoin, He has a Rocket shot and was clocked in a 102.2 MPH at the All Star game in Minnesota a couple years back, he's also a great leader and was the Captain of the Blackhawks prior to being traded to Calgary. Aucoin and Phaneuf will make for a terrifying tandem of one-timer doom on the power play and I feel bad for any shot blocker forced to stand in their path.
Aucoin does have a history of injury problems, but I think that is due to him being "THE" horse on every other team he's played for. In Calgary his minutes should fall dramatically less and he should flourish here with his former coach Mike Keenan.
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