His comments read like a more modern-day, well-lawyered version of Cliff Fletcher's famous draft schmaft rant 29 years ago. "I'd rather have a lineup full of good players than a bank of a ton of ...

Kari Eloranta was traded for himself in 1982 A Finnish blueliner, Eloranta was the subject of a bidding war during the summer of 1981, with Cliff Fletcher eventually landing him for the Flames.

By the 1986 trade deadline, Flames GM Cliff Fletcher – a man who often made big moves to improve his team – wasn’t messing around. Four-time Stanley Cup champion John Tonelli had a strained ...