It didn't feel like it at the time, but looking back 17 years later it's obvious: the Blue Jackets clearly won the Adam Foote trade that returned their disgruntled captain to his beloved Colorado Avalanche. They did so by taking full advantage of the assets they got in return - several times over.
Ask any long-time Blue Jackets fan who the most hated player in franchise history is, and you are bound to get one of two names: Jeff Carter or Adam Foote. A CBJ historian might tell you that Foote walked out of Columbus so Carter could run out of Columbus.