Also, the Leafs trading goaltender Tuukka Rask to the Boston Bruins in exchange for goalie Andrew Raycroft in 2006. The Leafs lost out on that trade big time.
@Jarkko Jousmaa leafs had rask and pogge. Pogge was rated above rask in all the prospect rankings. So leafs traded away their #2 goalie prospect for a rookie of the year goalie. Leafs didn't have a started at the time either. Obviously it backfired immensely but that was the logic of the trade. Every nhl critic liked the trade
The most widely regarded, lopsided trade in NHL history isn't even on your list. 1967 - CHI trades Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to Boston Bruins for Gilles Marotte, Pit Martin and Jack Norris
It wasn't just him. The city and team couldn't agree on a new building and the Canadian dollar was crap. That's pretty much what happened to the Nordiques
If Bill Wirtz had had the brain power to leave that team intact they would have won several championships. Tommy ivan and Billy Reay screwed up too. What Chicago did in the expansion draft that year was just as stupid. They let Glenn Hall go along with Ed Van Impe. and when Moose Vasko came out of retirement after a year, they let him go to the North Stars where he played three more years.
@@tomcherne2717 Amen, brother, amen. Wow, I had not thought of Elmer "Moose" Vasko in may years. The Hawks should have won at least 2 or 3 more cups in the '60s.😒
WORST trade in NHL History is Eric Lindros trade. Lindros for Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, the rights to Peter Forsberg, the Flyers' first-round pick in 1992 (seventh overall) and 1993 and $15 million. Only Forsberg himself was way better than Lindros ever was. Quebec later won Stanley cup as Colorado.
I wouldn't say Forsberg was way better than Lindros ever was, Lindros was an absolute monster at his peak terrorizing everyone and did win the Hart in 95. Sadly he suffered multiple concussions which affected his game and ultimately led to his early retirement.
@@chuckplaysgames7925 Look at Lindros' early career stats, the first seven seasons. Forsberg wasn't a _much_ better player if at all when compared to Lindros from that period. Lindros just had it even worse than Forsberg (who had it bad) with the injuries.
How the hell did you not include the March 1991 trade where the Hartford Whalers traded Ron Francis, Grant Jennings and Ulf Samuelsson to the Pittsburgh Penguins for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski and Jeff Parker?! The Hockey News said that the Whalers won the trade; but it turned out to be a lopsided win for the Penguins as they went on to win their first Stanley Cup in May 1991 (with Ulf Samuelsson scoring the cup winning goal) and winning a second in June 1992. The Whalers ultimately faltered and relocated to North Carolina in 1997. Francis became the perfect number two center in Pittsburgh, winning the Selke and Lady Byng Trophies on his way to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Probably because at the time of the trade it was hard to knew it was a bad trade, unlike trading Roy for a buckers of pucks or a Temmu Selanee with 1.32 ppg with one fo the worst NHL team.
Another crazy detail about that Gretzky trade: the Red Wings were in serious talks to bring him on board. Legend has it that Gretzky initially wanted the Wings too since he grew up idolizing Gordie Howe and wanted to play for Gordie's old team, but the prospect of growing the game in LA ended up winning him over.
I think in an interview his dad also told him there's only one Gordie Howe, make your own story (I'm paraphrasing). But, I think he says that in a Smartless interview.
@@z_wattski5821 That's one of the stories out there, the other was that Janet Jones encouraged him to play for the Kings. These things get so wrapped up in lore for all we know it was both.
I find it funny how the Habs fans felt betrayed when Roy left them when he was being blatantly mistreated by the new head coach by being left in until the red wings had scored 9 goals on him.
The irony in this event is that the new coach Mario Tremblay had stated publicly that he would treat Roy like any other player (given Roy's forceful personality) but he contradicted himself when he did not remove Roy after 5 or 6 goals. Tremblay's sub-conscience got the best of him.
No where near as big of a trade, but extremely one-sided: the trade that sent Kris Draper from Winnipeg (the franchise that is now the Coyotes) to Detroit. Detroit got the best third-line center in the league at the time, who consistently made life miserable for the opposing top line. He rarely scored, except when it really mattered, but he led the Grind Line which played a key role in powering Detroit's dynasty of the late 1990's and early 2000's. And what did Winnipeg get in exchange? Exactly $1. Actually, a bit less, because it was a Canadian dollar. I don't know what they spent that dollar on, but I hope that it was important, because they sure gave up a lot to get it!
The Kings traded for a gimp named Rick Martin for a draft pick that wound up being Tom Barrasso... The Kings traded for a sieve named Simmons for the pick that became Ray Bourque...
As a SoCal hockey fan who grew up in the 90s, it was definitely fun seeing the duo of Kariya and Selanne and seeing them both get 100 points a season... but the Ducks were mediocre at best because they relied almost exclusively on their first line to produce. The Gretzky trade TO the Kings in 88 ultimately was good for both parties... the Oilers traded Carson (at his request) for players that showed Edmonton they could win another Stanley Cup without the Great One in 90, and the Gretzky led Kings inspired a lot of new hockey fans in a non-traditional market... myself included... and they came close in 93... The Gretzky trade from LA to STL on the other hand... trading the great one for a 3rd liner, two nobodies, and two draft picks that never played a single NHL game.... THAT was one of the worst trades in NHL history. Thanks a lot, McMaster the Disaster!
Gretzky was a rental in St louis. LA would have lost him for nothing in free agency. So a 3rd liner 2 nobodies and 2 draft picks is actually a pretty good haul for the Kings.
That 88 Oilers/Kings trade was huge - as a Kings fan I was thrilled to get Marty McSorley. And then the Oilers threw in Gretzky - that was just icing on the cake.
@@shawnwharry952 I would have asked for a bag of pucks instead of the two nobody draft picks... and some cash since the Kings were bankrupt at the time.
To be fair, Milbury’s time as GM was mostly due to orders from upper management (specifically their owner Charles Wang) to cut payroll, even if this meant trading highly touted prospects. So not all the blame can be placed on Mad Mike
I'd say the Bruins trading Joe Thorton deserve an honorable mention. Trading him for a bunch of averages players was horrible. I know that Boston blamed Joe for their early playoff eleminations, but they traded a 1ppg big centerman for averages players.
Im a Bruins fan and undoubtedly one of the worst trades in NHL history was trading Joe Thornton (Right before he was about to turn into a star) for Marco Sturm, Wayne Primeau, and Brad Stuart. The Bruins didnt even bother trying to pluck draft picks away from SJ they were just happy with a collection of pure mediocrity in exchange for one of the bright young stars in the NHL. I still cannot believe the absolute stupidity of the trade.
The kid is too young to know the nhl existed before he was born. You can also add Toronto getting red Kelly for Marc reaume . Kelly won four Stanley cups in detroit as a defenseman and four more in Toronto as a center.
Espo and Hodge join Bobby Orr for multiple cup wins. One of the greatest steals in NHL history. Someone else said it, this guy thinks 1970 is prior to dinosaurs..
a) The Esposito trade that bought 2 Stanley Cups to Boston was a big time heist. b) Rick Middleton for Ken Hodge. Another big time Bruins heist. c) How can I take this site seriously when they can't even pronounce Barry Pederson's name properly?
Marcel Dionne going from Detroit to L.A was pretty 1 sided!! Murray Craven going to Philadelphia in exchange for a very over the hill Daryl Sittler was totally 1 sided too!!
The Gilmour trade was in 1991 not 1988. Gilmour won a cup with the Flames in 89. I think your getting mixed up with the trade that brought Gilmour to the Flames from the Blues.
Some trades can’t really be listed as the worst ever when you factor in circumstances Patrick Roy….in the middle of the season said he would never play another game for Montreal again. They had no choice and teams knew this. There was zero chance Montreal was going to get a good return because they had no leverage Wayne Gretzky…He requested the trade and if memory serves me he requested L.A. for family reasons. You also can’t consider this a bad trade when Edmonton won a cup without Gretzky and the Kings didn’t win one with him.
Gilmour was traded in 1992, not 1988 as he was part of the 1989 Stanley cup flames team. Still a terrible trade, Cliff Fletcher (the former flames GM) took the current flames GM (Risebrough ) for a ride.
Roy was never going to play for Montreal ever again anyways, so it really wasn't that bad of a trade to be honest. They had already lost Roy, at least they got something for him.
Thank the Red Wings for scoring a 10 spot on Roy that night. The coach left him in to rot whereas probably after goal number 5 or 6 he should have been pulled.
The Yashin-Chara trade also included what became Jason Spezza, which was a fleecing by Ottawa all its own even without Chara in the equation. that whole trade was a highway robbery.
The reality of the Selanne, Gretzky and Messier trades was that they were all due to money. The Jets simply couldn't afford Keith Tkachuk, Alexei Zhamnov and Teemu Selanne at the same time because they were a small market team. After giving a big raise to Tkachuk (because Chicago offered him a huge contract as an RFA), they had to trade Zhamnov or Selanne, and Selanne had a much higher potential return. Unfortunately, they got next to nothing in return for Selanne, who flourished in Anaheim alongside Paul Kariya. The Oilers traded Gretzky and Messier largely because the team's owner, Peter Pocklington, had other businesses that were struggling and he needed cash to stay solvent. The Gretzky trade got him $15 million US, and the Messier trade got him another $5 million US. However, these trades led to Pocklington being despised in Edmonton and eventually selling the team to a group of local investors, shortly after which he fled to Arizona.
Philadelphia trading for Lindros. They gave up Peter Forsberg, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, future considerations and two first round picks for a guy who was always injured. Quebec/Colorado went on to win the cup.
The Cam Neely trade included Vancouver's first round draft pick in the 1987 draft. The Bruins selected Glen Wesley. So, Neely and Wesley for Barry Pederson. Pretty good trade for Boston.
I have my serious doubts if Gretzky´s trade was worse than Messier´s. I mean, the Oilers still won a cup without Gretzky, and he did not win another Stanley Cup after the trade, he was the dominating force in the league, but didnt reach the carreer heights he had in the Oilers, and unlike the other trades mentioned here, it wasnt a situation improvement, he was almost the real loser of the trade, instead of the Oilers or the KIngs. In the other hand, Messier´s move was almost a ruinous event for the Oilers, and he went to win even more stuff with the Rangers.
There is never a guarantee that a player's performance in any given environment would have necessarily happened somewhere else. That's why lines get shuffled - to find combinations that work. Yes, there are standout players, but that doesn't make a team (ie Gretzky never winning a cup in LA)
i wouldnt consider the Patrick Roy trade to be a normal "trade". After montreal got blown out by detroit one game and the montreal coach didnt pull Roy, essentially allowing roy to let in something like 7 goals. Roy was seen pretty much telling his coach off after he was finally pulled. Apparently at that point, Roy refused to play another game there
Roy was a brutal trade as we got a not ready goalie & not even a star like Sakic or forsburg back...../ but worse than the Roy trade was recchi for Desjardins Dionne & LeClair then we trade rechhi back to Philly for zubrus...so essentially zubrus for recchi / LeClair/ Desjardins/ & dionne.
Tbh, Habs trading Roy and Jets trading Selänne AND calling them bad is debatable. Roy already had decided that he's done with Montreal = They needed a new goalie which they got in Thibault. Bad trade as a trade ofc, but they were pretty much forced to it. Just as Jets trading Selänne. Forced to dump value to get relocation cost down.
Actually that trade was basically Hull for the Stanley Cup It gave the Flames the depth they needed in the playoffs, depth they would not have had with Hull They had lots of depth at forward, but on defense or in net. I’m a Flames fan, and did miss Hull, but that trade won them the Cup
If they kept the pick, they likely would have won a Stanley Cup, most probably in 2004, before Niedermayer departs to Anaheim via free agency. Oh, and they do not acquire Bryan McCabe (Kaberle they developed)
It's so obvious Gretzky wanted to be traded. Its no different than the Pronger situation in 06. No way Wayne's american actress girlfriend wanted to live in snowy Alberta forever. Please.
Chicago have a made a string a bad trades first in the mid to late 90's trading away all their talent (Roenick, Chelios, Amonte, Belfour) and then again from 2016 onwards when Stan made a knee jerk reaction when they lost in the first round.
Only want to predict before I was almost need to have the Duchene, Turris and Avs trade. I mean it’s a win since I’m an Avs fan but man what a deal that was
All bad trades, but in 1992 the Chicago Blackhawks traded Dominick Hasek to the Buffalo Sabres for Stephane Beauregard and a fourth round draft choice. Beauregard played in 29 NHL games after the trade compiling a record of 3-13-1. Hasek, after the trade, won 376 NHL games including 80 shutouts. And he won 6 Vezina Trophies, 2 Hart Trophies, 3 Jennings Trophies, and 2 Stanley Cups. But, go ahead, and not consider this one of the seven worst trades in NHL history.
@@GVH1305 That's bullshit and you know it, it was never about his wife, it was always about the owner of the Oilers being a sack of shit and cared more about money rather than having good players
Toronto trading away Tyler Sequin and Dougie Hamilton to get Full Kessel is the worst trade in NHL history, because it didn't need to be made. Many of the trades on your list were made either because the player wanted out or the team couldn't afford to re-sign them.
Worst trade made has to go to the Leafs for trading Wendal Clark S. Lafavre trade for Sundin. The Leafs went from a team that had made it to the third round two years in a row to a team that didn't win another playoff series for 5 years. They made two quick playoff exits followed by two years of no playoff appearances at all. It took them 5 years to recover. Clark would have played easily 50 games a year, got them into the playoffs year after year, looking at his record after the trade that's how many games he played. I checked. They were wrong about his back. 50 games a year would have got them into the playoffs year after year and likely winning several series. Maybe a Stanley Cup. Mats played mostly all season long, almost every game, they didn't make it out of the first round for 5 years. Without the trade they would have made it farther than being out of the first round and been contenders. A few small tweaks was all that team needed. But it wasn't just Clark and Mats in the trade. Stephen Lefavre was involved and he was as important a player as Clark and Sundin. After the trade up went Toronto's goals against. They had lost a great defenceman in that trade. That was the killer part of the deal. Stephen Lefavre who played another 9 years while the guy we got, defenceman Butcher played a year and retired. Up went their goals against. Yes they gave up too much to get Clark back-at that point he had lost his heart because of the trade and was no longer the same player. That's on poor Leaf mgt. for trading him when they were so close to being contenders. I'm looking at the whole deal, not just Clark and Sundin when I say it was one of the worst trades in league history. Stephen Lefavre played a bigger role than many realized in it. They made it to the third round two years in a row prior, after they didn't win a series for five years. I stand with my assertion "It was one of the worst trades in League history".
Wayne Gretzky was not traded by the Oilers. He was sold to LA for $15,000,000. The trade was McSoreley and Krush for the 5 assets. But even so, this still hurt the Oilers.
@@ScarecrOmega The closest he got was when he cheated his way to the Finals in 1993 (there was no way that wasn't a high stick on Gilmour), only to run into a Patrick Roy who was nearing his prime. The city of LA would have to wait nearly 20 years after for another Cup run.
The Roy trade was one sided but he was refusing to play after not getting pulled in a blow out game. He told the GM as he was leaving the ice it was his last game with the team! Gretzky trade was in part because the owner of the Oliers was hurting for cash, you didn't mention the money they received as part of that trade!
Calgary and Edmonton were low market canadien teams. They were bound to ship their hhof players to cut payroll and when they still could get something in return. In roys case he was done in Montreal. He refused to play. I would instead name trades like, red kelly to toronto, esposito/hodge to boston, näslund vs stojanov, francis to pittsburgh. Marcel dionne to la. As a flames fan the brett hull trade hurts. They got the grit on D they needed to win the cup but they did let go of a future franchise player.
Meh. Most of these are subjective. Gilmore had to be traded. Neely was a nobody at the time (nucks basically got Naslund and Bertuzzi the same way they lost neely). Considering what trades you posted, how do you omit calgary trading Hull?
Your timeline about Doug Gil.our being traded to the Leafs is incorrect, he was pary of the 1989 Stanley Cup winning Flames and wasn't traded to the Leafs until January 1992.
Lindros was the worst trade of all time. Haven't watched the whole vid yet but deserves number one. I mean Lindros was amazing but the amount phili gave for him was absolutely insane. Edit: guess I should say in regards to this though, he had to be traded for refusing to play with Quebec. So in that regard it wasn't bad because they had no choice.
Hard to say bad trade tho cuz even tho Forsberg is a HOFer and the avs had there run for years, Lindros went on to win MVP, play on the best line in hockey and led Philly to the finals in 97.
@steve spin it wasn't like the trade was just Forsberg for Lindros though. They got a lot more for decent players for him, including a whopping 15 million. Lindros was supposed to be the next gretzky but ultimately he came no where near that expectation.
@@coyrex1250 for sure. All i mean to say is that you cant really call it a bad trade when the guy u refer to as the bad part of the trade went on to win an MVP and led his team to the finals.
@steve spin well personally I do still consider it a bad trade solely for how much they gave up for him. Like Lindros was great as I say but a one time MVP for the amount they got for him made it a very lopsided trade
@@coyrex1250 yup, fair statement, cant say I disagree and Forsbergs my favourite player of all time but just in comparison to some of these trades i thought it was a bit of a stretch thats all. But talk about a regret; forcing a team to trade u then they win the cup and go on their years long run with another cup. Dayuuum man lol
The insane part of course is that the Oilers DID win an other STanley Cup after the Gretzky trade, while the best that the Kings could do was make ONE finals appearance. Still an insanely lopsided trade though!
@@LordBitememan its funny cause the coach was fired the next year so they traded one of the best goalies to ever play and kept the problem on the team only to fire him the next year no wonder no Canadian team has won the cup since roy did
@@redred222 Let's give some credit where credit is due here though: Patrick Roy was a LEGENDARY head case and while some of his antics were sometimes amusing (his skating the puck past center ice being a great example) they were often costly (look up "Roy statue of liberty" for a great example on the latter). Does it suck to get left in for too many goals? Sure! But Roy's mercurial handling of the matter was his own doing. In stark contrast you can look at the way Roberto Luongo handled getting left in for 8 goals against the Red Wings for a better way to handle that situation.
@@LordBitememan but how many cups did Luongo win ? Roy was a headcase but a proven winner at every single level of hockey and is in conversation for goalie GOAT
Griffin Reinhart to Edmonton for the 16th overall pick and a second and a third. The Islanders traded the second and third for the 28th pick which became Anthony Beauvilier and now they turned Beauvilier into Bo Horvat.
Plus that 16th pick turned into Mat Barzal. It's so funny how the only time Garth Snow ever did any thing good was when he traded with Peter Chiarelli. He also got Johnny Boychuk and Jordan Eberle in other trades with Chiarelli.
1st one .... TOTALLY wrong.... What choice do the Habs have when Roy publicly tells the team "this is the last game I play in Montreal".... ? should they have fired the Coach instead..? probably , but Roy forced their hand. They also could have gotten a better return for him. Neely and Wesley for Pederson..... 😅🤣😂- WOW ! .... That IS a steal. But one big trade you missed was the Paul Coffey for Jimmy Carson trade that put Detroit over the hump back in late 1993.
hard to call the patrick roy trade a bad one when montreal were left with no other choice but to deal him. when a player wants out that bad, you basically have to take bargain deals.
You need to do your homework a little bit more on these trades. Patrick Roy told Montreal he would never play for them again prior to the trade. It wasn't a choice it was a necessity. - prior to the trade Selanne what showing signs of being a dominant player... Yeah he only scored 76 goals in his rookie season...
Messier guaranteed a lot of things and nearly all of them didn't come closed to true, yet people only remember him guaranteeing that 1 Devils game win.
@@gxbrielwatches4088 Do you remember he guaranteed that the Canucks would make the playoffs? Of course not. He was way under a point a game when he was on the Canucks for 3 whole seasons. He also guaranteed winning other games too, not just that Devils game, but those didn't come true either. His Devils game guaranteed would've been amazing... had it been his own guarantee while he was in the NHL. It wasn't. Great, his guarantees can come true once in 100 tries, but you only remember the one that matters to you. People have very selective memories and only remember things when it concerns them.
Two things: First, Doug Gilmour was traded in 1992, not 1988. He won his only cup with Calgary in 89, so your information is wrong. Second, Patrick Roy demanded a trade after leaving a game in which his coach Mario Tremblay left him in for 9 goals against Detroit. Montreal was forced to trade him because he told the president that he would not play for Tremblay ever again. May have been a bad trade but the circumstances around it left Montreal with few other options, considering Tremblay was just brought on as head coach.
I don't consider the patrick Roy trade to be a bad trade for Montreal, they didnt have a choice patty literally told them he will never play another game for them. What were they going to do keep him on the team not have him play and still pay him or trade him and hope you get something out of it. You probably should of put the stupid andrew raycroft trade that sent tukka rask to boston where he played 15 seasons won a cup and a vezina and brought raycroft to toronto for 1 full season and 19 games his second year before being traded to Colorado.
Bruins traded Joe Thornton, Phil Kessel, and Tyler Seigen aii within a few years of each other's and I can't honestly remember one player that they received in exchange.
Few things that aren't mentioned, sometimes it's just about money. Can't afford to keep a superstar because of their salary. As well, wasn't Roy angry at MTL and wanted to be traded?
The Jets couldn't afford Selanne. The return was pretty decent and ended up doing well for the team 😂 the fact that you don't have the Andrew raycroft (who was getting cut by the Bruins) for Tukka Rask on this is hilarious lol.
When Joseph Stalin- I mean, Bill Wirtz- ran the Blackhawks, he and his mindless cronies had quite the knack for trading talented players in exchange for precisely nothing. I could never figure that one out.
Gretzky never won another Cup after leaving Edmonton. Martin Gelinas and Jimmy Carson both won the Cup with Edmonton, and were instrumental in the playoffs when they did, playing on "The Kid Line" with Joe Murphy. I don't know how other fans feel, but I'd be happy with a Cup over no Cup.
By far, the worst ever trade was the Lindros trade. Need proof: watch the trade tree made by Steve Dangle. The Nordques / Avs litterally built a dynasty out of that trade! Not saying that the Flyers didn,t get an absolute beast of a player in Lindros, but at the end, that trade was as lopsided as it gets.
This whole list could probably just be trades made by Milbury as Islanders GM
No doubt
Milbury- Lousy player, coach and G.M.
Correct he killed the Bruins too
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You forgot Peter chia
Also, the Leafs trading goaltender Tuukka Rask to the Boston Bruins in exchange for goalie Andrew Raycroft in 2006. The Leafs lost out on that trade big time.
The trade made sense at the time.
@@Ryan-vi2qy For me it doesn't. Why trade player before you see his potential? You should always give player a chance to prove his talent.
Sucked for both teams
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@Jarkko Jousmaa leafs had rask and pogge. Pogge was rated above rask in all the prospect rankings.
So leafs traded away their #2 goalie prospect for a rookie of the year goalie. Leafs didn't have a started at the time either. Obviously it backfired immensely but that was the logic of the trade. Every nhl critic liked the trade
The most widely regarded, lopsided trade in NHL history isn't even on your list. 1967 - CHI trades Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to Boston Bruins for Gilles Marotte, Pit Martin and Jack Norris
😂😂 asking a a youtuber to remember a trade from literally 60 years ago and acting like its such an amazing trade 😂😂
The Selanne trade only happened because the team was selling assets in order to relocate at the lowest cost. Thank you Gary Bettman.
It wasn't just him. The city and team couldn't agree on a new building and the Canadian dollar was crap. That's pretty much what happened to the Nordiques
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The jets got screwed twice. They were the best wha team but lost the team in the 79 nhl merger.
Worst was Chicago sending Esposito, Hodge and Stanfield to Boston for Pit Martin, Marotte and Norris.
1967 seems like yesterday sometimes. Milt Schmidt really took Tommy Ivan to the cleaners on that one.
If Bill Wirtz had had the brain power to leave that team intact they would have won several championships. Tommy ivan and Billy Reay screwed up too. What Chicago did in the expansion draft that year was just as stupid. They let Glenn Hall go along with Ed Van Impe. and when Moose Vasko came out of retirement after a year, they let him go to the North Stars where he played three more years.
@@tomcherne2717 Amen, brother, amen. Wow, I had not thought of Elmer "Moose" Vasko in may years. The Hawks should have won at least 2 or 3 more cups in the '60s.😒
WORST trade in NHL History is Eric Lindros trade. Lindros for Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, the rights to Peter Forsberg, the Flyers' first-round pick in 1992 (seventh overall) and 1993 and $15 million. Only Forsberg himself was way better than Lindros ever was. Quebec later won Stanley cup as Colorado.
Lindros was a great player and that team made the finals one year. Quebec won the deal but not the worst EVER getting Eric Lindros.
I wouldn't say Forsberg was way better than Lindros ever was, Lindros was an absolute monster at his peak terrorizing everyone and did win the Hart in 95. Sadly he suffered multiple concussions which affected his game and ultimately led to his early retirement.
@@Leinjaforsberg was a much better player. Both great but one much better
@@chuckplaysgames7925 Look at Lindros' early career stats, the first seven seasons. Forsberg wasn't a _much_ better player if at all when compared to Lindros from that period. Lindros just had it even worse than Forsberg (who had it bad) with the injuries.
That trade is still affecting nhl teams til this day!
How the hell did you not include the March 1991 trade where the Hartford Whalers traded Ron Francis, Grant Jennings and Ulf Samuelsson to the Pittsburgh Penguins for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski and Jeff Parker?! The Hockey News said that the Whalers won the trade; but it turned out to be a lopsided win for the Penguins as they went on to win their first Stanley Cup in May 1991 (with Ulf Samuelsson scoring the cup winning goal) and winning a second in June 1992. The Whalers ultimately faltered and relocated to North Carolina in 1997. Francis became the perfect number two center in Pittsburgh, winning the Selke and Lady Byng Trophies on his way to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Can't put every trade in NHL history on here, bud
@@michaelkeller5927 You can if the trade ruined a franchise.
Probably because at the time of the trade it was hard to knew it was a bad trade, unlike trading Roy for a buckers of pucks or a Temmu Selanee with 1.32 ppg with one fo the worst NHL team.
And Ulf Samuelsson taking out Cam Neely (and then getting sucker punched by Tie Domi years later with the New York Rangers)
Another crazy detail about that Gretzky trade: the Red Wings were in serious talks to bring him on board. Legend has it that Gretzky initially wanted the Wings too since he grew up idolizing Gordie Howe and wanted to play for Gordie's old team, but the prospect of growing the game in LA ended up winning him over.
I think in an interview his dad also told him there's only one Gordie Howe, make your own story (I'm paraphrasing). But, I think he says that in a Smartless interview.
@@z_wattski5821 That's one of the stories out there, the other was that Janet Jones encouraged him to play for the Kings. These things get so wrapped up in lore for all we know it was both.
It was because LA was willing to pay more money and players, Gretzky didn't have a complete say in where he was going
@@Outta-hz1ej Also true.
His wife wanted the spotlight in LA. She would never stay in Canada so 99 wanted the trade.
This list ignores some pretty important context particularly Gretzky and Roy
I find it funny how the Habs fans felt betrayed when Roy left them when he was being blatantly mistreated by the new head coach by being left in until the red wings had scored 9 goals on him.
The irony in this event is that the new coach Mario Tremblay had stated publicly that he would treat Roy like any other player (given Roy's forceful personality) but he contradicted himself when he did not remove Roy after 5 or 6 goals. Tremblay's sub-conscience got the best of him.
If I remember correctly, Roy also demanded the trade after the game.
@@travisrubright7179 when he was finally pulled off the ice he walked past Tremblay and told the general manager, "This is my last game as a Canadien"
Thats one of my favorite memories as a Detroit Red Wings fan, they also made patricia quit in 2002 WCF 🐙
No where near as big of a trade, but extremely one-sided: the trade that sent Kris Draper from Winnipeg (the franchise that is now the Coyotes) to Detroit. Detroit got the best third-line center in the league at the time, who consistently made life miserable for the opposing top line. He rarely scored, except when it really mattered, but he led the Grind Line which played a key role in powering Detroit's dynasty of the late 1990's and early 2000's.
And what did Winnipeg get in exchange? Exactly $1. Actually, a bit less, because it was a Canadian dollar. I don't know what they spent that dollar on, but I hope that it was important, because they sure gave up a lot to get it!
The Kings traded for a gimp named Rick Martin for a draft pick that wound up being Tom Barrasso...
The Kings traded for a sieve named Simmons for the pick that became Ray Bourque...
The worst trade of al time is Pittsburgh trading Markus Naslund for Alek Stojanov
I will forever thank pittsburgh for that trade
This is the correct answer.
As a Pens fan, that is true. Just scrolled the comments to see if anyone posted that one.
Stinky
Worst trade (if you’re a Blackhawks fan)
Hasek for Beauregard et al.
Best dam trade if you are a Sabres fan.
As a SoCal hockey fan who grew up in the 90s, it was definitely fun seeing the duo of Kariya and Selanne and seeing them both get 100 points a season... but the Ducks were mediocre at best because they relied almost exclusively on their first line to produce.
The Gretzky trade TO the Kings in 88 ultimately was good for both parties... the Oilers traded Carson (at his request) for players that showed Edmonton they could win another Stanley Cup without the Great One in 90, and the Gretzky led Kings inspired a lot of new hockey fans in a non-traditional market... myself included... and they came close in 93...
The Gretzky trade from LA to STL on the other hand... trading the great one for a 3rd liner, two nobodies, and two draft picks that never played a single NHL game.... THAT was one of the worst trades in NHL history. Thanks a lot, McMaster the Disaster!
Gretzky was a rental in St louis. LA would have lost him for nothing in free agency. So a 3rd liner 2 nobodies and 2 draft picks is actually a pretty good haul for the Kings.
That 88 Oilers/Kings trade was huge - as a Kings fan I was thrilled to get Marty McSorley. And then the Oilers threw in Gretzky - that was just icing on the cake.
@@shawnwharry952 I would have asked for a bag of pucks instead of the two nobody draft picks... and some cash since the Kings were bankrupt at the time.
To be fair, Milbury’s time as GM was mostly due to orders from upper management (specifically their owner Charles Wang) to cut payroll, even if this meant trading highly touted prospects. So not all the blame can be placed on Mad Mike
I'd say the Bruins trading Joe Thorton deserve an honorable mention. Trading him for a bunch of averages players was horrible. I know that Boston blamed Joe for their early playoff eleminations, but they traded a 1ppg big centerman for averages players.
The Flames traded Gilmour to the Leafs in the 1991-92 season, they acquired him from the Blues in 1988
Habs didn't have much of a choice in the Roy trade. He told them he wasn't playing for them anymore
Exactly. This shouldn't even count on this list. Roy demanded the trade and refused to play another game for the Canadians.
Im a Bruins fan and undoubtedly one of the worst trades in NHL history was trading Joe Thornton (Right before he was about to turn into a star) for Marco Sturm, Wayne Primeau, and Brad Stuart. The Bruins didnt even bother trying to pluck draft picks away from SJ they were just happy with a collection of pure mediocrity in exchange for one of the bright young stars in the NHL. I still cannot believe the absolute stupidity of the trade.
It is inconceivable to me that the Esposito/Hodge trade is not on this list.
Robbery of a trade for sure.
The kid is too young to know the nhl existed before he was born. You can also add Toronto getting red Kelly for Marc reaume . Kelly won four Stanley cups in detroit as a defenseman and four more in Toronto as a center.
Espo and Hodge join Bobby Orr for multiple cup wins. One of the greatest steals in NHL history. Someone else said it, this guy thinks 1970 is prior to dinosaurs..
@@wadeyearsago you are a wise man.
But for Orr's knee it would have established a decade of Bruins dominance.
Phil Esposito …… come on .
The chapters saying "Patrick Wa" has me dying laughing
a) The Esposito trade that bought 2 Stanley Cups to Boston was a big time heist.
b) Rick Middleton for Ken Hodge. Another big time Bruins heist.
c) How can I take this site seriously when they can't even pronounce Barry Pederson's name properly?
He also has no clue how to pronounce Selänne's name. I mean, no North American announcer ever learned how to pronounce his last name, but Tee-moo?
Marcel Dionne going from Detroit to L.A was pretty 1 sided!! Murray Craven going to Philadelphia in exchange for a very over the hill Daryl Sittler was totally 1 sided too!!
The Gilmour trade was in 1991 not 1988. Gilmour won a cup with the Flames in 89. I think your getting mixed up with the trade that brought Gilmour to the Flames from the Blues.
1976 Bruins trade Hodge for Rick Middleton! Not to forget the Espo trade that brought Ratelle & Park to Boston. and Savard for McNab.
This kid is unaware that hockey existed before 1990, LOL.
@@mikeprevost8650 used to say the same stuff to my dad and uncles back in those dark ages
Selanne trade.......I remember sitting in winnipeg watching a replay of him wearing a Coyote jersey saying his welcome Phoenix intro
Some trades can’t really be listed as the worst ever when you factor in circumstances
Patrick Roy….in the middle of the season said he would never play another game for Montreal again. They had no choice and teams knew this. There was zero chance Montreal was going to get a good return because they had no leverage
Wayne Gretzky…He requested the trade and if memory serves me he requested L.A. for family reasons. You also can’t consider this a bad trade when Edmonton won a cup without Gretzky and the Kings didn’t win one with him.
Gilmour was traded in 1992, not 1988 as he was part of the 1989 Stanley cup flames team. Still a terrible trade, Cliff Fletcher (the former flames GM) took the current flames GM (Risebrough ) for a ride.
Roy was never going to play for Montreal ever again anyways, so it really wasn't that bad of a trade to be honest. They had already lost Roy, at least they got something for him.
Should of fired the coach
Thank the Red Wings for scoring a 10 spot on Roy that night. The coach left him in to rot whereas probably after goal number 5 or 6 he should have been pulled.
The Yashin-Chara trade also included what became Jason Spezza, which was a fleecing by Ottawa all its own even without Chara in the equation.
that whole trade was a highway robbery.
How could you forget the Russ Courtnall for John Kordic trade?
I think you got the date wrong on the Gilmore trade as he was still on the Flames in 89 when they won the cup.
'92 off-season. I believe.
The reality of the Selanne, Gretzky and Messier trades was that they were all due to money.
The Jets simply couldn't afford Keith Tkachuk, Alexei Zhamnov and Teemu Selanne at the same time because they were a small market team. After giving a big raise to Tkachuk (because Chicago offered him a huge contract as an RFA), they had to trade Zhamnov or Selanne, and Selanne had a much higher potential return. Unfortunately, they got next to nothing in return for Selanne, who flourished in Anaheim alongside Paul Kariya.
The Oilers traded Gretzky and Messier largely because the team's owner, Peter Pocklington, had other businesses that were struggling and he needed cash to stay solvent. The Gretzky trade got him $15 million US, and the Messier trade got him another $5 million US. However, these trades led to Pocklington being despised in Edmonton and eventually selling the team to a group of local investors, shortly after which he fled to Arizona.
Love the videos! Always interesting info.
The Chara- Yashin trade is nowhere near on of the worst trades. It turned out to be a BAD deal. But one of the worst? Nowhere near
Philadelphia trading for Lindros. They gave up Peter Forsberg, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, future considerations and two first round picks for a guy who was always injured. Quebec/Colorado went on to win the cup.
They threw in a bunch of money also.
2:09 i’d say that’s an understatement. he scored 76 goals as a rookie in 93.
The Cam Neely trade included Vancouver's first round draft pick in the 1987 draft. The Bruins selected Glen Wesley. So, Neely and Wesley for Barry Pederson. Pretty good trade for Boston.
we also got Segei Samsanov who became Lucic & about 19 other players (too many to list) still have one on roster - Zboril
I have my serious doubts if Gretzky´s trade was worse than Messier´s. I mean, the Oilers still won a cup without Gretzky, and he did not win another Stanley Cup after the trade, he was the dominating force in the league, but didnt reach the carreer heights he had in the Oilers, and unlike the other trades mentioned here, it wasnt a situation improvement, he was almost the real loser of the trade, instead of the Oilers or the KIngs. In the other hand, Messier´s move was almost a ruinous event for the Oilers, and he went to win even more stuff with the Rangers.
There is never a guarantee that a player's performance in any given environment would have necessarily happened somewhere else. That's why lines get shuffled - to find combinations that work. Yes, there are standout players, but that doesn't make a team (ie Gretzky never winning a cup in LA)
i wouldnt consider the Patrick Roy trade to be a normal "trade".
After montreal got blown out by detroit one game and the montreal coach didnt pull Roy, essentially allowing roy to let in something like 7 goals.
Roy was seen pretty much telling his coach off after he was finally pulled. Apparently at that point, Roy refused to play another game there
As an avs fan, the Roy trade was a great trade.
Absolutely, but in hindsight it was TERRIBLE for the Habs
It was a giveaway.
Roy was a brutal trade as we got a not ready goalie & not even a star like Sakic or forsburg back...../ but worse than the Roy trade was recchi for Desjardins Dionne & LeClair then we trade rechhi back to Philly for zubrus...so essentially zubrus for recchi / LeClair/ Desjardins/ & dionne.
I know the flames trade wasn't great, but they went on to win the Stanley Cup the very next year, so it can't really be considered that bad.
Tbh, Habs trading Roy and Jets trading Selänne AND calling them bad is debatable.
Roy already had decided that he's done with Montreal = They needed a new goalie which they got in Thibault. Bad trade as a trade ofc, but they were pretty much forced to it.
Just as Jets trading Selänne. Forced to dump value to get relocation cost down.
Brett Hull to St. Louis for a second pairing D-man and a backup goalie.
Actually that trade was basically Hull for the Stanley Cup
It gave the Flames the depth they needed in the playoffs, depth they would not have had with Hull
They had lots of depth at forward, but on defense or in net.
I’m a Flames fan, and did miss Hull, but that trade won them the Cup
i think the Tom Kurvers to Toronto trade is pretty bad too, New Jersey ended up getting Scott Niedermeyer from the pick Toronto gave them for Kurvers.
If they kept the pick, they likely would have won a Stanley Cup, most probably in 2004, before Niedermayer departs to Anaheim via free agency. Oh, and they do not acquire Bryan McCabe (Kaberle they developed)
It's so obvious Gretzky wanted to be traded. Its no different than the Pronger situation in 06. No way Wayne's american actress girlfriend wanted to live in snowy Alberta forever. Please.
Chicago have a made a string a bad trades first in the mid to late 90's trading away all their talent (Roenick, Chelios, Amonte, Belfour) and then again from 2016 onwards when Stan made a knee jerk reaction when they lost in the first round.
Hasek in 92
Only want to predict before I was almost need to have the Duchene, Turris and Avs trade. I mean it’s a win since I’m an Avs fan but man what a deal that was
All bad trades, but in 1992 the Chicago Blackhawks traded Dominick Hasek to the Buffalo Sabres for Stephane Beauregard and a fourth round draft choice. Beauregard played in 29 NHL games after the trade compiling a record of 3-13-1. Hasek, after the trade, won 376 NHL games including 80 shutouts. And he won 6 Vezina Trophies, 2 Hart Trophies, 3 Jennings Trophies, and 2 Stanley Cups.
But, go ahead, and not consider this one of the seven worst trades in NHL history.
Then there was the second trade of Dominator to Detroit
just to note, i hate when people call it "worst trade" because for one team it's "best trade", better word to use is: "most lopsided trade"
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Gretzky wasn't blindsided..he knew all along what was happening
@Bruins1970. Agree, Gretzky acted shocked but his wife pushed for the trade.
@@GVH1305 That's bullshit and you know it, it was never about his wife, it was always about the owner of the Oilers being a sack of shit and cared more about money rather than having good players
@@GVH1305 Amen, and both Wayne and wife became instant Hollyweird celebrities.
Toronto trading away Tyler Sequin and Dougie Hamilton to get Full Kessel is the worst trade in NHL history, because it didn't need to be made.
Many of the trades on your list were made either because the player wanted out or the team couldn't afford to re-sign them.
Worst trade made has to go to the Leafs for trading Wendal Clark S. Lafavre trade for Sundin.
The Leafs went from a team that had made it to the third round two years in a row to a team that didn't win another playoff series for 5 years.
They made two quick playoff exits followed by two years of no playoff appearances at all.
It took them 5 years to recover.
Clark would have played easily 50 games a year, got them into the playoffs year after year, looking at his record after the trade that's how many games he played. I checked.
They were wrong about his back.
50 games a year would have got them into the playoffs year after year and likely winning several series. Maybe a Stanley Cup.
Mats played mostly all season long, almost every game, they didn't make it out of the first round for 5 years. Without the trade they would have made it farther than being out of the first round and been contenders.
A few small tweaks was all that team needed.
But it wasn't just Clark and Mats in the trade.
Stephen Lefavre was involved and he was as important a player as Clark and Sundin.
After the trade up went Toronto's goals against. They had lost a great defenceman in that trade.
That was the killer part of the deal.
Stephen Lefavre who played another 9 years while the guy we got, defenceman Butcher played a year and retired. Up went their goals against.
Yes they gave up too much to get Clark back-at that point he had lost his heart because of the trade and was no longer the same player. That's on poor Leaf mgt. for trading him when they were so close to being contenders.
I'm looking at the whole deal, not just Clark and Sundin when I say it was one of the worst trades in league history. Stephen Lefavre played a bigger role than many realized in it.
They made it to the third round two years in a row prior, after they didn't win a series for five years.
I stand with my assertion "It was one of the worst trades in League history".
Wayne Gretzky was not traded by the Oilers. He was sold to LA for $15,000,000. The trade was McSoreley and Krush for the 5 assets. But even so, this still hurt the Oilers.
Hurt them so much that they won a Stanley Cup shortly after the trade, while Wayne never won another Cup after.
@@ScarecrOmega The closest he got was when he cheated his way to the Finals in 1993 (there was no way that wasn't a high stick on Gilmour), only to run into a Patrick Roy who was nearing his prime. The city of LA would have to wait nearly 20 years after for another Cup run.
The Roy trade was one sided but he was refusing to play after not getting pulled in a blow out game. He told the GM as he was leaving the ice it was his last game with the team! Gretzky trade was in part because the owner of the Oliers was hurting for cash, you didn't mention the money they received as part of that trade!
Joe Thornton trade is in top 5
Who trades the leagues points leader mid season???
Nothing Montreal could do to prevent that trade, Patrick Roy wanted out, he demanded it.
Calgary and Edmonton were low market canadien teams. They were bound to ship their hhof players to cut payroll and when they still could get something in return. In roys case he was done in Montreal. He refused to play. I would instead name trades like, red kelly to toronto, esposito/hodge to boston, näslund vs stojanov, francis to pittsburgh. Marcel dionne to la. As a flames fan the brett hull trade hurts. They got the grit on D they needed to win the cup but they did let go of a future franchise player.
452 goals in 393 games for Gilmour with the Leafs? That's pretty good!!
@@Bruins-vq5ey Buddy, the joke is that he said "goals" in the video
Meh. Most of these are subjective. Gilmore had to be traded. Neely was a nobody at the time (nucks basically got Naslund and Bertuzzi the same way they lost neely). Considering what trades you posted, how do you omit calgary trading Hull?
Your timeline about Doug Gil.our being traded to the Leafs is incorrect, he was pary of the 1989 Stanley Cup winning Flames and wasn't traded to the Leafs until January 1992.
Lindros was the worst trade of all time. Haven't watched the whole vid yet but deserves number one. I mean Lindros was amazing but the amount phili gave for him was absolutely insane.
Edit: guess I should say in regards to this though, he had to be traded for refusing to play with Quebec. So in that regard it wasn't bad because they had no choice.
Hard to say bad trade tho cuz even tho Forsberg is a HOFer and the avs had there run for years, Lindros went on to win MVP, play on the best line in hockey and led Philly to the finals in 97.
@steve spin it wasn't like the trade was just Forsberg for Lindros though. They got a lot more for decent players for him, including a whopping 15 million. Lindros was supposed to be the next gretzky but ultimately he came no where near that expectation.
@@coyrex1250 for sure. All i mean to say is that you cant really call it a bad trade when the guy u refer to as the bad part of the trade went on to win an MVP and led his team to the finals.
@steve spin well personally I do still consider it a bad trade solely for how much they gave up for him. Like Lindros was great as I say but a one time MVP for the amount they got for him made it a very lopsided trade
@@coyrex1250 yup, fair statement, cant say I disagree and Forsbergs my favourite player of all time but just in comparison to some of these trades i thought it was a bit of a stretch thats all. But talk about a regret; forcing a team to trade u then they win the cup and go on their years long run with another cup. Dayuuum man lol
No idea why we ever traded Selanne away.
The insane part of course is that the Oilers DID win an other STanley Cup after the Gretzky trade, while the best that the Kings could do was make ONE finals appearance. Still an insanely lopsided trade though!
top 6 hockey, please stop making videos, cause your facts are all wrong!
The other important point about the Roy trade: they didn't have a choice. Anybody getting Roy was going to get him at a discount.
because the coach hated roy and made him look bad on purpose, why would you do that to your best player
@@redred222 lol Well, the coach had some help from Slava Kozlov.
@@LordBitememan its funny cause the coach was fired the next year so they traded one of the best goalies to ever play and kept the problem on the team only to fire him the next year no wonder no Canadian team has won the cup since roy did
@@redred222 Let's give some credit where credit is due here though: Patrick Roy was a LEGENDARY head case and while some of his antics were sometimes amusing (his skating the puck past center ice being a great example) they were often costly (look up "Roy statue of liberty" for a great example on the latter). Does it suck to get left in for too many goals? Sure! But Roy's mercurial handling of the matter was his own doing. In stark contrast you can look at the way Roberto Luongo handled getting left in for 8 goals against the Red Wings for a better way to handle that situation.
@@LordBitememan but how many cups did Luongo win ?
Roy was a headcase but a proven winner at every single level of hockey and is in conversation for goalie GOAT
Nice list bud 👍 keep em coming.
Completely missed the most lopsided trade of all time. Toronto acquiring Tom Kurvers from New Jersey for a 1st round pick.
Scott Niedermayer 🤦♂️
Griffin Reinhart to Edmonton for the 16th overall pick and a second and a third. The Islanders traded the second and third for the 28th pick which became Anthony Beauvilier and now they turned Beauvilier into Bo Horvat.
What about Griffin Rienhart to the Oilers for the draft pick that ended up being mathew Barzal? i think NYI also got 2nd.
@@shawnwharry952 My bad. I was super tired when I wrote this comment
@@hogunthegrim5464 lol i missread your comment and thought you were talking about how NYI aquired Reinhart.
Plus that 16th pick turned into Mat Barzal. It's so funny how the only time Garth Snow ever did any thing good was when he traded with Peter Chiarelli. He also got Johnny Boychuk and Jordan Eberle in other trades with Chiarelli.
1st one .... TOTALLY wrong.... What choice do the Habs have when Roy publicly tells the team "this is the last game I play in Montreal".... ? should they have fired the Coach instead..? probably , but Roy forced their hand. They also could have gotten a better return for him.
Neely and Wesley for Pederson..... 😅🤣😂- WOW ! .... That IS a steal.
But one big trade you missed was the Paul Coffey for Jimmy Carson trade that put Detroit over the hump back in late 1993.
hard to call the patrick roy trade a bad one when montreal were left with no other choice but to deal him. when a player wants out that bad, you basically have to take bargain deals.
Wings trading Marcel Dionne is right up there( or down there).
You need to do your homework a little bit more on these trades. Patrick Roy told Montreal he would never play for them again prior to the trade. It wasn't a choice it was a necessity.
- prior to the trade Selanne what showing signs of being a dominant player... Yeah he only scored 76 goals in his rookie season...
Messier guaranteed a lot of things and nearly all of them didn't come closed to true, yet people only remember him guaranteeing that 1 Devils game win.
NO SHIT, he scored 3 that game
@@gxbrielwatches4088 Do you remember he guaranteed that the Canucks would make the playoffs? Of course not. He was way under a point a game when he was on the Canucks for 3 whole seasons. He also guaranteed winning other games too, not just that Devils game, but those didn't come true either. His Devils game guaranteed would've been amazing... had it been his own guarantee while he was in the NHL. It wasn't.
Great, his guarantees can come true once in 100 tries, but you only remember the one that matters to you. People have very selective memories and only remember things when it concerns them.
Messier was a dirty player, all elbows.
Wow where is Dominik Hasek trade?!?
The best goalie of his era traded for Kozlov (who barely played for Sabres( an prospects that didnt amount to much
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t P. Roy want out of Montreal? Didn’t know C. Neely played for a different team.
Two things: First, Doug Gilmour was traded in 1992, not 1988. He won his only cup with Calgary in 89, so your information is wrong.
Second, Patrick Roy demanded a trade after leaving a game in which his coach Mario Tremblay left him in for 9 goals against Detroit. Montreal was forced to trade him because he told the president that he would not play for Tremblay ever again. May have been a bad trade but the circumstances around it left Montreal with few other options, considering Tremblay was just brought on as head coach.
Great video - but you may want to add the fact that the Oilers also received 20 million dollars for Gretzky.
And they won another cup too!
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What happened to Jimmy Carson? He had two 100 points season and then fall.
I don't consider the patrick Roy trade to be a bad trade for Montreal, they didnt have a choice patty literally told them he will never play another game for them.
What were they going to do keep him on the team not have him play and still pay him or trade him and hope you get something out of it.
You probably should of put the stupid andrew raycroft trade that sent tukka rask to boston where he played 15 seasons won a cup and a vezina and brought raycroft to toronto for 1 full season and 19 games his second year before being traded to Colorado.
Bruins traded Joe Thornton, Phil Kessel, and Tyler Seigen aii within a few years of each other's and I can't honestly remember one player that they received in exchange.
Few things that aren't mentioned, sometimes it's just about money. Can't afford to keep a superstar because of their salary. As well, wasn't Roy angry at MTL and wanted to be traded?
You gotta feel bad for montreal because they had no leverage trading roy
I know you are only talking about modern day but the sale of King Clancy to the Toronto Leafs by the old Ottawa Senators ranks up there
The Jets couldn't afford Selanne. The return was pretty decent and ended up doing well for the team 😂 the fact that you don't have the Andrew raycroft (who was getting cut by the Bruins) for Tukka Rask on this is hilarious lol.
Is the Gilmour spelling a nod to Happy Gilmore?
Yes but messier made a mess of Vancouver
@lauren Siemens. ....and Messiers dirty play made a mess of players who he hit when they weren't looking
Rangers trading Rick Middleton for Ken Hodge. Middleton put in about 400 goals for the Bruins, while Hodge contributed about 20 goals for the Rangers.
Lindros to Quebec. Hull trade to St-Louis. Hasek to Buffalo. Thorton to SJ.
When Joseph Stalin- I mean, Bill Wirtz- ran the Blackhawks, he and his mindless cronies had quite the knack for trading talented players in exchange for precisely nothing. I could never figure that one out.
Espo trade has to be the worst.
Surprised the Thornton trade isn’t on here.
Imagine now days if the oilers did the Gretzky trade but with Connor mc David instead …
I'm surprised the Hasek to Buffalo for a no name 3rd string and pick considering he went on to become a legend
How many games did Oprah and Sylvester the cat play for Edmonton as part of the Gretzky trade?
Gretzky never won another Cup after leaving Edmonton. Martin Gelinas and Jimmy Carson both won the Cup with Edmonton, and were instrumental in the playoffs when they did, playing on "The Kid Line" with Joe Murphy. I don't know how other fans feel, but I'd be happy with a Cup over no Cup.
In the coming years you can add the Timo Meier trade to this list.
By far, the worst ever trade was the Lindros trade. Need proof: watch the trade tree made by Steve Dangle. The Nordques / Avs litterally built a dynasty out of that trade! Not saying that the Flyers didn,t get an absolute beast of a player in Lindros, but at the end, that trade was as lopsided as it gets.