Worst trades in recent years

[thunderbirds_are_go 0]

Roy traded to Colorado along with Mike Keane for Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Rucinsky and Andrei Kovalenko on Dec. 6, 1995.

that's a hard one really, i'm suprised the habs got that much. roy wanted out and every team knew it. makes it difficult to negociate when the other team knows who have to trade the guy.

I'm with you on this one 43%burnt - Roy wanted out and players going the other way could all play. OK Thibault is no superstar goalie, but could you really expect the Habs to get one in return for Roy?

[ryno 0]

the pens trades are awful, but sadly most were because of money reasons. the worst trade in history is another pens one: naslund to the canucks for alex stojanov. what a fantastic bag of suck for the pens.

That's the only one that wasn't dictated solely by $$$$ and that makes it worse to me.

The Pens had been waiting on Naslund long enough...he didn't become a good player until '98-99 when he was 26, and an elite player '00-01, when he was 28...it was a shit deal in hindsight for sure, but at the rate he was going in Pittsburgh ('cept for one decent year in '95-96), it didn't look like he was going to pan out...

That's like blaming Montreal for not keeping John LeClair when he sucked wind until he went to Philly.

Exactly, Naslund scored a grand total of 25 goals during his three seasons in Pittsburgh. I remember watching him play and most of the time he looked like he didn't even belong in the NHL. Of course hindsight is 20/20. I do remember Pittsburgh playing Ottawa one night and Naslund dropping the gloves with Randy Cunneyworth, didn't turn out well for Naslund haha.

[Buzz_LightBeer 972]

Born and raised in MTL you can't talk about bad trades without these coming to mind:

Roy traded to Colorado along with Mike Keane for Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Rucinsky and Andrei Kovalenko on Dec. 6, 1995.

Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne & John LeClair for Mark Recchi & 1995 3rd Rounder (Martin Hohenberger)

and some other notable trades around the league

Dominik Hasek for Stephane Beauregard and a fourth-round draft choice with which the Hawks selected Eric Daze

Brett Hull for Steve Bozek + ???

Really! i never know hasek was with the canadien..

He was originall drafted by Chicago i believe

[DarkStar50 679]

Keenan benched Belfour Game 4 Cup Finals, started Hasek. Who looks smart now?

PS: Iron Mike also benched Chelly and JR that series. That was before Iron Mike got to NYR and benched Messier and Leetch vs Devils in 94. And Team Canada had let Keenan run the bench in other years.

[hockechamp14 0]

Everyone who says the naslund trade was bad has to realize it took a leader like mark messier to push him and help him really make it.

[Chadd 916]

Everyone who says the naslund trade was bad has to realize it took a leader like mark messier to push him and help him really make it.

Are you saying Mario couldn't inspire him?

[#96 0]

Everyone who says the naslund trade was bad has to realize it took a leader like mark messier to push him and help him really make it.

Are you saying Mario couldn't inspire him?

Apparently not. As one guy stated, he had 25 goals in 3 seasons. Then he goes to Vancouver and becomes the player we all know today.

Purely circumstantial, but interesting nonetheless.

[freq019 0]

Everyone who says the naslund trade was bad has to realize it took a leader like mark messier to push him and help him really make it.

Are you saying Mario couldn't inspire him?

During that time it would have been francis but the team was too busy babysitting jagr to notice naslund. And if stojanov(sp?) whatever his name was wasn't in that car crash that basically ended his career we wouldn't be talking about this one.

[PBRyan 0]

Everyone who says the naslund trade was bad has to realize it took a leader like mark messier to push him and help him really make it.

Are you saying Mario couldn't inspire him?

Apparently not. As one guy stated, he had 25 goals in 3 seasons. Then he goes to Vancouver and becomes the player we all know today.

Purely circumstantial, but interesting nonetheless.

Mario was never the hardest worker...

[beaucoup_fish 0]

Everyone who says the naslund trade was bad has to realize it took a leader like mark messier to push him and help him really make it.

Are you saying Mario couldn't inspire him?

Apparently not. As one guy stated, he had 25 goals in 3 seasons. Then he goes to Vancouver and becomes the player we all know today.

Purely circumstantial, but interesting nonetheless.

Mario was never the hardest worker...

Because he didn't need to be...

[Chadd 916]

It also wasn't his personality.

[Jason Harris 31]

Well, I'm going to be a masochist here -- because I'm so frickin' pissed off by that trade -- to point out that Thornton won Player of the Week honors while the Sharks went 5-0.

I'm well aware he's motivated to prove his worth after being traded, but he was tenth in scoring prior to the trade, so we're not talking a substantial improvement in his game -- more an incremental improvement.

It's so obvious the Bruins should have traded other players and built around Thornton. I try to view it with an open mind but, to me, it all points to Jacobs' philosophy is not conducive to building a winner. He can't seem to get past the fact that superstars command higher salaries, even with a salary cap.

[Chadd 916]

Here's one that was missed:

Christer Olsson for Pavol Demitra

[mik3 1]

Millbury is the best though.

Jokinen and Luongo for Parish and Kvasha

McCabe, Bertuzzi, 3rd round pick (Jarkko Ruutu) for Trevor Linden

And, my favorite, Spezza, Chara, Muckalt for Yashin

Pyatt and Connoly for Peca looked bad at the time, but it pretty much ended up a wash because neither lived up to expectations.

[Adam91 0]

Connolly looks like hes started to find his game this year.

[mik3 1]

Connolly looks like hes started to find his game this year.

Yeah, and he's only 24. It's all because he cut the mop top off.