Drafted second overall by the Senators in 1992, Yashin averaged just under a point per game during his seven seasons in Ottawa, scoring 491 points in 504 games before he was traded to New York.In his first three seasons, Cam Neely scored 51 goals, posting a minus-56 plus-minus rating for the Canucks.
Parrish and Kvasha had completely forgettable careers on the Island.The Hurricanes acquired Brind'Amour in the trade that sent Keith Primeau to Philadelphia, and it helped bring a Stanley Cup to Carolina.
Lecavalier had a fantastic career with the Lightning and was the centerpiece of their 2003-04 Stanley Cup-winning team.The Islanders added Goring from the Los Angeles Kings in an in-season trade that saw them send Billy Harris and Dave Lewis the other way. Good players can flourish, becoming superstars while others flounder. Updated daily with news and features from over 130 writers worldwide. The 3rd round pick is the Flyers pick. History of NHL trades. In doing so, they made this list.As many know, Wayne Gretzky moved onto Los Angeles where he continued doing what he had done his entire career: dominating the NHL.In March of 1988, theCalgary Flames made one of the worst trades in NHL history.And who did the Senators end up drafting with the pick they received from the Islanders; star player and former captain Jason Spezza.Meanwhile, Messier poured in 107 points in his first season as a Ranger. He would exceed even the wildest expectations anyone could have had for him. The Ducks acquired him from the Winnipeg Jets in the middle of the 1996 season for Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky and a third-round draft pick, giving the team a much-needed superstar. View NHL history for specific dates. It might be one of the most productive and useful trades in the history of the NHL.During the 1993 season the Oilers dynasty had already gone away, and the team was trading off the remaining pieces of its championship run, including Esa Tikkanen, who went to the New York Rangers for Doug Weight. He is the best goalie in franchise history, and the Flyers have been trying to find another ever since.This turned out to be one of the most lopsided trades in NHL history. ... NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. The Rangers traded Igor Ulanov, Filip Novak, and their first- and second-round picks in the 2002 draft to the Panthers for Pavel Bure, who was almost 31 years old with a deteriorating right knee. Bure was never fully healthy and failed to return to elite form. This turned out to be one of the most lopsided trades in NHL history. It is that second trade that makes the cut as the Flyers' best all-time trade because the team reacquired the franchise goalie who backstopped it to back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975.
He hit the 50-goal mark three times and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005.The most notable player going the other way was Gary Leeman, a 50-goal scorer with the Leafs who managed only 11 goals in 59 games with the Flames before he was sent packing to the Montreal Canadiens. He gave Mario Lemieux a bona fide superstar to play with (something he had never had before) and helped transform the organization from a laughing stock into a powerhouse. Hockey Trade Rumors. In the middle of a disappointing 2012-13 season, the Predators dealt veteran forward Martin Erat to the Washington Capitals for Filip Forsberg, a talented prospect who was just one year removed from being one of the top picks in the draft. Roenick spent five years in the desert and while he never duplicated his previous numbers from Chicago, the Coyotes still ended up getting the best of the trade.The Blue Jackets needed a goalie in the summer of 2012 and sent a couple of draft picks to the Philadelphia Flyers for Bobrovsky, a promising but ultimately unproven goalie. Prior to the 1999 draft, then Canucks general manager Brian Burke had to make a series of trades to secure the Nos. Niedermayer went on to become one of the best players of his era and one of the cornerstone pieces of a Devils dynasty throughout the mid 1990s and early 2000s.Alexei Yashin was the Senators' first true star player, but after seven years they dealt him to the New York Islanders before the 2001-02 season for a package of players and draft picks that would reshape the franchise. The Arizona Coyotes should change their name to the Trailblazers as the desert dogs announced a new voice to lead their franchise and for the first time in NHL history, a team's CEO is Latino. In return for Yashin they received defenseman Zdeno Chara, the No.
Nieuwendyk was the Conn Smythe winner for that 1999 Stanley Cup winning team. The trade is held up as the prototypical deadline deal for teams looking for that last “missing piece.”Ronnie “Franchise” was the heart and soul of the Hartford Whalers.