Biggest trade of all time (big name player (Hossa) for big name player (Heatley)

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Just curious where the Hossa/Heatley trade may rank in terms of blockbuster trades?

I am looking for biggest names of players who have been in league more than 2 years each.

Don't respond saying:
Lindros - Forsberg/extras ...
Gretzky to La - forget who for .... but no big stars
Luongo/Jokinin - Parrish & whoever else..
Roy - Thibault & package

I am looking for strictly big name for big name who have been in the league more than 2 years.

I can't think of any huge trades like this off the top of my head where both teams trade superstars... I am really starting to like this new CBA :handclap:

The potential of both these stars could make it one of the biggest trades ever???

Thoughts anyone?
 

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Lafontaine and Turgeon were traded for each other in 1991, and were both bonafide stars at the time
 

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trahans99 said:
Just curious where the Hossa/Heatley trade may rank in terms of blockbuster trades?

I am looking for biggest names of players who have been in league more than 2 years each.

Don't respond saying:
Lindros - Forsberg/extras ...
Gretzky to La - forget who for .... but no big stars
Luongo/Jokinin - Parrish & whoever else..
Roy - Thibault & package

I am looking for strictly big name for big name who have been in the league more than 2 years.

I can't think of any huge trades like this off the top of my head where both teams trade superstars... I am really starting to like this new CBA :handclap:

The potential of both these stars could make it one of the biggest trades ever???

Thoughts anyone?


Gretzky for $15 million USD was huge. Factor in inflation and we are talking about probably $30 million or more in today's dollars.


Probably the biggest deal ever:

November 4, 1947

Max Bentley (Hart and Ross trophy winner) & Cyril Thomas to Toronto

Gaye Stewart (Calder Trophy winner & Hart Runner-up), Bud Poile, Gus Bodnar(Calder Trophy winner), Bob Goldham, Ernie Dickens to Chicago
 
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Flyers-Pens 1992 deal that sent multiple players in each direction: Tocchet to Pittsburgh -Recchi to Philly.

Flyers-Montreal 1995 deal that sent, among others, Desjardins/LeClair to Philly for Recchi.

Another that may or may not qualify: John Bucyk was sent from Detroit to Boston for Terry Sawchuk in 1957. Bucyk had two seasons under his belt at the time of the trade but I am not sure how big a name he was at the time.
 
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Park and Ratelle for Esposito and Vadnais was huge.

Easily the biggest trade I've seen here other than the Gretzky and Lindros trade.
 

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There is nothing that even comes remotely close to Gretz being sold to the Kings in '88- it was HUGE and the effect it had on the league with salaries and exposure and growth in the 90's can not be overemphasized. Just because there were not a lot of other big names involved doesn't diminish what the sale did- and actually in all of sports there are not a lot of other trades that were as monumental as this one in the modern era of sports. And no doubt about it- it was a sale not a trade.
 

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Park and Ratelle for Esposito and Vadnais was huge.

I think that was the biggest trade talent wise.

Another was Langway, Jarvis, Engblom for Green and Ryan Walter
 

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Wasn't Luc Robitaille & Ulf Samuelsson for Peter Nedved & Sergej Zubov in 1995 ?
 

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Alexei Yashin for Zdeno Chara & a first (Jason Spezza) (others involved).

At the time, Chara was nothing more than a 5-6 defenceman.
 

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swiftwin said:
At the time, Chara was nothing more than a 5-6 defenceman.

He was playing over 22 minutes a game with the Isles so that is false. Obviously someone with the Sens saw his potential or he would not have been the key player coming back in the deal.
 

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MAF said:
Wasn't Luc Robitaille & Ulf Samuelsson for Peter Nedved & Sergej Zubov in 1995 ?
Hats off for remembering that one: it was during one of the periods I "blanked" on following hockey as a youth, but that was it exactly

In my lifetime, I think that would be the one. Two star calibre forwards and two star calibre defensemen swtiching teams is about as big as it gets.

Chili said:
He was playing over 22 minutes a game with the Isles so that is false. Obviously someone with the Sens saw his potential or he would not have been the key player coming back in the deal.
Yah, but I think the citation of the Lindros-Forsberg+ trade in the "do not use" examples sorta hints that the potential these guys had at the time shouldn't have to be part of the equation
 

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Peter Gibbons said:
Yah, but I think the citation of the Lindros-Forsberg+ trade in the "do not use" examples sorta hints that the potential these guys had at the time shouldn't have to be part of the equation

I don't see any right or wrong answers in a thread like this. Perhaps instead of microanalysing what others post you could suggest a trade yourself.
 

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Chili said:
Some others...

Jarome Iginla for Joe Nieuwendyk

Iginla hadn't played a single NHL game at that point in his career. He was (obviously) nowhere near an established commodity.
 
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