Maybe not totally lopsided, but I remember many of us were puzzled when Boston traded Brad Boyes to St. Louis for Dennis Wideman.
Boyes had name brand value as a former 1st rounder. He was still relatively young at 25 and was fresh off of a 26 goal rookie year. Wideman was perhaps best known for losing his edge in a shootout attempt. Boyes would have 43 and 33 goal seasons for St. Louis but his production fell off after that (on a side note, I learned the lesson in my keeper league to watch out for unsustainable shooting %. Boyes shot 20.8% in his 43 goal season.)
Wideman had some good seasons in Boston before being traded to Florida for Nathan Horton. In the end, Wideman probably was useful for longer than Boyes.
Another one that maybe wasn't lopsided by the end, but looked a lot better than it did initially was when Calgary traded Cory Stillman to St. Louis for Craig Conroy.
Boyes had name brand value as a former 1st rounder. He was still relatively young at 25 and was fresh off of a 26 goal rookie year. Wideman was perhaps best known for losing his edge in a shootout attempt. Boyes would have 43 and 33 goal seasons for St. Louis but his production fell off after that (on a side note, I learned the lesson in my keeper league to watch out for unsustainable shooting %. Boyes shot 20.8% in his 43 goal season.)
Wideman had some good seasons in Boston before being traded to Florida for Nathan Horton. In the end, Wideman probably was useful for longer than Boyes.
Another one that maybe wasn't lopsided by the end, but looked a lot better than it did initially was when Calgary traded Cory Stillman to St. Louis for Craig Conroy.