best 1st round pick that were traded away?

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Wich 1st round pick, wich was traded away, became the best player?
Its interesting to hear if anyone knows...
and now I am talking about the pick being traded, not the player.
 

pnep

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kmad said:
Yup. Pick belonged to the Colorado Rockies. Traded to Montreal where Guy was drafted.

"California" got Ernie Hicke and 1970 No. 1 (Chris Oddleifson). MTL also got Francois Lacombe and cash. (May 22, 1970)
 

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1970 -- #3 -- Reggie Leach -- BOS from LA -- LA got Skip Krake. (May 20, 1968)

1970 -- #4 -- Rick MacLeish -- BOS from PHI -- PHI got Rosaire Paiement. (Oct. 18, 1967)

1972 -- #4 -- Steve Shutt -- MTL from LA -- LA got Gerry Desjardins. MTL also got 1969 No. 1 (later traded). (June 11, 1968)

1973 -- #2 -- Tom Lysiak -- CGY from CLE via MTL -- CLE got opportunity to select Carol Vadnais in 1968 Intra-League Draft as well as eventual settlement of waiver-draft payment that included 1972 No. 2 (DAL) (Stan Weir). MTL also got 1973 No. 2 (later traded). (June 12, 1968, and June 8, 1972). MTL got 1973 No. 1 (later traded), 1977 No. 1 (Mark Napier) and 1978 No. 2 (Dale Yakiwchuk). CGY also got 1973 No. 1 (Vic Mercredi) & 1973 No. 2 (CGY) (Eric Vail). (May 15, 1973)

1973 -- #8 -- Bob Gainey -- MTL from STL -- STL got 1973 No. 1 (John Davidson) and 1973 No. 3 (Bob Gassoff). MTL also got 1973 No. 4 (Al Hangsleben) and 1975 No. 1. (May 15, 1973)

1975 -- #1 -- Mel Bridgman -- PHI from WAS -- WAS got Bill Clement, Don McLean and 1975 No. 1 (Alex Forsyth). (June 3, 1975)

1978 -- #7 -- Ken Linseman -- PHI from NYR -- NYR got rights to hire head coach Fred Shero. (June 2, 1978)

1979 -- #8 -- Ray Bourque -- BOS from LA -- LA got Ron Grahame. (Oct. 9, 1978)

1980 -- #3 -- Denis Savard -- CHI from QUE -- QUE got CHI promise that it would not take Real Cloutier from QUE in 1979 NHL Reclaim Draft, enabling QUE to save a spot on its list of protected players from WHA. (June 9, 1979)

1980 -- #4 -- Larry Murphy -- LA from DET -- DET got return of Dale McCourt and the rights to restricted free agent Rogie Vachon. LA also got Andre St. Laurent and 1981 No. 1 (Doug Smith). LA had option of taking 1980 No. 2 or 1981 No. 1 and chose latter. (Aug. 22, 1979)

1982 -- #2 -- Brian Bellows -- MIN feom DET -- DET got Greg Smith, Don Murdoch and 1982 No. 1 (Murray Craven). (Aug. 21, 1981)

1982 -- #6 -- Phil Housley -- BUF from LA -- LA got Jerry Korab. (March 10, 1980)

1982 -- #18 -- Ken Daneyko -- NJ from BOS -- BOS got 1982 No. 1 (Gord Kluzak) and 1982 No. 2 (Brian Curran). NJ also got rights to restricted free agent Dwight Foster. Original deal gave BOS option of switching 1982 first-round picks, and BOS exercised this option. (July 21, 1981)

1983 -- #3 -- Pat LaFontaine -- NYI from NJ -- NJ got Bob Lorimer and Dave Cameron. (Oct. 1, 1981)

1983 -- #5 -- Tom Barrasso -- BUF from LA -- LA got Rick Martin. BUF also got 1981 No. 3 (Colin Chisholm). (March 10, 1981)
 
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It would be interesting to look at the full draft. I know Washington sent a pick to Quebec in a package for Dale Hunter, which was ultimately used to select Joe Sakic.
 

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Does anyone else see why the Kings should have won this years lottery? :banghead: Weren't we due some luck?

I don't know of any other team that consistantly traded it's first round picks(that became great players) for a bunch of short term, gap filling, wastes of space as the Kings did in their first 20 years of existance.
 

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Legionnaire said:
Does anyone else see why the Kings should have won this years lottery? :banghead: Weren't we due some luck?

I don't know of any other team that consistantly traded it's first round picks(that became great players) for a bunch of short term, gap filling, wastes of space as the Kings did in their first 20 years of existance.

gotta suck to be a kings fan.
 

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Tampa Bay and Pitkanan though they did get Fedetenko to help them win the Cup...but still...OUCH!

So where's the problem? The goal of any team is to win a Cup not to just draft a good player.
 

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Patty Ice XXX said:
So where's the problem? The goal of any team is to win a Cup not to just draft a good player.

We're just so caught up with the 'potential' of a prospect that we ultimately overlook the final goal which of course to assemble a championship winning team.
 

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kmad said:
Yup. Pick belonged to the Colorado Rockies. Traded to Montreal where Guy was drafted.
The pick belonged to the Oakland Seals.

The Canadiens' general manager, Sam Pollock, orchestrated a trade with the Oakland Seals that would ensure that Montreal would receive one of the top draft choices in 1971, a year in which both Marcel Dionne and Guy Lafleur were available. Oakland had perennially finished near the bottom of the division, and 1970 looked like it was going to conclude with the same result. The shrewd Pollock sent Ernie Hicke and a first round draft choice in 1970 to the Seals in return for Francois Lacombe and a first round draft choice in 1971. The lowly Seals assured Montreal of having one of the earliest picks in the draft - potentially the first overall selection. But as the season went on, Los Angeles Kings fell in the standings and looked like they were going to battle with the Seals for last place. Pollock, making certain all his bases were covered, sent centre Ralph Backstrom to the Kings for Ray Fortin and Gord Labossiere - two perennial minor leaguers. Labossiere was then traded by Montreal to Minnesota less than a week later. Fortin never played again in the NHL. In the meantime, Backstrom's acquisition sparked L.A. and they not only climbed out of contention for the last spot (and thus, the first draft pick), but almost made the playoffs. As a result, Oakland finished last and Montreal was able to guarantee their first draft choice overall.

The Montreal Canadiens were torn between choosing one of two junior superstars, both of whom happened to be French-Canadian. Should they choose Marcel Dionne of St. Catharines? Should it be Guy Lafleur? June 10, 1971 was draft day and Montreal had a difficult decision to make. Ultimately, with the first overall selection, the Montreal Canadiens chose Guy Lafleur from the Quebec Remparts.
http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep198802.htm
 

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I think that Washington trading their pick to Quebec in return for Dave Hunter was nice. Quebec then drafted Joe Sakic.

I could easily see Ignila there but he was drafted before he was traded...
 
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