The Horvatian One
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Drafting Bure
That wasn't really a 'move' that involved moving pieces.
Drafting Bure
That wasn't really a 'move' that involved moving pieces.
I mentioned it because of the high risk involved with trying to draft Bure in regards to both his actual draft eligibility as well as his being in the USSR. It wasn't like drafting say, Trevor Linden.
Most franchise changing move:
Trevor Linden
for
Bryan McCabe (1 Sedin)
Todd Bertuzzi (Luongo)
Jarkko Ruutu (years of entertainment)
Most franchise changing move:
Trevor Linden
for
Bryan McCabe (1 Sedin)
Todd Bertuzzi (Luongo)
Jarkko Ruutu (years of entertainment)
You're forgetting a huge trade.
All done by Mike Keenan. Guess there is a little bit of good in the most evil of people.Amazingly, that might actually be true.
Sometimes you really do have to cut off the nose to spite the face, I guess.
Hiring Brian Burke instead of Mike Gillis back in 1998. We would have had our first Stanley by now if we hired Gillis back then instead of Burke.
Gillis would not have had the balls to pull off the Sedin deals.
We have had Patrick Stefan or Pavel Brendl instead.
Actually no, we probably wouldn't finish that low in 99, make the playoffs in 2000, and probably won the cup in 2004 or 2003.
Not sure why the hate on Mike Gillis. His Record speaks for itself despite some questionable moves he made during his time here.
I would definitely go with the Luongo trade here. This trade saved us from becoming a bottom of the barrel lottery pick contending team that we would have been post WCE. Luongo completely carried this team from 2007-2009. And I would go as far to say that if Luongo wasn't acquired the Sedins wouldn't have re-signed with the team in 2009, they would be currently wearing Toronto Maple Leafs sweaters and Brian Burke would still be the GM of the Leafs.