vadim sharifijanov
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this seems weird and came to mind. in the 1986 campbell's finals, there were lots of players on both sides that either had previously played for the opposing team, or would go on to play for the opposing team.
by my count,
CALGARY
al macinnis - calgary's co-leading scorer in that playoffs, would go on to win the conn smythe in calgary, traded to st louis in the mid-90s, would eventually win a norris and almost a second norris in st louis
joe mullen - calgary's other co-leading scorer in that playoffs, had just been traded from st louis to calgary that trade deadline
terry johnson - a depth defenseman who also came calgary's way in the mullen deal; i actually have no idea who this guy is but he played the majority of calgary's games in that year's finals run, including 5/7 games in this series
dan quinn - calgary's leading scorer in that year's regular season, eventually traded to pittsburgh for mike bullard (himself later traded to st louis in the disastrous gilmour trade), then via vancouver would be traded to st louis in the disastrous butcher + quinn for courtnall, ronning, momesso, and dirk trade; quinn played out the year in st louis before being let go as a free agent for minnesota, where he would also soon be terminated after allegedly assaulting a woman with mario in the room
steve bozek - another future canuck, traded to st louis in the controversial brett hull trade, then involved in another CAL-STL deal, the lesser known third part of the gilmour trade that saw bozek and paul reinhart going to vancouver for a third round pick
ST LOUIS
doug gilmour - the co-leading scorer of that playoffs, eventually given away to calgary in the aforementioned disastrous trade, scores the cup-winning goal for calgary in 1989, then given away to toronto in an even more disastrous trade
rob ramage - came to calgary in the aforementioned hull trade, stepped up bigtime as a two-way defenseman after suter got hurt in the first round against vancouver en route to the cup; traded to toronto after the cup win for the pick that became kent manderville (himself later traded to toronto as part of the disastrous gilmour trade) and preceded gilmour as leafs captain (buffered by three years of wendel clark)
rick wamsley - the third guy in the hull trade, backed up vernon during the cup run; later traded to toronto in the disastrous gilmour trade
ric nattress - traded from st louis to calgary for a couple of mid-round picks at the 1987 draft, was a bottom pair guy on the '89 cup team, later also accompanied gilmour and wamsley in the disaster to end all disasters
mark hunter - st louis' leading goal scorer with a career high 44 goals in that year's regular season, later traded to calgary with gilmour and bozek in the first gilmour disaster, was on the '89 cup team
gino cavallini - acquired from calgary in the mullen trade, would become a longtime blue and did some solid time spelling future flame (and former canuck) dave lowry on brett hull's line in '91
ed beers - also just acquired in the mullen trade, for some reason never played again after that season even though he was in mid-twenties and coming off seasons of 36 goals/75 points and 28 goals/68 points
charlie bourgeois - the third former flame in the mullen trade, don't know much about him but he was a big guy who played a regular shift on d
greg paslawski - st louis' leading goal scorer in that playoffs, kicked around for a few teams before ending his NHL career in calgary, where he scored three goals in the crazy shootout series against LA; found his way back to the blues franchise, playing three seasons for their IHL team before retiring as a player
kevin lavallee - journeyman who began his career on the flames in the early '80s before being traded to LA for steve bozek; signed with pittsburgh as a free agent after this season
that's fifteen guys out of the fifty total players who played in the series. seems like a lot, and includes four major trades involving hall of famers (mullen from STL to CAL, gilmour from STL to CAL, hull from CAL to STL, macinnis from CAL to STL), three of them complete unmitigated disasters and the other one extremely controversial. involved are three hall of famers, 3/4 of those teams' leading playoff point scorers, each team's leading playoff goal scorer, calgary's leading RS point scorer, st louis' leading RS goal scorer, and st louis' goalie.
that series was decided by a 2-1 game seven; i wonder if st louis would have won and gone to the finals if the two teams hadn't done the mullen trade earlier that year.
by my count,
CALGARY
al macinnis - calgary's co-leading scorer in that playoffs, would go on to win the conn smythe in calgary, traded to st louis in the mid-90s, would eventually win a norris and almost a second norris in st louis
joe mullen - calgary's other co-leading scorer in that playoffs, had just been traded from st louis to calgary that trade deadline
terry johnson - a depth defenseman who also came calgary's way in the mullen deal; i actually have no idea who this guy is but he played the majority of calgary's games in that year's finals run, including 5/7 games in this series
dan quinn - calgary's leading scorer in that year's regular season, eventually traded to pittsburgh for mike bullard (himself later traded to st louis in the disastrous gilmour trade), then via vancouver would be traded to st louis in the disastrous butcher + quinn for courtnall, ronning, momesso, and dirk trade; quinn played out the year in st louis before being let go as a free agent for minnesota, where he would also soon be terminated after allegedly assaulting a woman with mario in the room
steve bozek - another future canuck, traded to st louis in the controversial brett hull trade, then involved in another CAL-STL deal, the lesser known third part of the gilmour trade that saw bozek and paul reinhart going to vancouver for a third round pick
ST LOUIS
doug gilmour - the co-leading scorer of that playoffs, eventually given away to calgary in the aforementioned disastrous trade, scores the cup-winning goal for calgary in 1989, then given away to toronto in an even more disastrous trade
rob ramage - came to calgary in the aforementioned hull trade, stepped up bigtime as a two-way defenseman after suter got hurt in the first round against vancouver en route to the cup; traded to toronto after the cup win for the pick that became kent manderville (himself later traded to toronto as part of the disastrous gilmour trade) and preceded gilmour as leafs captain (buffered by three years of wendel clark)
rick wamsley - the third guy in the hull trade, backed up vernon during the cup run; later traded to toronto in the disastrous gilmour trade
ric nattress - traded from st louis to calgary for a couple of mid-round picks at the 1987 draft, was a bottom pair guy on the '89 cup team, later also accompanied gilmour and wamsley in the disaster to end all disasters
mark hunter - st louis' leading goal scorer with a career high 44 goals in that year's regular season, later traded to calgary with gilmour and bozek in the first gilmour disaster, was on the '89 cup team
gino cavallini - acquired from calgary in the mullen trade, would become a longtime blue and did some solid time spelling future flame (and former canuck) dave lowry on brett hull's line in '91
ed beers - also just acquired in the mullen trade, for some reason never played again after that season even though he was in mid-twenties and coming off seasons of 36 goals/75 points and 28 goals/68 points
charlie bourgeois - the third former flame in the mullen trade, don't know much about him but he was a big guy who played a regular shift on d
greg paslawski - st louis' leading goal scorer in that playoffs, kicked around for a few teams before ending his NHL career in calgary, where he scored three goals in the crazy shootout series against LA; found his way back to the blues franchise, playing three seasons for their IHL team before retiring as a player
kevin lavallee - journeyman who began his career on the flames in the early '80s before being traded to LA for steve bozek; signed with pittsburgh as a free agent after this season
that's fifteen guys out of the fifty total players who played in the series. seems like a lot, and includes four major trades involving hall of famers (mullen from STL to CAL, gilmour from STL to CAL, hull from CAL to STL, macinnis from CAL to STL), three of them complete unmitigated disasters and the other one extremely controversial. involved are three hall of famers, 3/4 of those teams' leading playoff point scorers, each team's leading playoff goal scorer, calgary's leading RS point scorer, st louis' leading RS goal scorer, and st louis' goalie.
that series was decided by a 2-1 game seven; i wonder if st louis would have won and gone to the finals if the two teams hadn't done the mullen trade earlier that year.
