Random players involved in multiple influential deals

[vadim sharifijanov]

a thread for hockey’s forrest gumps.

how about mike wilson? late first round pick by the canucks in the loaded 1993 draft. the second wilson taken in the draft, one pick after the leafs picked landon. next three picks were saku koivu, anders eriksson, and todd bertuzzi.

traded to buffalo, with young mike peca and a first rounder that became jay mckee, for alex mogilny.

mogilny was later traded for brendan morrison, who would be an important piece of the naslund/bertuzzi canucks.

peca captained the late 90s sabres to a SCF while mckee was their #3 defenseman.

then wilson is traded to florida for rhett warrener, who was the #4 on that 1999 sabres team, and a 5th rounder.

the 5th rounder became ryan miller, and warrener was sent away to calgary in a three way for chris drury.

drury co-captained those great 2006 and 2007 sabres teams, miller was their goalie, and mckee was the grizzled shotblocking vet on the 2006 team before hitting UFA.

meanwhile warrener goes to calgary and is a steady #4 for their 2004 SCF run.

all this time mike wilson has about as nondescript a career as you can have, with career highs of 4 goals and 20 points in a journeyman career that saw him suit up for 300-odd games over eight seasons on four teams.

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[Normand Lacombe]

Craig Berube

September 19, 1991-Berube, Grant Fuhr and Glenn Anderson traded from Edmonton to Toronto for Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing, Scott Thornton and Luke Richardson

January 2, 1992- Berube, Alexander Godynuk, Michel Petit, Jeff Reese and Gary Leeman traded from Toronto to Calgary for Doug Gilmour, Jamie Macoun, Ric Natress and Kent Manderville

 

[NHL WAR]

Joffrey Lupul was no slouch, but not the type of guy you'd expect to have been traded (among other pieces) for Chris Pronger twice.

Some other notable players involved: Jordan Eberle, Travis Hamonic, Joni Pitkanen, an over the hill Geoff Sanderson, Francois Beauchemin and Jake Gardiner.

 

[tony d]

Jeff Parker was traded to Buffalo for Dale Hawerchuk in 1990 and in 1991 was traded to Hartford for Ron Francis.

 

[Normand Lacombe]

Steve Bozek

In March of 1988, Bozek was traded with Brett Hull to St. Louis. Six months later, Bozek was traded back to Calgary as part of the package that sent Doug Gilmour to Calgary.

Edit: On the same day as the Gilmour acquisition, Calgary sent Bozek and Paul Reinhart to Vancouver.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Jeff Parker was traded to Buffalo for Dale Hawerchuk in 1990 and in 1991 was traded to Hartford for Ron Francis.

whoa i actually have no idea who jeff parker guy is

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Steve Bozek

In March of 1988, Bozek was traded with Brett Hull to St. Louis. Six months later, Bozek was traded back to Calgary as part of the package that sent Doug Gilmour to Calgary.

paul reinhart is sad you didn’t mention the trade that sent bozek and him to the canucks, a trade that btw almost resulted in the 89 flames losing in the first round.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Luca Sbisa was involved in trades for the following players...Adam Foote, Chris Pronger and Ryan Kesler

 

[KMart27]

Marty McSorley has an interesting trade history.

Obviously we all know he was in the Gretzky trade to LA.
In August 1993 he was traded for Shawn McEachern. Then in February 1994 he was again traded for McEachern, with Tomas Sandstrom and Jim Paek also involved.
He was then traded with Kurri and Churla for a group including Ray Ferraro and Mattias Norstrom.

 

[Normand Lacombe]

Goaltender Alex Auld was a part of two significant trades.

On June 23, 2006, Vancouver traded Auld, Bryan Allen and Todd Bertuzzi to Florida for Roberto Luongo, Lukas Krajiek and Florida's 2006 6th round pick.

In what seemed like a minor deal at the time, Ottawa dealt Auld to Dallas for a 2010 2nd round pick on July 8, 2009. The 2nd round pick became Mark Stone.

 

[brachyrynchos]

Defenseman Jeff Chychrun.
5/30/91 w/ Jari Kurri to L.A., Flyers got a 4th, Steve Kasper, and Steve Duchesne.
2/19/92 w/ Brian Benning and a 1st to Pittsburgh, Kings get Coffey.
Chychrun was later traded in minor deals, for Peter Ahola and a season or 2 later for future considerations. The first two trades were pretty good for the Kings.

 

[NHL WAR]

1B goaltender Rick Wamsley was involved in two of the biggest trades of all time.

Traded to Calgary (as the secondary piece to Rob Ramage) for Brett Hull.

Throw in in the historic 10 player trade between Calgary and Toronto. The big name in the deal being Doug Gilmour.

Also included in a mass swap of draft picks between St.Louis and Montreal. Those picks produced notable players such as Shayne Corson.

 

[Johnny Engine]

That links him with the aforementioned Bozek!

(In the past hour I've made posts about Petr Buzek and Steve Bozek. I really need to think of something to say about Tyler Bozak)

 

[JianYang]

Jocelyn Thibault spent some time as a starting goalie, and a backup. He ended up with a fairly long career, but he was also involved in 2 deals that still get talked about today.

Thibault was a first round draft pick that the Nordiques got in the lindros trade.

About 3 years later, he was involved in the patrick roy deal.

I mean he was involved in the roy and lindros deals, and he hadn't even hit 21 years of age yet.

 

[justafan22]

This probably doesn't reach the threshold, but Derrick Brassard.

Traded in a package for Gaborik, and traded with a 7th for Zibanejad and a 2nd.

 

[The Pale King]

whoa i actually have no idea who jeff parker guy is

This one is hard to read, but if you're curious. Not an atypical story though, unfortunately.
The Tragic Diagnosis They Already Knew: Their Brother Died With C.T.E.

RIP.