tarheelhockey
Offside Review Specialist
This is long but worth it.
This is Corb Denneny.
His brother Cy Denneny was more famous, but Corb was a pretty good player back in the 1910s and 1920s. He played in the first game in NHL history, scoring twice for the Toronto Arena Club in a 10-9 loss to the Montreal Wanderers just before Christmas, 1917.
By 1926, Corb had been playing out in the western pro league for a couple of years. He was enticed by the money to be made in the now-growing NHL, and made an attempt to come back via trade to Toronto. That trade, which was soon voided, also involved a much more obscure player named Leo Bourgeault.
Interestingly, even though the terms of that trade were nullified, Bourgeault didn't return to the prairie. He just stayed in the NHL and kept on playing. Was he actually traded... hard to say, but that strange situation produced a very interesting series of events.
1. January 24th, 1927, Bourgeault was traded to the Rangers for cash.
2. In 1930, the Rangers flipped Bourgeault to the Senators, again for cash.
3. On February 14, 1933, Bourgeault was packaged with Harold Starr to the Canadiens in exchange for Marty Burke and future considerations, in a strange trade that saw the future considerations (Nick Wasnie) take Burke's place on the Habs as he went back to Ottawa.
With the weird trades out of the way, I'll cut to the chase:
4. 1934 - Lionel Conacher, Leroy Goldsworthy, and Roger Jenkins to MTM for Marty Burke, Lorne Chabot and Howie Morenz to CHI
5. 1934 - Herb Cain and Lionel Conacher to MTM for Nels Crutchfield to MTL
6. 1938 - Herb Cain to MTL for cash to MTM
7. 1939 - Charlie Sands and Ray Getliffe to MTL for Herb Cain to BOS
8. 1944 - Dutch Hiller, Fern Gauthier, John Mahaffy, Charlie Sands and Tony Demers to MTL for Phil Watson to NYR
9. 1946 - Gerry Brown and John Mahaffy to MTL for Dutch Hiller and Vic Lynn to TOR
10. 1946 - Ray Powell and Doug Baldwin to DET for Gerry Brown to TOR
11. 1946 - Pete Horeck and Leo Reise Jr. to DET for Adam Brown and Ray Powell to CHI
12. 1949 - Pete Babando, Claire Martin, Pete Durham, and Jimmy Peters to DET for Bill Quackenbush and Pete Horeck to BOS
13. 1950 - Gaye Stewart, Jim Henry, Metro Prystai, and Bob Goldham to DET for Harry Lumley, Jack Stewart, Al Dewsbury, Pete Babando, and Don Morrison to CHI
14. 1951 - Tony Leswick to DET for Gaye Stewart to NYR
15. 1955 - Glen Skov, Tony Leswick, Johnny Wilson, and Benny Woit to CHI for Dave Creighton, Jerry Toppazzini, John McCormack, and Gord Hollingworth to DET
16. 1960 - Ab McDonald, Cec Hoekstra, Bob Courcy and Reggie Fleming to CHI for Terry Gray, Lorne Ferguson, Danny Lewicki, Glen Skov and Bob Bailey to MTL
17. 1964 - Ab McDonald and Reggie Fleming to BOS for Doug Mohns to CHI
18. 1965 - Parker MacDonald, Albert Langlois, Ron Harris, and Bob Dillabough to BOS for Ab McDonald, Bob McCord, and Ken Stephanson to DET
19. 1965 - Pit Martin to BOS for Parker MacDonald to DET
20. 1967 - Gilles Marotte, Pit Martin, and Jack Norris to CHI for Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to BOS
21. 1970 - Gerry Desjardins, Bryan Campbell, and Bill White to CHI for Gilles Marotte, Jim Stanfield, and Denis DeJordy to LAK
22. 1971 - Gerry Desjardins, Gerry Pinder, and Kerry Bond to CGS for Gary Smith to CHI
23. 1971 - Gilles Meloche and Paul Shmyr to CGS/MNS for Gerry Desjardins
24. 1985 - Gilles Meloche to EDM for Paul Houck to MNS
25. 1985 - Future considerations (Craig Muni), Marty McSorley, and Tim Hrynewich to EDM for Gilles Meloche to PIT
26. 1993 - Craig Muni to CHI for Mike Hudson to EDM
27. 1993 - Craig Muni and 5th 1995 (Daniel Bienvenue) to BUF for Keith Carney and 6th 1995 (Marc Magliarditi) to CHI
28. 1996 - 6th 1996 (Daniel Briere) and Craig Muni to WPG/PHX for Michal Grosek and Darryl Shannon to BUF
29. 2003 - 3rd 2004 (Andrej Sekera) and Daniel Briere to BUF for Chris Gratton and 4th 2004 (Liam Reddox) to PHX
30. 2013 - Andrej Sekera to CAR for Jamie McBain and 2nd 2013 (J.T. Compher) to BUF
31. 2015 - Roland McKeown and 1st 2016 to CAR for Andrej Sekera to LAK
OR...
30. 2004 - Conditional 3rd 2004 and Jason Chimera to PHX for 4th 2004 (Liam Reddox) and 2nd 2004 (Geoff Paukovich) to EDM
31. 2003 - Danny Markov and conditional 3rd 2004 to CAR for David Tanabe and Igor Knyazev to PHX
32. 2004 - Justin Williams to CAR for Danny Markov to PHI
33. 2009 - 2nd 2009 (Brian Dumoulin) and Patrick O’Sullivan to CAR for Justin Williams to LAK
34. 2012 - Jordan Staal to CAR for Brian Dumoulin, Brandon Sutter and 1st 2012 (Derrick Pouliot) to PIT
OR...
30. 2004 - Conditional 3rd 2004 and Jason Chimera to PHX for 4th 2004 (Liam Reddox) and 2nd 2004 (Geoff Paukovich) to EDM
31. 2003 - Conditional 3rd 2004 and Danny Markov to CAR for David Tanabe and Igor Knyazev to PHX
32. 2004 - 3rd 2005 to CAR for 3rd 2004 to PHX
33. 2005 - Andrew Hutchinson to CAR for 3rd 2005 (Teemu Laakso) to NSH
34. 2007 - Matt Cullen to CAR for Hutchinson, Joe Barnes and 3rd 2008 (Evgeny Grachev) to NYR
35. 2010 - 2nd 2010 and Alexandre Picard to CAR for Matt Cullen to CBJ
36. 2010 - Riley Nash to CAR for 2nd 2010 (Martin Marincin) to EDM
CONCLUSION: Jordan Staal, Riley Nash, Roland McKeown, and our LAK 1st round pick are on the Hurricanes roster by virtue of a direct, unbroken sequence of trades beginning with a player who played in the first game in NHL history, with the actual trade sequence originating in 1926.
This is Corb Denneny.
His brother Cy Denneny was more famous, but Corb was a pretty good player back in the 1910s and 1920s. He played in the first game in NHL history, scoring twice for the Toronto Arena Club in a 10-9 loss to the Montreal Wanderers just before Christmas, 1917.
By 1926, Corb had been playing out in the western pro league for a couple of years. He was enticed by the money to be made in the now-growing NHL, and made an attempt to come back via trade to Toronto. That trade, which was soon voided, also involved a much more obscure player named Leo Bourgeault.
Interestingly, even though the terms of that trade were nullified, Bourgeault didn't return to the prairie. He just stayed in the NHL and kept on playing. Was he actually traded... hard to say, but that strange situation produced a very interesting series of events.
1. January 24th, 1927, Bourgeault was traded to the Rangers for cash.
2. In 1930, the Rangers flipped Bourgeault to the Senators, again for cash.
3. On February 14, 1933, Bourgeault was packaged with Harold Starr to the Canadiens in exchange for Marty Burke and future considerations, in a strange trade that saw the future considerations (Nick Wasnie) take Burke's place on the Habs as he went back to Ottawa.
With the weird trades out of the way, I'll cut to the chase:
4. 1934 - Lionel Conacher, Leroy Goldsworthy, and Roger Jenkins to MTM for Marty Burke, Lorne Chabot and Howie Morenz to CHI
5. 1934 - Herb Cain and Lionel Conacher to MTM for Nels Crutchfield to MTL
6. 1938 - Herb Cain to MTL for cash to MTM
7. 1939 - Charlie Sands and Ray Getliffe to MTL for Herb Cain to BOS
8. 1944 - Dutch Hiller, Fern Gauthier, John Mahaffy, Charlie Sands and Tony Demers to MTL for Phil Watson to NYR
9. 1946 - Gerry Brown and John Mahaffy to MTL for Dutch Hiller and Vic Lynn to TOR
10. 1946 - Ray Powell and Doug Baldwin to DET for Gerry Brown to TOR
11. 1946 - Pete Horeck and Leo Reise Jr. to DET for Adam Brown and Ray Powell to CHI
12. 1949 - Pete Babando, Claire Martin, Pete Durham, and Jimmy Peters to DET for Bill Quackenbush and Pete Horeck to BOS
13. 1950 - Gaye Stewart, Jim Henry, Metro Prystai, and Bob Goldham to DET for Harry Lumley, Jack Stewart, Al Dewsbury, Pete Babando, and Don Morrison to CHI
14. 1951 - Tony Leswick to DET for Gaye Stewart to NYR
15. 1955 - Glen Skov, Tony Leswick, Johnny Wilson, and Benny Woit to CHI for Dave Creighton, Jerry Toppazzini, John McCormack, and Gord Hollingworth to DET
16. 1960 - Ab McDonald, Cec Hoekstra, Bob Courcy and Reggie Fleming to CHI for Terry Gray, Lorne Ferguson, Danny Lewicki, Glen Skov and Bob Bailey to MTL
17. 1964 - Ab McDonald and Reggie Fleming to BOS for Doug Mohns to CHI
18. 1965 - Parker MacDonald, Albert Langlois, Ron Harris, and Bob Dillabough to BOS for Ab McDonald, Bob McCord, and Ken Stephanson to DET
19. 1965 - Pit Martin to BOS for Parker MacDonald to DET
20. 1967 - Gilles Marotte, Pit Martin, and Jack Norris to CHI for Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield to BOS
21. 1970 - Gerry Desjardins, Bryan Campbell, and Bill White to CHI for Gilles Marotte, Jim Stanfield, and Denis DeJordy to LAK
22. 1971 - Gerry Desjardins, Gerry Pinder, and Kerry Bond to CGS for Gary Smith to CHI
23. 1971 - Gilles Meloche and Paul Shmyr to CGS/MNS for Gerry Desjardins
24. 1985 - Gilles Meloche to EDM for Paul Houck to MNS
25. 1985 - Future considerations (Craig Muni), Marty McSorley, and Tim Hrynewich to EDM for Gilles Meloche to PIT
26. 1993 - Craig Muni to CHI for Mike Hudson to EDM
27. 1993 - Craig Muni and 5th 1995 (Daniel Bienvenue) to BUF for Keith Carney and 6th 1995 (Marc Magliarditi) to CHI
28. 1996 - 6th 1996 (Daniel Briere) and Craig Muni to WPG/PHX for Michal Grosek and Darryl Shannon to BUF
29. 2003 - 3rd 2004 (Andrej Sekera) and Daniel Briere to BUF for Chris Gratton and 4th 2004 (Liam Reddox) to PHX
30. 2013 - Andrej Sekera to CAR for Jamie McBain and 2nd 2013 (J.T. Compher) to BUF
31. 2015 - Roland McKeown and 1st 2016 to CAR for Andrej Sekera to LAK
OR...
30. 2004 - Conditional 3rd 2004 and Jason Chimera to PHX for 4th 2004 (Liam Reddox) and 2nd 2004 (Geoff Paukovich) to EDM
31. 2003 - Danny Markov and conditional 3rd 2004 to CAR for David Tanabe and Igor Knyazev to PHX
32. 2004 - Justin Williams to CAR for Danny Markov to PHI
33. 2009 - 2nd 2009 (Brian Dumoulin) and Patrick O’Sullivan to CAR for Justin Williams to LAK
34. 2012 - Jordan Staal to CAR for Brian Dumoulin, Brandon Sutter and 1st 2012 (Derrick Pouliot) to PIT
OR...
30. 2004 - Conditional 3rd 2004 and Jason Chimera to PHX for 4th 2004 (Liam Reddox) and 2nd 2004 (Geoff Paukovich) to EDM
31. 2003 - Conditional 3rd 2004 and Danny Markov to CAR for David Tanabe and Igor Knyazev to PHX
32. 2004 - 3rd 2005 to CAR for 3rd 2004 to PHX
33. 2005 - Andrew Hutchinson to CAR for 3rd 2005 (Teemu Laakso) to NSH
34. 2007 - Matt Cullen to CAR for Hutchinson, Joe Barnes and 3rd 2008 (Evgeny Grachev) to NYR
35. 2010 - 2nd 2010 and Alexandre Picard to CAR for Matt Cullen to CBJ
36. 2010 - Riley Nash to CAR for 2nd 2010 (Martin Marincin) to EDM
CONCLUSION: Jordan Staal, Riley Nash, Roland McKeown, and our LAK 1st round pick are on the Hurricanes roster by virtue of a direct, unbroken sequence of trades beginning with a player who played in the first game in NHL history, with the actual trade sequence originating in 1926.
