The most contraversial move in NHL history?

[dangleshow]

Rick DiPietro's 15 year contract.

 

[wingnut22]

Gretzky Trade
then the lock out
after that maybe the Dipietro contract?

 

[One Day A Lion]

Probably between the Gretzky trade; Move of the Nordiques, Whalers, and Jets; and the lockout.

 

[One Day A Lion]

Rick DiPietro's 15 year contract.

Oh yeah, that's pretty crazy too. But supposedly Steve Young played for a team in the USFL or some defunct league and is entitled to $1 mil. a year for 42 years


Sorry for the double post.

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

Ottawa selling King Clancy to the Leafs.
Not suspending Hal Laycoe. (There's no doubt that Richard deserved a suspension, but the unjust part of the incident was that Laycoe got away with a very suspendable cheap shot.)
Not NHL, but Clarke slashing Kharlamov.

But I'd probably half to go with the Brett Hull Goal/No Goal as the most controversial moment.

 

[trevchar1971]

The Gretzky trade............ far and away the most shocking ........

 

[Troy Gamble]

I nominate any player moves undertaken by the St. Louis Blues in the 1990s — player moves which were the driving force behind the escalation of NHL player salaries during that era. In fact, if one really traced it back, the financial mess that necessitated the lockout could probably be followed back to the St. Louis Blues.

Their offer for Scott Stevens was tremendously controversial at the time. They put out a ton of money for Scott and forfeited a ton of draft picks as a consequence.
They gave Petr Nedved a ton of money as a RFA and forfeited Craig Janney (traded back for Jeff Brown, Brett Hedican and Nathan Lafayette after he refused to come to Vancouver) as compensation.
There are other examples of St. Louis largesse but those are the two most notable.

Then New Jersey signs Stevens and St. Louis gets Shanahan as compensation. What the heck was up with that dumb player compensation system?