ChuckW
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This has probably been done many times before, but I am too lazy to search.
What are the worst trades in NHL history? Hindsight is 20/20, but which GMs had the absolute worst FORESIGHT ever?
As I am a Carolina/Hartford fan, I will give you two right off the bat involving my team:
1) Everyone knows this one, but the Whalers trading Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelsson to Pittsburgh for...Zarley Zalapski and...a bag of pucks? Something like that. This has to be a contender for worst trade of all time in the NHL. It handed Mario Lemieux 2 Cups, and handed the Whalers...um...nothing?
2) Carolina sent Justin Williams to LA for Patrick O'Sullivan and...somehow, Erik Cole (3 team deal). Cole was okay in his second stint, but nothing incredible. O'Sullivan stank up the joint, and LA got 2 Cups with Williams scoring every clutch goal in each run - or close to it.
Go ahead, top these two debacles. I dare you.
What are the worst trades in NHL history? Hindsight is 20/20, but which GMs had the absolute worst FORESIGHT ever?
As I am a Carolina/Hartford fan, I will give you two right off the bat involving my team:
1) Everyone knows this one, but the Whalers trading Ron Francis and Ulf Samuelsson to Pittsburgh for...Zarley Zalapski and...a bag of pucks? Something like that. This has to be a contender for worst trade of all time in the NHL. It handed Mario Lemieux 2 Cups, and handed the Whalers...um...nothing?
2) Carolina sent Justin Williams to LA for Patrick O'Sullivan and...somehow, Erik Cole (3 team deal). Cole was okay in his second stint, but nothing incredible. O'Sullivan stank up the joint, and LA got 2 Cups with Williams scoring every clutch goal in each run - or close to it.
Go ahead, top these two debacles. I dare you.