Worst trades your team avoided

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Gaudreau + Flames 1st (6th Overall: Monahan) for Seguin

Never heard of this one.


I think the ROR offer sheet could have potentially put us out:

NOTHING (ROR lost on waivers) for 2.5 million + Klimchuk or Poirier + Kanzig?

Or am I looking at the wrong draft?
Also unsure if this is considered a "trade".

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Spooner + 2nd for Stewart.

Thank God Cam vetoed that by Chiarelli.

 

[Terry Yake]

corey perry for mike comrie

good god

 

[Ishad]

Datsyuk for Gomez

 

[trick9]

Also, that was Pronger's price at the 09 deadline. Nobody on in the deal except for Varlamov was even in the NHL at that point, and I've heard significant question that all of Varly/Kuz/Carlson/Alzner would have to go.

Not making that deal was the worst move of GMGM's tenure, not the other way around.

This is about hindsight. If that's all of those 4, it's not even close. If it's 3, that might end up being #1C, #1D and starting goalie. Alzner now is great #3D that is constantly improving still. It's not a guaranteed Cup even if that trade is made.

 

[Skobel24]

????

It was never 100% confirmed, but there were rumors that it almost happened. Wouldn't have been the worst trade ever, but it definitely would have set the Flames back.

http://flamesnation.ca/2013/12/2/tyler-seguin-what-if
https://timfontenaultsports.wordpre...e-talks-between-bruins-flames-in-seguin-deal/

 

[BruinLVGA]

It was never 100% confirmed, but there were rumors that it almost happened. Wouldn't have been the worst trade ever, but it definitely would have set the Flames back.

http://flamesnation.ca/2013/12/2/tyler-seguin-what-if
https://timfontenaultsports.wordpre...e-talks-between-bruins-flames-in-seguin-deal/

All right. I had never heard of it before. Not that bad a trade, if you ask me. Three very good players involved.

 

[Skobel24]

Never heard of this one.


I think the ROR offer sheet could have potentially put us out:

NOTHING (ROR lost on waivers) for 2.5 million + Klimchuk or Poirier + Kanzig?

Or am I looking at the wrong draft?
Also unsure if this is considered a "trade".

There were articles released later on that claimed ROR would not have been subject to waivers, but I'm not sure if they're accurate.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Habs fans must be saying McDonagh for Gomez, what a close one for them...

 

[Beerfish]

corey perry for mike comrie

good god

And a first round picks as well.

Lowe refused Comrie for Perry and 1st rounder because he wanted to extort 2 million from comrie to make the trade go through.

And you wonder why oilers fans have had to suffer for so many years of awfullness.

 

[theaub]

The opposite of bad for the Hawks but they almost acquired Frank Mahovlich for $1M in 1962, which would've given them the ridiculous Hull/Mahovlich LW combo

But Tommy Ivan got rejected at the door with the cheque

 

[Hatfield]

They might have. Or not.

If they would have walked to a Cup after that trade it would have been worth a consideration. But for a great chance at a Cup? No way i would i even consider that trade now. Carlson is a young top-10 (at worst, top-15) D, Varlamov is a top-10 starting goalie, Alzner is a great 2nd pairing D on a steal of an contract, Kuznetsov is 2nd among all C's in scoring, also on a bargain contract.

I think they'd have better chance to win the Cup with this team, this season, than in those years with Pronger.

I heard that the proposed trade was some combination of Varlamov, NEUVIRTH, Carlson and Alzner going the other way. They might have been able to keep Varly (until they'd eventually find a way to flip him for Latta). Either way, a player like Pronger was definitely what they needed at the time.

 

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There were articles released later on that claimed ROR would not have been subject to waivers, but I'm not sure if they're accurate.

Heard that, but I believe most individuals believed that it would have been similar to the Nabokov situation. However, I do believe the CBA has been revised so that this no longer would occur if the same thing occurred.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/ho...lly-offer-sheet-a-big-mistake-all-around.html

 

[Adam Spylo]

There never seems to be consensus on the pieces offered, but that Lecavalier trade that was blocked by the TBL owner saved us.

Some say Pacioretty + Price + Subban + 1st (I don't believe it)
I've heard Price + Plekanec + Gorges or Plekanec + Higgins + Gorges

Whatever it was... praise the lord it never went through!

I would have easily traded Plekanec + Higgins + Gorges for Lecavalier. That trade would also mean that the Habs didn't pull the trigger on the Gomez trade which hurt us more.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Not trades, but Lowe/MacT almost signed some pretty stupid contracts (Heatley, Clarkson).

The Pronger trade was pretty bad in hindsight. Smid didn't pan out, but if the rumours of Perry being involved were true, then they made a huge mistake in taking Lupul instead.

edit: woops, this is trades that ALMOST happened.

 

[LeafsLegendAkiBerg]

To the Leafs:
Vincent Lecavier

To the Lightning:
Nik Antropov, Jonas Hoglund, Tomas Kaberle, Brad Boyes/1st Round Pick

Tampa fans must be happy this never happened. Hoglund was pretty useless, Antropov was injury prone, Boyes never amounted to much. Kaberle is the only good piece in the trade.

 

[hallhopkinseberle]

Not trades, but Lowe/MacT almost signed some pretty stupid contracts (Heatley, Clarkson).

The Pronger trade was pretty bad in hindsight. Smid didn't pan out, but if the rumours of Perry being involved were true, then they made a huge mistake in taking Lupul instead.

edit: woops, this is trades that ALMOST happened.

wait wat.

Heatley has never been a free agent

 

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wait wat.

Heatley has never been a free agent

http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/heatley-kills-deal-with-the-edmonton-oilers-1.413113

The Oilers had proposed sending forwards Andrew Cogliano and Dustin Penner and defenceman Ladislav Smid to Ottawa for Heatley, who refused to waive his no-trade contract.

They even went to his home in Kelowna to try and sell him on the move.

 

[Mayor Bee]

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With offer sheet compensation, it has to be a team's own picks.

That would be #6 overall (Monahan), and their third (#67, Kanzig).

Yikes, even worse.

 

[DraberlyakMcHallkins*]

there was a rumour that MacT had talked about something around Hall for M Staal+1st+, i thank the gods every day that man was fired

 

[LV*]

Wasn't there a deal close between the Flyers and Leafs involving Carter and Kaberle?

Carter + 1st for Kaberle

I'm happy we didnt do Kadri + Schenn for M Richards.

 

[NYRangers3061]

there was a rumour that MacT had talked about something around Hall for M Staal+1st+, i thank the gods every day that man was fired

WHYYYYYYYYYYY? WHY did this not happen?

 

[Juicy Pop]

To the Leafs:
Vincent Lecavier

To the Lightning:
Nik Antropov, Jonas Hoglund, Tomas Kaberle, Brad Boyes/1st Round Pick

Tampa fans must be happy this never happened. Hoglund was pretty useless, Antropov was injury prone, Boyes never amounted to much. Kaberle is the only good piece in the trade.

That 1st used for Steen if I recall correctly.

 

[hototogisu]

http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/heatley-kills-deal-with-the-edmonton-oilers-1.413113



They even went to his home in Kelowna to try and sell him on the move.

That wasn't his point. He said Lowe never tried to sign Heatley to a dumb contract. Which is true.