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as bad as the schnieder trade looks (time will tell), it likely won't come close to the cam neely debacle. i know what happened to cam neely; what happened to tom watt, the genius responsible for instigating the trade? he should not fade away without infamy. he cost the canuck organization dearly and no one should forget that!

without looking too far back, ie 1970's and before where les habitants used to rake expansion teams, ie guy lafleur, it is amusing how much the flyers gave up for lindros: half their team including someone named peter forsberg

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If we are talking awful then the Eric Lindros trade is the worst . The Wayne Gretzky trade is the second worst. The Oilers ended up with basically nothing besides the 15mil dollars. Carson and the draft picks amounted to nothing. The Kings got everything , and the League ended up selling the game to the southern states.

Honorable mention goes to the Cam Neely trade , almost all of Mike MIlbury trades.

I have to say though, Garth Snow probably takes the cake for GM idiot master right about now .

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Guy Lafleur. Not only was the owner of the Seals completely stupid. Sam Pollock traded a player to LA so they wouldn't finish last denying them the first overall pick.

"The Habs' general manager, Sam Pollock, was keen to find a way to trade to obtain the first overall pick in the 1971 amateur draft. He persuaded California Golden Seals owner Charlie Finley to trade the Seals' 1971 first-round pick and François Lacombe in return for Montreal's 1970 first-round pick and veteran Ernie Hicke. However, late in the 1970-71 season the Los Angeles Kings were in last place overall, behind the Seals. The Kings were in danger of "beating" the Seals out for last place, and if this happened Pollock would lose his first overall pick. Pollock traded the aging Ralph Backstrom to the Kings for two players. Backstrom's presence lifted the Kings out of last place, and the Seals finished at the bottom, granting the Habs the first pick. Pollock hesitated between Lafleur and Marcel Dionne, but chose Lafleur with his overall no.1 pick."

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Anything Milbury did and Naslund for Stojanov as a close second.

Guy Lafleur. Not only was the owner of the Seals completely stupid. Sam Pollock traded a player to LA so they wouldn't finish last denying them the first overall pick.

"The Habs' general manager, Sam Pollock, was keen to find a way to trade to obtain the first overall pick in the 1971 amateur draft. He persuaded California Golden Seals owner Charlie Finley to trade the Seals' 1971 first-round pick and François Lacombe in return for Montreal's 1970 first-round pick and veteran Ernie Hicke. However, late in the 1970-71 season the Los Angeles Kings were in last place overall, behind the Seals. The Kings were in danger of "beating" the Seals out for last place, and if this happened Pollock would lose his first overall pick. Pollock traded the aging Ralph Backstrom to the Kings for two players. Backstrom's presence lifted the Kings out of last place, and the Seals finished at the bottom, granting the Habs the first pick. Pollock hesitated between Lafleur and Marcel Dionne, but chose Lafleur with his overall no.1 pick."

What a genius move by Pollock.
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Chara was traded to the Ottawa Senators during the 2001 NHL Entry Draft as part of a deal to acquire forward Alexei Yashin. At the time, it was believed that the deal would vastly improve the Islanders, who were never a contending team when Chára played there. Chára was part of a package deal that included Bill Muckalt and the second overall pick from that year's draft (which the Senators used to select Jason Spezza).

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Chara was traded to the Ottawa Senators during the 2001 NHL Entry Draft as part of a deal to acquire forward Alexei Yashin. At the time, it was believed that the deal would vastly improve the Islanders, who were never a contending team when Chára played there. Chára was part of a package deal that included Bill Muckalt and the second overall pick from that year's draft (which the Senators used to select Jason Spezza).

I know. That was just lunatic trade.

How about the Luongo / Jokinen trade?

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