KKnight Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Out of pure boredom. I thought it would be fun to bring up notable trades that reportedly almost happened. Any that you remember? One I remember is the package to Tampa: Bieksa Burrows First For Tampa's first that ended up being Hedman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevin Biestra Posted April 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2020 We came pretty darn close to acquiring Gretzky. Just imagine if we had added Gretzky to the lineup instead of bloody Messier. And to think we also almost got a 23rd round pick for Dan Hamhuis and let it slip through our fingers. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) If we had acquired Gretzky in 1988, not sure what we would have had to give up... LA gave up Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, and 1st rounders in 1989, 91 and 93. We didn't really have anyone on the roster at the time with the youth and scoring accomplishments of Carson... I guess a slightly older Tanti / Skriko might have done the trick. My guess is they would have wanted Brian Bradley in the package. He was probably showing the most promise as a young scorer. As to those first round picks, we could still get Linden and we still steal Bure in the late rounds at the draft. Our 1989 / 91 / 93 picks ended up being Jason Herter, Alek Stokjanov and Mike Wilson. I don't mind losing those guys to get Gretzky at all. Given that it was the Gretzky Kings that gave us trouble in 91 and 93, and Edmonton in 1992... It's pretty fair to suggest that we could have won multiple Cups in the early 90s with Gretzky on the roster and giving up players that we lost anyway by 1990 and draft picks that never did anything on our team. With Gretzky on our team, we probably wouldn't have been bottomfeeders enough to draft Linden...but we could definitely still have traded for McLean, Ronning, Courtnall, Adams, Lumme, etc. Edited April 4, 2020 by Kevin Biestra 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Brad Richards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Shariff Abdur Rahim for Steve Nash in about 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Ray Sheppard for $2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Just now, lmm said: Shariff Abdur Rahim for Steve Nash in about 2000 He said Canucks, not Grizzlies Fun fact, I made Big Country Reaves cry. 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Burkie was saying TO was all in for Luongo in early 2013 and the ask was Kadri Gardiner and 2 firsts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Just now, luckylager said: He said Canucks, not Grizzlies Fun fact, I made Big Country Reaves cry. how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Aladeen said: Burkie was saying TO was all in for Luongo in early 2013 and the ask was Kadri Gardiner and 2 firsts. and remember Gillis said, "there is another team interested, and you might be surprized" ... ... still waiting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Cody Hodgson for John Carlson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 The Edmonton/Schneider deal comes to mind. Don’t remember the specifics of it exactly. Subban for our 5th overall, but Columbus took Dubois before. Another Subban deal but NJD wouldn’t retain cap. Lol. Apparently a Luongo to Toronto for 2nd rounders deal as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Heard Pitt was hot after Tanti & John Garrett..they dangled Mario. Wisely, we stayed patient. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, lmm said: How? My voice is loud. We could see him crying at the free throw line. He actually looked up at us, with tears in his eyes, right before he missed his 475th consecutive free throw 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKnight Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, Darkstar said: Cody Hodgson for John Carlson. Man that would have been epic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballisticsports. Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, Kevin Biestra said: We came pretty darn close to acquiring Gretzky. Just imagine if we had added Gretzky to the lineup instead of bloody Messier. And to think we also almost got a 23rd round pick for Dan Hamhuis and let it slip through our fingers. I use to think the same when it almost happened Now that it is passed, kinda glad he didn't, I would hate to have had the greatest player who did so much for the game, promotions, never missed tournaments, he just loved to play hockey, and I would have been upset if he was on our team and people cutting him down,while playing for us, But Gretzky, Bure, Mogilny, Naslund, Bertuzzi or Trevor, Lumme, Ohland, Hedican, Gino,Brashear, Mclean, Snow, Irbe would have been fun, Mess prob Messed with the team chemistry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Just now, luckylager said: My voice is loud. We could see him crying at the free throw line. He actually looked up at us, with tears in his eyes, right before he missed his 475th consecutive free throw but what would his carre been like if we had traded for Steve Nash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Nuxfanabroad said: Heard Pitt was hot after Tanti & John Garrett..they dangled Mario. Wisely, we stayed patient. We actually did trade Tanti to Pittsburgh. Tanti and Pederson for McBain and Quinn. Four good players, all of whom had very little left in the tank. But Quinn did get us Ronning and Courtnall, etc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, Darkstar said: Cody Hodgson for John Carlson. was that actually a possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coho8888 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 17 minutes ago, lmm said: how? Took away his donuts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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