Trade Deadline's A Bust
The NHL Trade Deadline Is A Team Killer, Not A Dreams Builder
Chris Pronger, Jay Bouwmeester, Nik Antropov and Marion Gaborik are just some of the big names that everyone will be watching on today’s NHL trade deadline. Whoever lands these players via trade will definitely bolster their line-ups heading into the playoffs, but that’s no guarantee that they will win.
In fact, it just might decrease their chances of hoisting Lord Stanley’s mug at the end of the season.
Have a look through some of the major deals made on deadline day in the past 10 years; these deals would indicate that role payers are the way to go, third line wingers or a solid defenseman, not the superstar that most teams salivate over.
2008 NHL Trade Deadline - February 26, 2008
To Pittsburgh: F Marian Hossa and F Pascal Dupuis
To Atlanta: F Colby Armstrong, F Erik Christensen, Angelo Esposito, and a 2008 1st-Round Draft Pick
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To Dallas: F Brad Richards and G Johan Holmqvist
To Tampa Bay: F Jussi Jokinen, F Jeff Halpern, G Mike Smith, and a 2009 4th-Round Draft Pick
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To San Jose: DBrian Campbell and a 2008 7th-Round Draft Pick
To Buffalo: F Steve Bernier and a 2008 1st-Round Draft Pick
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To Detroit: D Brad Stuart
To Los Angeles: 2008 2nd-Round Draft Pick and a 2009 4th-Round Draft Pick
**Detroit beats Pittsburgh in 6 games to win the Stanley Cup.
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2007 NHL Trade Deadline February - 27, 2007
To New York Islanders: F Ryan Smyth
To Edmonton: F Robert Nilson, D Ryan O’Marra and a 2007 1st-Round Draft Pick
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To Detroit: F Todd Bertuzzi
To Florida: F Shawn Matthias, 2007 conditional draft pick and a 2008 conditional 2nd-Round Pick
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To Anaheim: F Brad May
To Colorado: D Michael Wall
**Anaheim beats Ottawa in 5 games to win the Stanley Cup.
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To Nashville: F Peter Forsberg
To Philadelphia: F Scottie Upshall, D Ryan Parent a 2007 1st & 3rd-Round Draft Pick
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2006 NHL Trade Deadline - March 9, 2006
To Carolina: F Mark Recchi
To Pittsburgh: F Niklas Nordgren, F Krys Kolanos, and a 2007 2nd round pick
**Carolina beats Edmonton in 7 games to win the Stanley Cup.
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To Nashville: D Brendan Witt
To Washington: F Kris Beech and a 2006 1st round pick
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To Edmonton: F Sergei Samsonov
To Boston: F Marty Reasoner, F Yan Stastny, and a 2006 2nd round pick
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2005 NHL Trade Deadline
No trades due to player’s lockout
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2004 NHL Trade Deadline - March 9, 2004
To Toronto: C Ron Francis to Toronto for Toronto’s
To Carolina: 2005 4th-round pick.
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To Ottawa: D Greg de Vries
To NY Rangers: D Karel Rachunek and C Alexandre Giroux.
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To San Jose: D Jeff Jillson
To Boston: C Brad Boyes
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To Buffalo: D Jeff Jillson and a 2005 9th-round pick
To San Jose: C Curtis Brown and D Andy Delmore
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To Tampa Bay: D Stan Neckar
To Nashville: 2004 6th-round pick
**Tampa Bay beats Calgary in 7 games to win the Stanley Cup.
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2003 NHL Trade Deadline - March 11, 2003
To Toronto: D Phil Housley
To Chicago: 2003 4th-round pick and a 4th-round pick in 2004.
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To Anaheim: F Steve Thomas
To Chicago: 2003 5th round draft pick
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To Detroit: D Mathieu Schneider
To Los Angeles: C Sean Avery, D Maxim Kuznetsov, 2003 1st-round pick and a 2004 2nd-round pick
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To Ottawa: C Bryan Smolinski
To Los Angeles: D Tim Gleason and future considerations.
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To Toronto: C Doug Gilmour
To Montreal: 2003 6th-round pick
**New Jersey beats Anaheim in 7 games to win the Stanley Cup.
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2002 NHL Trade Deadline - March 19, 2002
To Detroit: D Jiri Slegr
To Atlanta: C Yuri Butsayev and 2002 3rd-round pick
**Detroit beats Carolina in 5 games to win the Stanley Cup.
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To Colorado: D Darius Kasparaitis
To Pittsburgh: D Rick Berry and LW Ville Nieminen.
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To New Jersey: F Joe Nieuwendyk and F Jamie Langenbrunner
To Dallas: F Jason Arnott, F Randy McKay and 2002 1st round draft pick
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2001 NHL Trade Deadline - March 13, 2001
*The only year that the two teams involved in the Stanley Cup Finals did not make any deadline day moves.
To Washington: C Trevor Linden, RW Dainius Zubrus and a 2001 2nd-round pick
To Montreal: LW Richard Zednik, C Jan Bulis and 2001 1st-round pick
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To St. Louis: LW Keith Tkachuk
To Phoenix: C Michal Handzus, C Ladislav Nagy, C Jeff Taffe and a 2001 1st-round pick
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To San Jose: RW Teemu Selänne
To Anaheim: LW Jeff Friesen, G Steve Shields and a 2002 2nd round choice
**Colorado beats New Jersey in 7 games to win the Stanley Cup.
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2000 NHL Trade Deadline - March 14, 2000
To Colorado: D Ray Bourque and Dave Andreychuk
To Boston: Brian Rolston, Samuel Pahlsson, Martin Grenier and a 2000 1st round draft pick
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To Buffalo: Doug Gilmour, J. P. Dumont and a conditional draft pick in 2001 or 2002
To Chicago: Michal Grosek
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To Vancouver: C Brendan Morrison and C Denis Pederson
To New Jersey: RW Alexander Mogilny
**New Jersey beats Dallas in 6 games to win the Stanley Cup; Mogilny had 7 points in 23 games for New Jersey
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1999 NHL Trade Deadline - March 23, 1999
To Tampa Bay: G Kevin Hodson and a 1999 2nd-round pick
To Detroit: LW Wendel Clark and a 1999 6th-round pick
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To Toronto: C Yanic Perreault
To Los Angeles: C Jason Podollan and a 1999 3rd-round pick
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To Detroit: Chris Chelios
To Chicago: 1999 and 2001 1st round draft picks
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To Detroit: D Ulf Samuelsson
To NY Rangers: 1999 2nd-round pick and a 2000 3rd-round pick
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To Dallas: C Derek Plante
To Buffalo: 1999 2nd-round pick
**Dallas beat Buffalo in 6 games to win the Stanley Cup.
There’s no exact science to trading players, it’s nothing more than a crap shoot, especially if you are building a team to win now rather than building for the future. Teams vie to make their teams better by adding what they think the missing piece of the puzzle will be to get them over the hump. But if history is accurate, the best thing to do is nothing.
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