The Greatest Trade Of All Time For All 32 NHL Teams! 

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The Bruins one was completely WRONG! They got Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, and Fred Stanfield from the Blackhawks for Pit Martin and two nobodies. It was the most lobsided trade in NHL history. Esposito ALONE would have been a steal for the Bruins, but throw in two all-stars as well and, well, ...

What do you mean, nobody knew about Selanne? He won the Calder trophy in 1992, smashing the rookie scoring record by 23 points, and had scored 147 goals in his first 230 games. Everyone knew he was a star, and the Jets only traded him because they couldn't afford him, Tkachuk, and Zhamnov.

I like your videos but you guys need to do your research better. So many names are mispronounced, and Jarome iginla never won a hart trophy let alone two.

Not a trade per se, but I’d argue that Devils acquiring Scott Stevens made the single biggest impact on franchise history. And it’s a fascinating story of how they got him, completely screwing over St Louis. Well worth the hefty 5.5 M AAV, which was a crazy amount of money in 1991.

That second trade Pollock made to get Lafleur was key, it deserves to be mentioned in addition to the Seals’ trade.

Boston showed that they are a class organization when the dealt #7/77 to Colorado so Ray could win a Stanley Cup knowing he would never win a cup in Boston.Pure class.

Tverdovsky was never a stay at home D-man; two 50 point seasons, and a top ten Norris finish in 97 with Phoenix says completely otherwise.

1. Dude... you really need to learn how to pronounce the names of these players - you mispronounced about 30% of them in this video. 2. You're wrong about Toronto and Boston. Toronto getting Gilmour in a 10 player trade was their best. and Boston getting Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge from Chicago 3. Also, there's more to the story in how Montreal was able to get Guy Lafleur. Marcel Dionne was also a top prospect in Lafleur's draft year. It looked like the LA Kings were going to finish in last place, thwarting Pollock's plans to draft Lafleur, so Sam Pollock sent six time cup winner but disgruntled skater Ralph Backstrom to the Kings for Gordon Labossiere and Raymond Fortin. Backstrom had left the Habs prior to that season as he no longer wanted to play in Montreal and voiced a desire to play for a west-coast team. That trade vaulted the Kings over the Seals in the standings, giving the Habs Guy Lafleur while the Kings got Marcel Dionne.

The Gretzky trade was a win-win for both Edmonton and Los Angeles for another reason: Edmonton proved in 1990 they could win a Stanley Cup without Gretzky. It was also a win-win for the league itself, because without that trade, there is no NHL hockey in Anaheim, San Jose, Miami, Tampa, Raleigh, Dallas, Nashville or Las Vegas.

RE OILERS..Doug who? Thats pronounced "weight"as in how heavy something is.

There’s more to the Nieuwendyk and Iggy trade. The Flames acquired the draft they used for Nieuwendyk when they traded Kent Nilsson. So they traded Nilsson, a key player past his prime, got Nieuwendyk, a key piece in their 89 Cup win. Then trading him for Iginla. Just looking at the trade with Dallas doesn’t tell the whole story, especially as Nilsson was traded to the Minnesota North Stars (who became the Dallas Stars) Honorable mention would go to the trade with the Colorado Rockies for Lanny McDonald. That trade gave the team an identity and a new character, that paid off in 89 as well.

Forgot about the trade for a guy named Marcel Dionne, a true HOFer, or another guy named Wayne Gretsky.

Thachuk for Huberdeau is a big win for Florida. Hubs is a complete flop for us. That whole trade killed our club. Plus that douchebag Gaudreau leaving.

in a complete shock to the entire city of Philadelphia and especially after their deep run in 2010. the flyers sent jeff carter to the blue jackets for jake voracheck and a first rounder where the flyers selected sean couturier. carter immediately demaned a trade out of Columbus and didnt want to even be on the ice for them. and the flyers got 2 cornerstone pieces in their core for years and coots becoming their eventual captain. the flyers also traded mike richards to the king for the rights to brayden schenn and wayne simmonds. just days apart. carter and richards were apparent party animals and were constantly late to practice, tried to sleep with other players wives, and had substance abuse issues. so something had to be done. richards did win the cup with the kings but succumbed to his demons and was never the same player. carter had a lengthy career and retired this season.

The Canucks trade for the Sedins is a close one between this and the Markus Naslund trade

Favorite trade for Detroit for me would be sending Paul Coffey and Keith Primeau to Hartford for Brendan Shanahan and Brian Glynn.

Oh, and the “s” in Gelinas is silent.

As a caps fan, the TJ Oshie trade was one of the best trades the team has ever made he’s had a huge impact since he was traded here

Wrong on the Caps one. The trade that brought Rod Langway to Washington is still the most important trade in team history. Back then, the Caps were bad and DC was in danger of losing the team. The Langway trade stabilized the franchise and they became competitive and it kept them in DC. No other trade comes close because there would be no Caps in DC today without that trade. The Oshie trade was another good one but the Langway trade is easily the pick here. Ask any Cap fan and they will tell you this.

Feel bad for Sundin,if he wasnt traded he should have played in Colorado with Forsberg and have a cuopple of rings, sadly he had to play in lousy leafs

There's a caveat to the Hasek trade to Buffalo. That year there was an expansion draft and Buffalo had a spot open to protect a goalie. So they and Chicago did Winnipeg a favor by trading Center Christian Ruuttu to Winnipeg for Goalie Beauregard. After the expansion draft, Beauregard was dealt to Chicago for Hasek and then Chicago traded Beauregard back to Winnipeg for Ruuttu.

The Faber trade was amazing for the Wild But I guarantee give it a couple years, and their absolute fleecing of the Buffalo Sabres has a chance to surpass it At the 2022-23 deadline they delt struggling winger Jordan Greenway for a 2nd round pick, that 2nd round pick has since turned into leading WHL scorer Riley Heidt, a player who is a potential superstar in the making

The Canucks best trade is debatable. There is the Sedin trade yes but you could also argue the Luongo trade. The Canucks don’t get to the 2011 final without him. Naslund for Stojanov was also a very lopsided trade.

The pronunciations on this video are egregious. There were half a dozen by the time you got to Detroit. This is so obvious and easily fixable, yet you don't.

roenick wasnt a cap dump, there was no cap....bill wirtz didnt like roenick and refused to pay him avg salary and its not days it pronounced da zA

No shock Butch Goring for the Islanders.

My favorite trade is when the narrator is traded for an actual fan who knows how to properly pronounce the players names.

A lesson in poor business management when you have to trade Gretzky then Messier after all the income that should’ve came in from those runs. No excuse

C'mon, @top6hockey,... WHAT. THE HECK???!!!??? If it weren't for the Penguins to trade for Ron Francis and, to a lesser point, Ulf Samuelsson,... the Pens would NEVER have won their first two cups.

You are out of your mind with the Oilers trade. Doug Weight may have been a good player, but he isn't even in the top 10 Oilers of all time. How about the Jimmy Carson for Joe Murphy, Petr Klima and Adam Graves trade that allowed Edmonton to win a cup?

A funny detail about the Canadiens trade : in January 1971, the Seals were last in the standings, but only five points behind the second to last Kings. To ensure the Seals would finish last, the Canadiens gave away Ralph Backstrom to the Kings in return for Gord Labossiere, Ray Fortin and future considerations. In the Kings' final 33 games of the season, Backstrom scored 27 points, including 14 goals. The Kings finished the season with 63 points, 18 ahead of the Seals.

Although you are probably right about the Duck's best was Selanne, but you can't include his second stint with the Ducks (which included their cup) as part of the reason. They got him as a free agent that time.

Sabres after getting Dominik Hasek be like: "Heh, neat."😂😂😂

Whom-zlee and Ram-ijj, not Wham-slee and Rah-modge. And that trade actually was key to the 89 Cup win. Ramage was a key piece on defence, especially after Gary Suter was injured early in the playoffs. And Wamsley gave them a solid backup in goal. With the firepower the Flames had, Hull was not going to get as much playing time as he did in St. Louis, and they could easily have lost him for nothing later on in free agency. So while there is no denying his talent and career, he was spare parts on the Flames at that time. In a sense the Flames trade Brett Hull for the Stanley Cup. Hardly lopsided, especially considering the Blues never won the Cup with Hull. Hull later won the Cup with Dallas and Detroit

The Panthers gave up 5 assets for Tkachuk. They gave up 2, of WAY less value then almost anything they gave up for Tkachuk, for Roburto Luongo(top 2 player in franchise history), and Olli Jokinen(3rd highest scorer in franchise history). I understand how good Tkachuk is, but if you're interested in being correct and not just taking the hot sexy pick, then it's obvious what the right answer is, at least for now.

Iginla for Nieuwendyk was pretty fair. I think the Flames getting Kiprusoff for a second rounder was a better deal.

Rangers best trade is Brassard for Zibanajad. Messier was great, but basically sold off by the Oilers. Zibanajad was a real trade that had big upside.

I think the Thrashers/Jets best trade is acquiring Byfuglien for a late 1st and 2nd round pick (and other low level players)

tbh jeff carter is the best acquisition in kings history

“Weegar has been fine” bro what???? He’s been nuts , 20 goals as a not primarily offensive defenseman, you’re nuts

For Vancouver a strong runner up is the JT miller trade as we got a 100 point guy for what is maybe a 3rd pair Dman

Man I Really thought Calgary burned Florida in that trade. For the team that had no choice but to trade a player that wanted out I thought Florida gave away way too much. Heart breaking how bad Huberdeau has been for Calgary. Seems like every trade Florida makes works out great for them.

I’d Argue Alek Stojanov for Markus Naslund would be the best trade in Canucks history. The Sedin trade was unbelievable, however gave up good players to accomplish it. Stojanov played 45 games for Pittsburgh ending his NHL career and started playing in the IHL & AHL following the trade while Naslund played 884 games with Van scoring 346 goals and 756 points.

As a STARZ fan I gotta say I would trade Jerome 10 out of 10 times as long as it means we win the Stanley Cup

Best penguins trade was getting Ron Francis & Ulfie. No contest

Caps one is easily Oshie for Brouwer

Pronunciation my friend. Bernie Nicholls “nickols” Martin Gelinas “jell in oss”

I just see the thumbnail and came to say that barkov is the face of florida panthers. Liked the trade tho

Dude I’m a fan. But do more research. Forsberg did break the goal record when he scored 44, but he finished with 48

U didn't even explain the canucks getting sedins properly, they made multiple trades with multiple teams to acquire thay pick, they traded with Chicago & Atlanta

Boston best trade was Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield from Chicago.

9:28. For Red Wings fans, it has always been the most obvious one.

there has been some great and awful trades in montreal...but the Pacioretty for Tatar and Suzuki + a 2nd rounder was clutch. Also the Subban for Weber was awesome and so was Bobby Smith. But like I said...there were some bad moves like Roy, Chelios, Mcdonaugh, Sergachev. etc.. the Roy one was the worst. Set the habs back 20+ yrs to recoup from it.

Toronto was good for Sundin, Sundin wasn't so good for Toronto.

Iggy has 2 rockets not 2 hart trophies

I believe Daze is pronounced Dah zaye.

Then there’s the Gretzky to New York for a bag of pucks trade…inexplicable

Da-zay.

Tkachuk is not the face of Florida but Barkov is... and nobody knew who Selanne is? what are you explaining he won the calder, scored 76 goals in his rookie season.. Learn how to pronounce before you make videos and this list has a lot of mistakes..

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Really you mispronounced Weight as White? Don’t you know English?

You gotta know the names and say them right if you tell doi g a hockey video. You'll lose subs and views if you keep making videos like you are with no proper research on any names ypu were unsure of. Seems like ypu jist said what you wanted for the harder names.

I struggle to watch this video as it is interesting. But your pronunciation of names is terrible.