And hey. We actually had the guy that's helping the Flames get a playoff run (he'd be Martin Gelinas). Does anyone else remember anyone from that listing that did anything? Neither did I.
The stupidest trade ever. Honestly, it made no sense at all.
Or even more recently:
Why did we trade away Jussi Markkanen, and then trade for him right back is what I'd like to know. Why trade him away if you still wanted the guy in the first place?
-The Gretzky trade. They couldn't afford him so they traded him, makes perfect sense to me. And Marty McSorley had a pretty eventfull career (illegal curve in the '93 finals, the Brashear thing), Mike Krushelnyski played for the Leafs when they went to the Conference finals in '93 and '94, and Rucinsky's still in the league, too.
-They traded Markkanen since they already had Salo and Conklin and they wanted the compensatory picks that they would get when Leetch signed with someone (the Rangers, as it turned out). They got Markkanen back when they needed someone after they traded Salo, and Markkanen was an NHL-ready guy and Valiquette wasn't (well, at least for a team that wanted to make the playoffs).