How Acquiring Selanne In '96 Led To A Cup & An Embarrassment Of Riches For The Ducks | Trade Trees

Steve Dangle goes over the historic trade which saw Hockey Hall-Of-Famer Teemu Selanne dealt from the Winnipeg Jets to the Anaheim Ducks. He goes in depth on how this trade tree developed into something the Ducks never could have imagined.
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[@Tykoon22]

The Selanne deal also indirectly led to Anaheim acquiring Scott Niedermayer as a free agent, since his brother Rob being on the team was one of the reasons he signed there. 🦆

[@rockstermaniac]

As a sens fan those names will haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life. 98-2007 they were really, really good but they almost always found a way to choke against the Curtis Joseph led Leafs and Dominick Hasek Sabres. But in spite of that they managed 2 deep playoff runs. In 03 they got to the Conf Championship but got stymied by the defense of the double Scotts in Stevens and Niedermeyer. Then they get past that demon to reach the Stanley Cup only to completely embarrass themselves by running into both Niedermeyers against the Ducks.

[@christianclarke158]

Seriously??

[@SixerIverson04]

@@rockstermaniac just like Hillary Clinton has nightmares about the 2016 Election where everyone said Hillary was a 99.999% percent favorite to win it all.

[@travelbyfire8474]

@@rockstermaniac Don't forget Pronger on that Ducks team. He was a menace too.

[@daniellussier211]

​@@rockstermaniacthey never had a 07 SCF

[@gordieparenteau6555]

It should be noted that part of the reason it took so long for Teemu Selänne to get to the NHL was the fact that he was required to serve in the Finnish military when he turned 18.

[@juholaitakari1305]

Not a very strong argument. He could have done it in the off season.

[@kaMosGO]

@@juholaitakari1305 How long do you have to serve in Finland, and if it changed, how long was it at the time? honest question

[@miikaIS]

Yeah, it is not a good argument. Minimun service time is six months and they have a special ”sport troops” where all the athletes do their service. Everything is easier there, lot of vacations and everything is done sport and training first. Had a brother there, it is easy, I know. Bigger reason was, and I wonder why they didn’t mention it, was that he had a serious injury after his draft year. I think it was his thigh bone that got shattered badly. Too lazy to check what ot was, but it was bad. Also, there were contract dissagreents with Jets and Calgary actually made him offer that Jets then countered.

[@RetepAdam]

You would’ve thought he was already Finnished.

[@raetekusu1]

@@RetepAdam Was over in a Flash, yeah.

[@shaneboegeman8638]

What's even more amazing about Selanne's 76 goal season is that he still only was tied for the league lead. Mogilny also had 76 that season.

[@alangrygar8562]

outrageous

[@chrisdranfield3828]

And mogilny did it in 77 games

[@G_54-GMG]

And how were they not able to win the Hart.......?! Wait, Mario won with a nice 69 goals, 91 assists, and 160 points? ..........Understandable......

[@bradstock7274]

@@G_54-GMG in 60 games no less

[@SirCanuckelhead]

If only Mario didn’t get sick. He was the only player to stand a chance at gretz. He was in a different league with his size and skill.

[@adawofford2732]

Selanne was my favorite player growing up. He's still my favorite player. I was so happy when he finally got to hold the cup, I just wish Kariya was there with him.

[@rayxmen]

yes... this is definitely something I feel deeply as well.

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

Selanne Kariya, was like Fedorov Yzerman, or Sakic Forsberg. Legendary duo. Mario Jaromir... imagine the number of cups they would have had is Mario didn't have cancer and back and knee problems. MARIO LEMIEUX : 1st shift in the NHL, 1st goal. Anybody else major did that?

[@elwizschold]

Should've included the video of Teemu and JS Giguere taking a final lap around the ice in Teemu's final game

[@philtorrez4198]

Ah, yes! Arizona Coyotes legend: Teemu Selanne

[@buckyhermit]

I can't find it, but there actually was a promo video that was shot, where Teemu said something like, "Hey Phoenix! This is Teemu Selanne. We're coming next year!"

[@arcticmonkey3]

**Phoenix Coyotes

[@jordanelyea4396]

As a ducks fan this was a great trip down memory line! Been watching since 2001!

[@danmcleanish]

As I recall, Selanne was considered by many as the top player in his draft year, but fell because of his (lack of) availability to play in North America…he had to perform military service in Finland. I also seem to recall that Winnipeg was forced into a trade choice…between resigning and keeping either Selanne or Keith Tkachuk. I think that’s how it played out.

[@thylacine519]

Been waiting 30 months for the Trevor Linden Trade Tree, beyond excited

[@jonathanmichaud9168]

How happy I am seeing this trade tree. I grew up watching selanne and kariya playing. This shows how great an expansion team can be if they build with the right pieces. Also can we just appreciate how great of a guy selanne is. And Steve they were the mighty ducks of Anaheim

[@christophermerlot3366]

i never met Selanne seems like a nice guy. I was at one of the finals games in Ottawa. I saw a group if 8 people in Finland team jerseys. I realized that they were all speaking Finish. I got chatting with them and found they were Selanne's teenage friends. They told me that if Selanne ever made the Stanley Cup finals he would fly them over at his expense. And he came though.

[@holoholopainen1627]

The language IS spelled FINNISH ! There IS a Difference - between Finnish LINE vs Finish LINE ! As Finnish baseball to just Finish baseball ! Our NATIONAL GAME - PESAPALLO !

[@christophermerlot3366]

@@holoholopainen1627 Yeah I know. I just didn't proof my message closely enough before I posted. Anteeksi. And if that's wrong blame google translate. i

[@dstcoyote22rants]

They were all at all the Ducks home games that SCF too, I remember chatting with that group who said they were his friends and family.

[@kallewardracing]

"Take a gander at the amount of time left in the video" isn't an exciting sentence in any other situation. This was my favorite of these yet!

[@joshuaburke5674]

As a ducks fan. Was good just to hear people talk about selanne. One of the best ever.

[@MrJvog]

I'm a swede and even I love Teemu Selänne. The guy was/is just amazing and a class act.

[@kasuaalimagia529]

Same for finns about foppa and mats sundin as long as certain championship wounds are healed xD

[@holoholopainen1627]

He has a Swedish FLAG - Tattoo on His skin !

[@mikestager9509]

Excellent job Dangle and company, these trade trees are always fun.

[@T_128]

Please consider a video on the Barry Pederson/Cam Neely trade tree. 36 years later and it's STILL ACTIVE.

[@JUVI9596]

Sea Bass !

[@TheShaggster37]

I wanna see the Antoine Vermette trade tree that saw him go from Ottawa to CBJ, to PHX/ARI and then out to CHI. Which directly led to Columbus acquiring bobrovsky, and helped the Yotes get to the conference final for the last time before the landslide. Also got Ottawa Robin Lehner and Colin White.

[@deltagolavista1]

As an Ottawa fan. The ending hurts. But good for Selanne.

[@Outta-hz1ej]

Lmao get owned

[@deltagolavista1]

@@Outta-hz1ej well at least Ottawa has made it to the Stanley Cup final in the expansion era. 🤷‍♂️

[@jonokiller]

It was a great series, ducks were just stacked

[@evanschemenauer1356]

I have an interesting concept for you. Go back to the 2017 expansion draft & examine all of the trades VGK made & compare who they got vs who the teams they traded with got to protect.

[@moose9689]

When I was first getting into hockey I would look up players as a heard of them. I couldn’t believe he scored 76 GOALS his rookie year. Literally I checked multiple sources

[@lankancheetah]

For all that Anaheim made lemonade out of lemons from this trade tree, the Friesen trade to New Jersey directly lost them a cup too. (2003).

[@brettlubkiwskimedia]

That was my immediate thought. "Didn't he score two goals in Game 7 in 2003 against the Ducks?"

[@lankancheetah]

@@brettlubkiwskimedia yep. 2 in game 1 and 7, 1 in game 2.

[@THATG0MEZ]

I can watch this trade tree unfold all day as a Ducks fan. A masterclass in fleecing.

[@orangeblitz4786]

Love how the Ducks have done well over the years, their scouting has made it possible. Teemu Selanne is an amazing talent and my personal favorite player. Go Ducks.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

I mainly remember Teverdosky as that "Pretty Good 80-83 rated Defensemen in Free Agency available at the start of Franchise Mode" from pretty much every NHL Game in the early to mid 2000s.

[@chrzpc]

The prime OFD for every team

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

​@@chrzpcAs an Avalanche Fan, it pains me to say I'd always sign him then trade Rob Blake for a huge haul.

[@dylanjohnson505]

Well done putting Perry’s “comeback on Katella” goal for the highlight!

[@gregorydoucet6657]

I love that they brought back trade trees!!!

[@s.m.1981]

For the Reichel thing. Pat Quinn wrote Renberg instead of Reichel. Renberg was injured at the time.

[@robotprins]

Selanne was a beast! Nice video! Just some feedback, the sound effects in the chart tree are way louder than your voice, difficult to hear/focus on what you are saying when they come in.

[@ducksfan3525]

That was a great video! I just wish you would have finished the trade tree with Teemu going to SJ and also COL and then coming out of retirement to join the Ducks again.

[@amh31]

He didn't come out of retirement to join the ducks. He just signed a FA, his contract with Colorado expired and he then signed with Anaheim once he could.

[@patu475]

When Selänne was playing in COL he was bad knee injury. After season he think stop playing. But after knee operation he start thinking playing again. That how he come back Anaheim.

[@jeezus666]

Selanne was thinking of retiring after the year in Colorado. Lucky for him there was a lockout after that and he had time to get surgery on his knee and rehab it to 100% and after that decided to keep on playing and he only wanted to play in Anaheim. That's why he took a huge pay cut and signed for 1 mil.

[@coreylivelton8342]

The story of Marian Gaborik trades in the NHL is insane with how many teams he played for. Rangers got a haul for Gaborik but then lost to him in the 2014 final.

[@Regel2008]

Teemu Selanne. The man along with Kariya that got me into hockey and the Ducks. I was 5 when this trade happened. And all these names are just a blast to a past even though I didn’t even hit 10 and I knew these names. Knowing this trade very well, including that trade that sent him to the Sharks, I knew this video will be longer. And yes I knew Oleg played with the Ducks a couple times lol The only thing I took from this is THE FACT WE GOT PERRY FROM THIS VERY TRADE.

[@timfredericks8760]

You're doing the lord's work with these videos. They're simply incredible.

[@dstcoyote22rants]

Went to MANY Ducks home games during Teemu's first run with the Ducks when he was on the same line with Paul Kariya... the two of them were definitely fun to watch... but the team relied almost exclusively on them for scoring and didn't have much else, and when games got BAD, I remember my father and I electing to leave sometimes during the second period... I was also there when he raised the Cup, and was also there for his last home playoff game when the Kings saluted him off the ice.

[@FrankTheTank3388]

You should do a trade tree for Barry Pederson to Vancouver. That trade happened in 86 and Boston still has roster players today to show for it.

[@nilshoglander8254]

As a Canucks fan I don’t think I can handle it

[@chriskroutil1518]

The acquisition of Rob Niedermayer also led to Scott Niedermayer wanting to sign with the team.

[@mcj88]

A big "What Could Have Been" with regards to Selanne that sticks in my Flames fan mind is that in the summer of 1992, since he hadn't signed a rookie contract yet, Teemu Selanne became a restricted free agent as per the rules of the time, and so the Calgary Flames, still stinging from the Doug Gilmour trade a half-season prior, signed him to an offer sheet: 3 years, $400k per year, $32k more than the league average back then and more than twice Winnipeg's offer. Obviously the Jets matched it and Selanne went on to have an incredible season and career; and so some of us are left to wonder how Selanne as a Flame would have panned out...

[@Oxmen33]

Dave Scatchard now there's a name I haven't heard in forever. Seem to remember him being an awesome two way center that was a pain to play against.

[@Datsk8erboi-Nick]

Thank you for this video. I did indeed think of checking how much longer to the video there was when you mentioned it lol. Take care and looking forward to the next trade tree!

[@mylawren]

Another trade tree! These are my favorites

[@h3rshel]

First time watching a Trade Tree video - absolutely loved it!! Great job taking us through history and visually explaining the ripple effect that one risky trade can make

[@ariccua6101]

What's funny was Corey Perry, the last person in this trade tree, made his way to DAL anyway.

[@mcj88]

As maybe a weird musical comparison, Teemu Selanne's NHL career reminds me of that of The Cars: a Hall Of Fame run with a lot of great work done and accomplishments made along the way, but for better and for worse *nothing* will ever top their debut outing.

[@VicHolland_SCS]

My youth was bookended by the (Mighty) Ducks. Watching the Mighty Ducks movies as a small child, learning about the NHL Ducks, not being able to watch their games in my hometown but then catching games on TV during vacations to different parts of SoCal, finding their 2003 playoff games on a random radio station DURING A CARIBBEAN VACATION, and then 2007 happened while I was in high school. Sure, I wish they never rebranded, but I’m glad I got to experience their fairytale ending - even though that was over 15 years ago.

[@WolverineIncognito]

These are great! I hope you keep doing Trade Trees.

[@SoftBank47]

That Teemu got the Cup is what matters to me. My favorite player as a kid. Lot of NHL 94 nostalgia, lol.

[@saucywalnutz]

I hate the Ducks, but love Selanne. Got chills seeing him raising the Cup to the Rocky theme. Perfect.

[@jasonpaul4308]

woooow! ok i finished this....as of now the Lindros trade tree has been my favorite...but, and maybe I'm biased, this is my new favorite! the fact that this trade got us Selanne, Rob Niedermayer (which in turn got us Scotty as that is why Scotty signed here), and Corey Perry?! ....that's insane!

[@carlh7714]

I like that you mention doing the Linden trade tree, since that's what I watched to get this suggested to me tonight.

[@nickmarshall5249]

Really glad I paused this video and actually went and looked through the 1995 draft. Top level chaos.

[@Ryan_Wayne]

Didn't know about that Perry connection, wow. And thumbs up for mentioning that Niedermayer-Pahlsson-Moen line, these guys were truly incredible during the 07 run.

[@orebrotribune8302]

Speaking of Winnipeg/Phoenix/Arizona, the Jeremy Roenick trade may also be intriguing to analyze.

[@1991petrolhead]

I think for next offseason, the Erik Karlsson trade tree would be a good quick video to do.

[@rayxmen]

Another interesting fact is that Selanne's 2nd stint with the ducks had him with NEW KNEES! He got his flash back.

[@silentbydeadly8661]

Thank you kindly for educating me on the Selanne trade, quit the story.

[@tibalt966]

Still love you Teemu. One of the best Ducks ever

[@WithScienceAsMySheperd]

one of the best hockey players in human history. among the top of finland athletes even. Finland beat big teams with him among the charge.

[@michaellinnjr9587]

Thank you for the trade trees love you too Steve

[@evhockey1242]

Love the video! Trade Trees are always fun; just some feedback: the buzzing when the names pop up is significantly louder than you so it drowns you out.

[@Zamppa86]

The original name for the Ducks organization was actually The Mighty Ducks Of Anaheim, not Anaheim Mighty Ducks ;)

[@G_54-GMG]

When they were a punching bag besides 2003 and 2007.

[@holoholopainen1627]

TRUE Mickey Mouse Team ! WHO was that Said that - He didn't want to play for a Mickey Mouse Team - anyone ?

[@Chrisduerksen]

These are just simply the best

[@dana102083]

Bure and Selanne were my favourite mid 90s players..linden..just miss those days

[@jrgodin4884]

Long and detaild but very interesting. Good research

[@rwl5581]

Excellent "Trade Tree", Steve. Thanks.

[@raetekusu1]

When you think about it, it's because of this trade that Anaheim has three numbers in its rafters right now. Obviously Teemu. But Rob Niedermayer is the reason Scott came to Anaheim, specifically to play with his brother for a few seasons, and he put up numbers for us in his time. But while Kariya had a great first season, Selanne (and Rooch) unlocked him and turned him from great into a HOFer. So yeah, thanks Winniphoenizona. You losing this trade tree is responsible for pretty much all of our success.

[@Geoffistopheles]

Made a note of that one when I looked up this trade back when the series started. He's not really related to the trade tree, but it is a fun little side note.

[@gabrielc249]

I absolutely love these videos. Keep them coming! Fun fact, a second before you said to check the time on the video, I checked how much time was left on the video lol

[@adamgouge9363]

I believe they may have been called, "The mighty Ducks of Anaheim" at the time.

[@thenachofan7677]

Indeed they were.

[@obey2dmax]

As a Kings Fan, Teemu practically destroyed the Kings everytime Jets play LA. If my memory serves me right, in one game I think he had 4 goals and 2 assists against Gretzky- led King. The Finnish Flash was awesome.

[@KiffTX]

The trade tree I literally never thought I would need

[@bassguitar15]

Red Wings legend Mike Modano is up there with Red Wings legends Brett Hull, Domink Hasek, Danny Alfreedson, Todd Bertuzzi, Luc Robitaille and Brad Richards, among many others. Also, can you do the Adam Oates DET-STL trade?

[@greyson86s]

love the trade trees keep it up

[@robbiekeller1353]

As a coyotes fan, Tverdosky always blew me away with his transition game, very under rated, but I still wished we had Selanne.

[@jrgodin4884]

Great assessment, very interesting....

[@stinkyfish97]

Robert Reichel, we picked his nephew Lukasa few years ago and he should be ready as soon as this year. I am excited.

[@detche151]

Hey Steve !! Love your trade trees ! I was waiting for this one for a long time… I do my own trade trees on my free time and you should do the Dale Hawerchuk to Buffalo trade, it’s gonna be a looooong video !! LOL Keep up the good work !

[@Gravy_Jones22]

Loved Freddy Sjostrom. Dude was so fast.

[@mikebaribault9759]

These are great. I look forward to the new ones each year. The longer the trade tree the better. Any thoughts on doing a Mikael Renberg to Tampa trade?

[@JPMadden]

Not related to this trade tree, but related to Anaheim's 2007 Cup win, the Ducks drafted Ryan Getzlaf as well as Corey Perry in the first round of the stacked 2003 draft. They combined for 1877 points in 2333 games.

[@brandyndaigneault1758]

The Ducks practically built their 07 cup team through this trade: - Selanne came back in FA after the lockout bc he loved the organization - moved up in 03 to draft Perry - acquired R. Niedermayer, which then got S. Niedermayer to sign in Anaheim bc he wanted to play with his brother and win with him - (smt about Pronger just to put a bow on everything that is this original trade 😁)

[@aleszabloudil3502]

Amazing vid! I'm a little sad you don't say the managers name, because the Ducks manager should get some love here. Just remarcable job. Also in one of your previous videos (year ago) flames trading a veteran to the Caps for picks eventually getting Kylington, Lindholm, Hanifin and three seasons of Hamilton. If that was Treliving, this guy is probably top 5 GM in the league, if you consider this years off-season magic......

[@louisyank5326]

Great video Steve! James Neal to Pittsburgh trade tree please? It’s a lot bigger for the Pens than first glance

[@theniskycap8612]

Still waiting on the TJ Oshie trade tree Steve... ik with Washington it ends on Oshie but the Blues got LOTS of amazing assets from it later on

[@WaddickLawnCare]

There is no trade tree in that trade! Oshie was traded for Copley who is the only player in that trade to get traded again and he was traded back to Washington as a throw in with shattenkirk. What “amazing” assets are you referring to that St. Louis got??

[@brandyndaigneault1758]

@@WaddickLawnCare The ''amazing assets'' are just things that are kind of part of the tree but not really, bc the pieces from the original trade that got retraded were just throw ins that allowed the Blues to get Brayden Schenn and Ryan O'Reilly after a couple more trades So kind of, but not really, just there bc there is a link between assets, but minimal

[@WaddickLawnCare]

@@brandyndaigneault1758 only one player st Louis got in oshie trade was traded. Not worth a trade tree video

[@brandyndaigneault1758]

@@WaddickLawnCare Blues got: - Copley (who was traded along with Shattenkirk), - 2016 3rd (packaged to move up in the 2016 1st round, Blues ended up drafting Tage Thompson) and; - Troy Brouwer (left as UFA) 2 assets were traded, but like I said, just throw ins, so I agree it's not worth its own tree

[@theniskycap8612]

@@WaddickLawnCare If you look at the paths of the initial picks traded it ends up giving St Louis guys like O'Reilly and Schenn. Just have to do some digging and see what the picks traded ended up becoming. They've also done trade trees in the past where it just stops on one player for a team because the other side is fun to see, and it gives you a new perspective on what initially seems like a slam dunk trade for the Capitals.

[@seanb7443]

Even though this isn't direct trade, the ducks acquired Scott Niedermayer because he want to play with his brother Rob.

[@OfficialNapTime]

If you need ideas for a trade tree: December 30, 1997 - Edmonton trades Bonsignore, Bryan Marchment and Steve Kelly to Tampa Bay in exchange for Roman Hamrlík and the rights to Paul Comrie This is how Vincent Lecavalier ended up in Tampa and how they won their first cup. It's also a pretty big trade tree.

[@kaiosun]

He had a broken knee since the last season with the anaheim, sj/col era was with a broken knee, got it fixed during the lockout and they got back the old goal scorer.

[@rgold9329]

This was fun to watch and I learned a lot. The guy was entertaining too, I’m subbing the crap out of this.

[@TheMemeBorrower.]

I miss hearing the music. It makes the video slightly more enjoyable to watch. It’s still my favourite series of videos to watch though

[@HockeyGod619]

2007 Anaheim Ducks was an unbeatable team and fun too watch and that was Brian Burkes team

[@bueno22283]

Even Burke admits that Bryan Murray (RIP) was the architect behind it. He traded for Rob with the plan to lure Scott later. Drafted Getzlaf and Perry. So ironic that Bryan lost to them in 07 final. Personally, I thought he deserved a ring for his work

[@SamuraiDomurai]

Awesome video! When can we expect a EK65 tree?

[@HT-jj5sx]

Huh, Steve says "Aki Berg" like Kings fans say "Aki Berg". Well done sir.

[@jeremyarmstrong7093]

The fact that Paul Kariya wasn't on that 2007 Ducks team was criminal

[@teddygramz2008]

Even though kilger and tverdovsky were top 5 picks, the fact that this trade was 3 for 3 was insane. If this trade happened today it would have been selanne to Anaheim and 2 1st round picks, 2 top prospects, and 1 good roster player to Winnipeg

[@Blixulee]

Can you sum the games played, goals, points, awards totals of each side of these trees. Would be interesting to compare them

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

A curiously interesting (sorta) note on the Coyotes/ Flames trade involving Carney, Freddie Sjostrom played for the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL. Also, I'm a long time Flames fan and I dont remember Carney at all. I do remember Kobasew and Taratukhin. Disappointment all around

[@ahmejia148]

I would argue the only reason scott niedermayer signed with the ducks was that his brother there…underrated

[@mik-ws3zw]

i was expecting the intro to be this is a trade essay or book

[@adnank1778]

The Gilmore trade tree is also involves another trade tree that hurt the flames and it’s not the leafs deal. Also side note. It ended in 2020.

[@rileymills7887]

Drew is upping his editing game with the whole "76" goals shaky thing

[@bigleaguesnipes]

Great vid Steve. And the deal was insane

[@1bert719]

Oleg Tverdovsky was tagged as the "Russian" Bobby Orr. So no pressure there then. 🤔

[@drubaca]

I'm hoping you have either done are are working on the Cam Neely to the Boston Bruins trade tree. I find that one fascinating

[@carlosv9208]

Bring back the OG trade tree music 😭