NHL Trade Deadline Disasters

[@RobTalksHockey]

What is the worst/best trade deadline deal you can think of?!

[@jonsmittle2220]

Did you see Pens vs Flyers Crosby made the play of the season! Sidney Crosby To win the Hart and Stanley Cup!

[@senseofjustice0218]

Justin Schultz to Pittsburgh was a pretty good one in terms of recent trades. They only gave up a third and he was crucial especially in 2017 when most of their blueline was hurt, including Letang.

[@Andyanddiana467]

In '96, the Rangers traded Ray Ferraro, Mattias Norstrom, Ian Laperriere, Nathan Lafayette, and a 4th round pick to LA for Jari Kurri, Marty McSorely, and Shane Churla.

[@user-fe2lr5jw4i]

I think the Bruins getting Lazar is being lost in all the talk of Hall. As a 4th line center he has come in with the energy that an “energy” line was lacking. Don’t get me wrong Hall is a good get but Lazar come out with something to prove and it shows. It may be more of what the Bruins needed than Hall. Picking up the energy on the bottom 6 is 100% the reason the Bruins beat the technically better Islanders last night (4/15).

[@Sens8909]

Hextall sealing a cup win for LA with Carter... then years later trying it again with Pittsburg.. if it works out, legendary

[@ojosmacabros]

The Hockey Guy said it best "often times the teams that don't do anything major at the deadline are the ones that win the deadline "

[@lettuce2094]

And the media rips into these teams. Kind of ironic lol

[@ianmudd1383]

So true, Dallas last year made it to the finals with zero buys. Sometimes all it takes is luck and building off what the team did in the regular season. (Jets are that team this year, book it!)

[@theisleskid1212]

What video did he say that in?

[@justincredible5414]

Id say the Bruins did pretty well this year

[@davidtuttle7556]

BMac made deadline trades for Lars Eller and Mikel Kempney in back to back years. Those worked out fairly well.

[@TrackerKid]

High quality content. Thumbnails, editing, everything. Deserves at least 250K

[@williammorin]

Jxmmyhighroller of hockey

[@cameronxbedard]

he’s awesome man he deserves much more

[@tristanbrendt181]

@@cameronxbedard fax he’s really underrated

[@juholaitakari1305]

That’s true however in that case THG would deserve 1 million subs.

[@TrackerKid]

@@juholaitakari1305 I like him too, but I feel his videos are a bit too slow paced

[@enriqueleon1169]

Fast-forward to 2023: Tampa Bay trades a 1st rounder, a 2nd, 3rd, 4th. 5th & Cal Foote for Tanner Jeannot of Nashville. Jeannot scores a grand total of 1 goal in 23 games, Bolts are eliminated.

[@zachzwerneman5061]

Found your channel about a week and a half ago and I've binged just about all of your videos. I love the other content creators in the hockey sphere on youtube, but you absolutely knock it out of the park. You provide info in such a clean and concise manner, and pair that with your editing skills and very likeable personality, it just creates a channel like none other.

[@12lego25]

Martin Erat is now the LEGEND of the RTH channel!

[@donairsauce2496]

he's always been a legend

[@gracieeeeeeeeeeee]

im from nashville and my biggest flex is that he has coached me. he didn’t remember my name tho so he just called me “girl” lmao

[@Ryan-vi2qy]

When it happened every "analyst" on the trade deadline show saud it was a great deal. Noone thought it would have turned so lopsided

[@palmeridavidj]

@@Ryan-vi2qy We were so done with Erat here in Nashville. A New washing machine outside the locker was all we were hoping for. And look what we got!

[@bowbear1048]

“My favorite player growing up was.... Jagr” -Jagr.

[@davidyoung5114]

One of the most lopsided trades I can remember was Buffalo trading Rick Martin to Los Angles for a first-round pick in the 1982 Draft. Martin only played 4 games with L.A. before retiring due to injuries, while the first-round pick was used to select Tom Barrasso, who won the Calder and Vezina Trophies in his rookie year, and the Jennings Trophy the following year. Now THAT was a steal!

[@naysan2008]

Duuuude! Thanks for the love you said about Danault. He's a beast. I'd say one of the most underrated centers in the league jist because he isn't flashy!! Awesome video again, can't wait for the next one!

[@natesuperfighterdevesiondi4992]

As a capital fan I’ve been living in Spain without the S ever since trading for Erat

[@Gl-my8fw]

You won a gd cup....

[@natesuperfighterdevesiondi4992]

Yes we won a cup, but to say we wouldn't have without trading away Forsberg is a stretch.

[@Tarpondss]

I’ve seen you on other channels Rob but this channel is awesome for you. It’s growing so well & I can tell you love doing the videos. 10-12 minutes videos don’t even feel long enough they’re so good man.. love just playing them in my kitchen while i have a coffee every morning. Keep up the great work

[@lordrevanz16]

I wish this channel covered more than just the past 10 ish years of hockey history. It's a good channel, but total coverage would take this channel to the next level.

[@stormcloudfilms]

Your videos always put a smile on my face. They are very entertaining, keep up the good work.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

That Naslund for Stojanov trade was a robbery by the Canucks.

[@felixlaflamme4203]

Craig Rivet for Josh Gorges & a pick that would turn into Max Pacioretty who would THEN turn in Tatar AND Nick Suzuki...

[@colbyclark6786]

The Hall trade this year was good Boston gave up nothing for him and lazar

[@Ryan-vi2qy]

All depends if they resign him and he becomes another lucic

[@ddweswe2703]

Hall fucked the sabres , thank god they will not try to resign him now next year

[@epicgamer5178]

We over paid for Matt Duchene but CBJ really needed to have some playoff success.

[@kwanzaa_cake]

I make that trade 10/10 times still.

[@kanegarvey3188]

Duchene is a curse for any team he’s on

[@Dragonjasp]

Do you ever feel like a fool saying "we" when you're not actually a part of the team in reality?

[@sadrevolution]

@@Dragonjasp No.

[@sadrevolution]

Definitely not the worst Duchene trade ever made.

[@GreatWhiteNorthHockeyCards]

Great video! Let’s get this man to 50K! Legend.

[@shanelux5963]

I'm new here, the first video I've watched. Love your channel. Hope you gain more subs!

[@Ryan-vi2qy]

Tampa trade for a 3rd-4th line guy in goodrow last year for a 1st and 3rd. Even if both those picks become nhl players its still worth it for the cup. Like poker, sometimes you just gotta go all in and hope for the best

[@stormcloudfilms]

The trocheck trade is working out well for the hurricanes

[@jaymewillett1675]

Oh really? Did it?

[@stormcloudfilms]

@@jaymewillett1675._.

[@carlosv9208]

You forgot the best part: Dale Weiss played for the Habs last year in 2020.

[@DoubleMePlz]

Bruins got a steal with Hall and not having to give up a higher pick than a second

[@GreggerOG]

He’s got two months with the team tho lmao

[@leoguilhem4583]

Rental that’s got a terrible playoff history in his 10 year career

[@ShadowExe007Vageta]

Hall has stated he wants to resign with Boston openly several times already

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

"My favorite player growing up was Jaromir Jagr" - Jaromir Jagr

[@juholaitakari1305]

From Boston perspective trading for Hall looks pretty solid right now. Now let’s see how long that will last.

[@anonymousrex5207]

I still remember when they announced the Taylor Hall trade and at first I was excited to get him, then I saw what they gave up for a rental and I couldn't believe it. Has to be one of the dumbest moves I have ever seen and was only further compounded by the fact that our GM cost us more draft picks with the illegal testing and then skipped town.

[@WinterShark18]

I’m an Arizona fan and I couldn’t believe we lost a 1st and 2nd round pick from illegal scouting, we could’ve been decent this year man 😔

[@mattblom3990]

Rob almost 50,000 subs I was there around 2000. Great job buddy!

[@Taubogason.40]

i like the moves the bruins made.

[@dstcoyote22rants]

The “reverse trade” in 1996 that sent The Great One from LA to STL... a bad trade for both teams in the end... on one end you get 99 to play alongside Brett Hull as a rental, but get eliminated by Detroit in the playoffs, and fail to keep him afterwards... and on the other end you receive one third liner, two fourth liners who soon went back to the minors, and two draft picks who never played a single game in the NHL.

[@12lego25]

3:32 to Add the Twist, Forsberg did the Michigan Goal

[@brandonloewen5155]

Hahaha Jagr’s comment on fav player growing up… what a beaut!

[@stevennabakowski108]

I forget about Forsberg; even here in D.C. I just filed him under " ...yeah; let's not talk about that.. "

[@ozzi958]

Toronto just threw away a lot of their future for basically nothing. Few old washed up veteran 4th liners and that´s it... Maybe you get the cup some day.

[@FindalfLorien]

Well, some of the at first sight (or retrospective) extremely bad trades needs to be taken in wider perspective. Mostly financial, contractual - the prospects are traded if the next contract expectation is not fitting under salary cap, veterans are traded because of their cap hit or because they may become UFA players etc etc. It is quite simple to look at the points after couple of years - or to say the trade was a disaster because the player got injured.

[@Brawlercontinuum]

Habs fan here, saying Danault is a selke caliber player and Romanov could ever win the Norris are pretty big stretches lol. Danault plays a great shut down game, and Romanov seems like he’ll be a solid top 4. But that’s just a straight up false claim for both of them lmao.

[@RobTalksHockey]

I mean Danault was 6th in Selke voting last season and hasn’t even reached his potential. He literally was a selke candidate. Romanov was considered a top 5 prospect for the last 2 years and has many more years of development.

[@Brawlercontinuum]

@@RobTalksHockey they’re great players that’s for sure, but I don’t think either of them will ever be I. Trophy consideration

[@trisgilmour]

The only thing with the Forsberg is that if it didn’t happen then the caps probably don’t get TJ Oshie. But it’s still the biggest screw ups in franchise history

[@YeYe-db6ur]

U guys also could’ve gotten more for foresberg

[@trisgilmour]

@@YeYe-db6ur Very true

[@DixieWreck69]

I’d rather have forsberg than oshie, speaking from an outside perspective

[@trisgilmour]

@@DixieWreck69 That’s definitely fair

[@unholy7324]

Watching you grow is almost as fun as your content.

[@lapcevichgage]

6:12 “Back in the 90’s, the Pittsburgh Penguins were a goddamn wagon” “Man. It’s Naslund, isn’t it?”

[@keir13]

The fact that Jim Benning traded a 4th for a 5th and Madison Bowey and that’s likely one of the better trades he’s made in the last seven years goes to show how good (or, more accurately, bad) of a GM JB is. And I like Bowey.

[@anderscrouse]

The caps are the kings of messing the deadline, it’s painful being a caps fan that time of year

[@zacharykodesh2917]

Eh it’s not that bad. There’s been some bad trades but some pretty good ones as well.

[@klapari5759]

@@zacharykodesh2917 yeah Mantha has been on fire recently, I'm looking forward to the game today

[@klapari5759]

@@zacharykodesh2917 yeah, if only he was a righty we could put him with Ovi and Backy then put Wilson lefty on second line or something

[@toggle0110]

love the videos man

[@usf1250]

First round pick this year is sorta lame since none of the prospects are really playing and can’t scout them

[@lookinforthe70s]

Trade deadline is for fans to get their emotional rush. The actual impact on the team is usually minimal. Smart GMs know how to not hurt their teams with unwarranted trades at the deadline. Or maybe it's the ownership pushing from behind the scenes to make a big trade, so that is a problem as well.

[@luke8838]

Duchene has destroyed every franchise he’s been a part of. I think he’s the problem!

[@RandomGuyOnTheInternet05]

i looked at the thumbnail, had a mini heart attack thinking forsberg was traded.

[@ozma6918]

In hindsight, after Montreal's miraculous run this post-season, seeing that deal involving Danault stings, from the perspective that he just left for more money as a free agent... *sigh*

[@logannappert-vanderhorst2160]

My dads from Quebec City so I’m bread to hate the habs but I gotta give it to them they somehow always find really good trades like it’s insane

[@jotsky3668]

Best trade has got to be for the wings, like they for real fleeced the caps

[@klapari5759]

Yeah, Vrana was amazing in DC and coming from a caps fan I think Vrana will be happier in Detroit (1st line minutes, 20-30 goals a season, etc)

[@klapari5759]

@Mike A. he was incredible in DC and I'm glad Detroit and Washington are in separate divisions 😂

[@klapari5759]

@Mike A. I know, its wierd how Detroit can demolish tampa when they need losses

[@xsmyles57x]

Wasn't the Hall trade in December of that season?

[@Chumbucket77]

Hall has been traded four times, but larsson has stayed on the Oilers. I’m starting to think Edmonton got the better end of the deal

[@cody8385]

Traded to the devils, yotes, and bruins? Who’s the 4th

[@lukev7632]

@@cody8385 Sabres?

[@Narnia61]

@@cody8385 You mean he's been with 4 teams and traded 3 times.

[@XxNoMErcY99xX]

Damn, that's a really hot take but it's hard to say you're wrong!

[@Chumbucket77]

Meant he was on four different teams. Oilers, devils coyotes, and now boston

[@jcanfieldschatz]

It's crazy how the Cotes would manage to get back their 1st round picks and five 2nd Round picks in 2022... All it took was firing their GM.

[@jonholland9042]

Right before the deadline in 2016 the Hawks also traded a 1st round pick for Andrew Ladd as a rental, who basically did nothing for them

[@ianmudd1383]

Montreal sent Chicago DeBrincat's pick a few months later for Shaw

[@Swoop187OG187]

As a Hawks fan - to this day I don't care about the Danault trade.. Danault's style didn't fit the Hawks system.. Of course Danault is a great player but he was a total mismatch here in Chicago.. To be honest had the Hawks kept him he wouldn't be as successful as he is today and IMO the real winner of this one was Danault himself, because had he stayed here in Chicago if he was lucky he would have ended up playing 3rd or 4th line minutes and/or would have been continually scratched... I mean hockey fans need to understand that it's easy to look back at a trade like this in hindsight, however the player being discussed wouldn't be the player he is today had that trade not taken place.. My point is that a lot of players are stars because of circumstance and opportunity - they're stars because they went to a team that has a system that compliments their game.. I mean this is why we see uber talented players like Taylor Hall bouncing around the league -- he clearly hasn't found a fit for his style of play, nor will a team rebuild around his style of play... Look, players need the right environment to succeed and unfortunately there are probably dozens and dozens of players that never worked out in the NHL who would have become stars or superstars had they been drafted by the right team and put in the right environment... And you know it's scary to think just how many fantastic players have had their careers destroyed because they weren't drafted by the right team and developed properly.... Of course this is why you never draft "the best player available" unless you plan to build around him, his game and style of play and even then you have to question if that player is compatible with the rest of your core -- I mean chemistry is a huge part of success and probably one of the most underrated aspects of hockey. Few actually look at a players style of play and game and think "will this dude mesh well with other dude, do their games compliment one another, are they on the same page when it comes to hockey IQ?" -- those are all questions that are generally not even considered by most fans and even by some GM's and when those questions aren't asked then you're just asking for a disaster... My point is that it's really easy to look back at trades and declare a winner and point fingers at GM's calling one a genius and the other a sucker - as if the players involved in a deal would have went on to have the same or similar success in the NHL that they had with the team that acquired them... Trust me, there are many universes out there where Nail Yakupov became the face of the Edmonton Oilers and it's Connor McDavid that's bouncing around the league like a pinball, lol.... Well maybe not Connor McDavid because he's on the Gretzky, Lemieux, Crosby, Kane, Malkin generational talent level but my point still stands..

[@ken-carson0]

I’m not reading all of that

[@taskforceknight9336]

2022 Draft Class is stronger than the 2021 Draft Class. The Leafs know what they are doing giving up the 2021 1st round pick for Foligno. Nick Foligno was literally one of the biggest reasons the Leafs got knocked out of the playoffs last year. They need players like him for the Stanley Cup Push

[@chrispswann6825]

The Senators traded prospect Brooks Laich for Peter Bondra. The Sens hoped Bondra would lead them to a Stanley Cup. Instead the Sens lost in the first round. Bondra had no impact and left as a free agent in the off season. Meanwhile Brooks Laich would play over 700 games for Washington.

[@mitchellstanley3649]

Just gonna say from a leafs fan perspective. Yeah we gave up a first round pick for foligno, but we only pay 25% of his contract AND it’s a late pick in a weak draft. It really seems like a second round pick if anything.

[@tgs2141]

Should we bring up the Dzingel trade which gave Ottawa Duclair

[@hypebeast_dylxn]

When has Phillip Danault been in Selke consideration?

[@mattm7788]

He received first-place votes in 2 straight years.

[@xdewy]

how is romanov in the selke discussion if he's a defenseman

[@longliverocknroll5]

"ideal 2/3C" "superstar center" Pick one buddy lol

[@nitemare18]

What if the traded unknown player doesn't develop unless he is traded? So how can we say they are bad trades with out knowing.

[@stevenightfall6634]

For some reason the "This Guy" comment on Mario Lemieux made me genuinely laugh out loud.

[@sainlovesluppi487]

Thank you Arizona for Bahl and Merkley your first which turned into Mercer Schnarr doesn't look like his going to be anything but also the 3rd to

[@michaeldipietro5010]

In a few years I will probably see another Caps bonehead deadline deal go against them. They gave up Vrana, a 1st, and 2nd round picks (and salary dump player)for Mantha.

[@ZackyBonk]

8:40 not only did he leave in free agency but he left to go sign with the habs again. it was all planned by bergevin when he sent weise over there

[@grantrumbolt97]

Ayeee Dawson Mercer is where I’m from!!!

[@oceanshrugs9235]

Fun fact: Weise also came back toMTL lol

[@juanjosepazmino5886]

good job rob rhyme :)

[@Bentami]

My fellow Jets fans are pissed that chevy didnt trade away our future for mediocre defensemen at the TD. Glad to have chevy manage the Jets.

[@Heytherebuds]

As a Devils fan I thank Arizona. Mercer is gonna be good

[@mr2slick910]

As a hawks fan I get it we shouldn’t have made that trade but at the time we didn’t have room for Danualt and who would’ve thought Montreal would select Romanov.

[@isurrender3640]

Then we got Debrincat for Shaw. I’d call it even.

[@LeagueOfJared]

the name John Chayka makes me cry

[@mr2slick910]

What’s crazier is that ever since going to Arizona, it seems like hall made them worse because. Ever since going to the yotes they went on a bad loosing streak and a curse happened.

[@Gl-my8fw]

Hall makes every team he has been on worse.

[@ShadowExe007Vageta]

@@Gl-my8fw No, Hall has just been on horrible teams

[@thegoalielife8228]

Mine is the Bruins trading tyler Seguin

[@josephzita3128]

Hall to ARI wasn’t at the deadline. It was in December 2019

[@RobTalksHockey]

True, but this video is more so focused on trades with the intention of a playoff run. The deadline just creates that assumption.

[@JonathanLau]

Makes that trade worse since there was no “gun to the head” pressure of a deadline

[@MJXtube]

FWIW, Pittsburghers don't weep over the loss of Markus Nasland. Sure, time told that it wasn't the right move, but the reality is: There was no salary cap and the Penguins were going broke. Even if they kept him and he blossomed, they wouldn't have been able to afford keeping him, and he absolutely still would have been sold off before 68. He wasn't developed to make a difference in 96 either, so everything would have effectively ended up exactly the same anyway you slice it.

[@bullscott12]

That 2021 first round from the leafs shouldn’t really matter this year. With covid scouting is going to be the worst it’s been in years so everyone is going to be a gamble. If the blue jackets hit on a player with the pick good for them.

[@Tyekiller115]

It isn’t the worst but its still bad flames trading Bennett

[@hickettsisepic989]

Ngl if the Barclay Goodrow trade never happened, or Tampa didn’t win the cup last year I don’t think that the Foligno move happens

[@MichaelC-no8dx]

John Chayka was practicing in NHL16 be a GM mode

[@coletonnotto9478]

I think the Pens gotta start getting some more Prospects and draft picks soon to replace Crosby or they are in deep trouble

[@zogos_4120]

I just hope the mantha trade doesn’t back fire for the caps. As long as mantha can produce it could still be a pretty even sided trade

[@frankiegaliffa3850]

I think if we didn't trade away Forsberg, we wouldn't have gotten Oshie

[@tbcboocock]

The Pens made the conference final in 1995-96 and lost in Game 7. They did not lose in the second round.

[@kevinbrown7326]

Are the makeme laughs throwing games so they don't meet the Habs in 1st round ?

[@steiner8426]

I subscribed

[@calebb1178]

You over hyped the Hall trade a bit. Merkley was considered a solid prospect and the picks were nice. Schnarr and Bahl were both kind of toss ups. Neither one of them projected super well besides maybe being top 6 D/ bottom 6 forward.

[@xavierpaquette9803]

I wouldnt say Danault is a Superstar center and in my opinion Moritz Seider is the #1 D prospect in the world

[@martylaquidara7272]

Taylor Hall best trade. Go B's

[@ronhabster8778]

Danault super star center?

[@scooterelway9191]

50k coming !!!lets go

[@blessup5378]

It's not a high risk for the Leafs. 25-31 pick in a crap draft doesn't matter when Leafs drafted TWELVE players last draft. And have good prospects.

[@TheJimmyStDenisShow]

Hall Wasn’t traded at the deadline he was traded in December that year

[@ianmudd1383]

John Chayka: GM all about analytics, who never used analytics

[@Andyanddiana467]

Hindsight is 20/20, though. If GMs didn't take these risks, then we'd criticize them for that. *shrug*

[@AzoniifyTheOg]

My god that Arizona hall trade is fucked

[@OscarJohansson-xj1vr]

yo thats my old teams rink(in sweden)

[@dereklasker5350]

8:51 LOOK AT ALL THE BLUE