NHL Trades That RUINED Players Careers

[@Klanchey]

Being an Alaskan, Scott Gomez is the hockey god up here. He was the first Latino NHLer to win the Calder as Rookie of the year and 2 cups. He has his own hockey organization in Anchorage for lower income households that may not be able to afford hockey, along with sponsoring and funding countless youth hockey and other sporting activities across Alaska. Just a great guy which made it harder to see him struggle after leaving NYR.

[@AlexQC9]

And he's hilarious too 😅

[@andyboxish4436]

Joey Juneau's gotta be big up there too

[@sclemson8541]

im an AK goalie, around the same age as Gomez. and I've skated on the ice with him and his sister. Great humans and great hockey players. Just because he took a CUSH deal in montreal doesnt mean he's a bad dude

[@gucci1131]

Listened to him on the SpittinChiklets podcast (I think its that one) and he seemed like such a down to earth cool dude

[@Klanchey]

@@andyboxish4436 not nearly as big as you would think. Scotty then probably Matt Carle and Brandon Dubinsky

[@Victor-lk8ty]

I’m waiting for the Huberdeau version of this next year. Ugh

[@stupidcarrot9921]

im still hanging on to fleeting hope in the fact that he takes time to adjust to changes

[@richardtherichard26]

Huberdeau is in much much better shape than the tkachuk girl. Florida is a mess and draws 4 fans to every game. Now they have a cancer in the locker room. Calgary is FAR better off than Florida.

[@blakeattig5426]

Hopefully he bounces back. I feel like he is in the wrong coaching system

[@JoelFarabeesBiggestFan]

@@richardtherichard26 matthew tkachuck has 73 points, huberdeau has 35

[@tmdwu5360]

@@richardtherichard26 take it easy with the copium

[@Moneytakerbaby]

Im a big fan of the 90s NHL, and I can tell you 1 trade that I will always remember kinda ruining player instantly: Mikhael Renberg from Philly to Tampa Bay. He was part of that legendary trio with Lindros and Leclair, and then he was just gone, and he didn't do much in Tampa. Sad knowing a few years later, 2 I believe, Brind'Amour also got traded. Poor flyers, 6 straight stanley cup finals appearances were losses... and a ton of other near finals appearences and great seasons ruined in the last 47 years.

[@judasthepious1499]

Subban already lost his peak when Preds traded him.. GMs and coaches know about their player more than us

[@MP-dn4bs]

The return was...quite weak so I think the Devils (and the league in general if that was the best offer) had an inkling, considering he was only one year removed from a top-3 Norris season.

[@Cassandra_Solidor]

He only struggled in his last year with Nashville-in the very same year he was traded. I wager New Jersey thought he could rebound to at least be a solid top four if not have a full on resurgence. At the price they paid, it wasn't a bad gamble. Unfortunately, mounting injuries caught up with PK way faster than expected and he just couldn't adapt his game to play around them in a more serviceable role.

[@timjummichuck]

he never had it, he was all energy and no skill

[@ethanparker7900]

the first 2 years in nashville were great it was that last one, the 18-19 year that was underwhelming and thats it

[@1337Hans]

at least Jim would wind up becoming a famous actor, appearing in classics such as The Mask and Liar Liar

[@timomajere]

I would have to put Wendel Clark being traded away from Toronto the first time being one that also ruined his career. If you was around back then, After he left Toronto, he pretty much disappeared from most news media; at least in Canada. He never got better anywhere except that one year he did come back to Toronto. Was traded 6 times in 6 years after the first trade to Quebec.

[@SmoothCriminal12]

And when Clark returned TO Toronto a few yrs later, they traded a first that'd become Roberto Luongo.

[@timjummichuck]

Too bad Clark didn't get a chance to win a cup with Colorado

[@Taka-Kevz]

Jim carey became a successful actor

[@idontgivetkachuk]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LucasMillerWoW]

So happy you made this video was thinking of that old Habs team of Subban, Gomez and Gionta. Then this poped up!

[@trisgilmour]

I always laugh at puck fumble by Toskala lol

[@ShinyMew76]

Unpopular opinion but I would add Laine to this list. He was one of the best in the league when he was with Winnipeg. He constantly racked up points and had multiple highlight reel goals. In Columbus he just feels like a top 6 forward

[@ShinyMew76]

@@SimonTheSeal I guess so

[@killhouse6130]

He was really only ever that good his first two seasons

[@MrBOOM546]

Hes a point per game player with the Jackets though?

[@ShinyMew76]

@@MrBOOM546 I didn’t mean it in a way that he isn’t good anymore, it’s just that when he was with the Jets, he was arguably a top 5-10 player in the game

[@ZaneZephyr]

I’m going to attribute his first season in Columbus to torterella constantly fucking with him

[@MrGUnit27]

This whole list could've been players traded to the Leafs in the 2000s lol

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

Re: Nabokov and Toskala in the early 2000s - they also had Kiprusoff until late 2003. That sharks team had 3 starter-quality goalies all at once O_O

[@NewDesignVinylGraphics]

In the 2010s subban and kessel were probably the most fun I've had watching players. Probably just biased cause I live in Ontario so i grew up watching those teams but man so many great memories and great comebacks watching leafs and habs games

[@leafsfanforever2896]

For Subban in particular, he basically became a liability not even halfway through the 2018-2019 season due to injury

[@justinalley3399]

subban was a turnover machine

[@1andonlyMiro]

No mention of Toskalas legendary interview that even Tuukka Rask memed on later on 😂

[@NYR11949]

Another fantastic video. Best hockey channel on KZbin. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Thank you so much!! Thank you for all the support!!

[@killhouse6130]

subban already fell off before nashville traded him he wouldn't have been better if he stayed with the preds

[@Martinez4thnlong]

For 65,289 views and only 970 likes?! You make the best hockey content on YT❤❤❤❤

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Thank you so much!!

[@tyrous1743]

P.K. Subban, aka P.K. Slewban, ruined his own career, and a couple of other players with the slewfoot's he has thrown out the past couple of years.

[@liljoe31]

One thing for sure, as an espn analyst dude hates my knights and its hilarious

[@willrobinson1671]

If Toskala had of been standing backwards, taking a drink from the bottle, he probably would have stopped that shot. A really unfortunate bounce. Being a Leaf fan, this was just one of the more embarrassing moments we've had to endure. Gotta love Joe Bowen's call, too. He knew it was going in the second it started bouncing.

[@timjummichuck]

Should have just stacked the pads, not like there was a rebound incoming

[@Moneytakerbaby]

Jim Carey winning the Vezina really bummed me out, I honestly think it's the reason Osgood might never get in the hall of fame, that and losing that game 6 and 7 in 2009, which Osgood put a 2.00 GAA in those games by the way and the dead wings couldnt score on Fleury. But yeah, 39-6-5. No way Detroit gets that record without Osgood, and yes Vernon is a legend, and he also honestly should be in the hall for starting for 2 cup winning teams, just like Osgood did for 2 of his 3 cups. But yeah, knowing how much of a waste that was, hurts as an Osgood fan. I think the 5 finals and 3 cups, AND still having a winning record the 3 seasons off of Detroit, making the Islanders better especially, and being 1 of the first 10 men ever to win 400 games in an era where goalies split time a lot still... someday he might get in. But they don't seem to put many great goalies in. A guy like Luongo getting in made me fucking sick, maybe after 10 years him being in would be ok but, never won the cup and you got Moog Osgood Vernon Barrasso Richter and the Beezer and Cujo not in? fuckin a.

[@plaidchuck]

Wow Luongo got in? What a joke. Dude was a bum in any nhl game that mattered and barely got a gold medal while being on a stacked olympic team. Lindros shouldnt be in either. There were plenty of power forwards back in the day that dominating a few seasons and you dont see them getting in. Agreed Osgood should be in. Im a Pens fan and they probably would have lost if so many Wings weren’t injured. Joseph also should be in. Guy was undrafted and was consistent as hell despite being on some garbage teams over the years.

[@Moneytakerbaby]

@@plaidchuck Hall of fames definitely are,,, sus at times. But it is what it is right! It doesnt change who was great and who wasn't. Hockey, like Basketball Football and Baseball, are sports that you can be the best without team success. You can be like Marcel Dionne, be a god at the game, yet you're never on great teams so, you never have a chance to win titles. Luongo however had chances, and he choked. Him and the Sedins are terribly overrated to an extent. Like they got to play with eachother their entire careers,,,, such an advantage, yet at best they were D tier 'legends' as far as ranking them as legends. I'd have put someone like Theoren Fleury or Alexander Mogilny who somehow aren't in yet in before them. Ultra talented guys who there's absolutely no excuse why they aren't in yet. They didn't play as long in the NHL as they could have yet when they did, always were solid. I'd put those 2 in over at least a dozen of the guys who've got in this millennium.

[@jmac0608]

I don’t know if you’ve done this, but if you haven’t you should do “Biggest Steals Off Waivers”

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Oh wow! That’s actually a great idea! I’ll research it and see if any cool facts pop up. Thanks!

[@Randoir11]

You probably could have added Pavel Bure going from the Canucks the Panthers to this list .

[@timjummichuck]

Pavel Bure's career was coming to a close before he got to Florida. He put up two almost 60 goal season with them anyway. Bure was always hurt

[@chibzilla26]

You should have added Loui Erikson, haha.

[@timjummichuck]

What about Stefan's trade from the Thrashers to the Stars? LOL I've never seen a guy have his career ended so fast after a trade not that he was good or anything, he just got shut down hard he should be embarrassed at what he just did

[@brianmouland209]

He was losing his edge for the Habs Webber was a better choice

[@sartajdhaliwal9462]

Subban got a back injury or smth, not entirely his fault

[@alexacdc1234]

Cory Schneider would be a good candidate for this series

[@1khelad]

very skewed view on suban you built him up alot more than he deserved

[@idontgivetkachuk]

When he was at his peak. He was electric

[@kenneththorberg6914]

@@idontgivetkachuk Agree!

[@KDill29]

Right! He was always a "slew" footed player. Made up for his lack in the other departments, by being a dirty player.

[@buckyhermit]

Slight mistake: Toskala didn't get traded from Toronto to Calgary. He was traded to Anaheim in the Giguere deal, then dealt to the Flames before he got a chance to play for the Ducks.

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Yes I know that. I didn’t feel it was necessary to mention the trade to the Ducks due to him being flipped almost immediately.

[@Captain_Howdy]

Patrick Laine. Jets did him dirty.

[@leafsfanforever2896]

Marc-Andre Fleury getting traded to Chicago may count

[@daekry]

he played pretty well for Chicago they just had no defense

[@JutiMayranen]

Aaduu Raadu :D :D I love it when non-finnish try to say finnish names with ä- and ö -letters :D

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Commentators have said it like 5 different ways so I was losing regardless apparently 😭😭

[@intentionaloffside8934]

Andrew Raycroft could be on this list too!

[@007Hutchings]

Thank god for the obnoxious red arrow and the stupid red circle on the thumbnail otherwise I would have no what your video was going to be about.

[@idontgivetkachuk]

But you're still here :))

[@waterdrinker_]

not a Bo Horvat fan I see, the first 5 clips of him were hits from behind lmao

[@MrBOOM546]

Huberdeau wants to be in this video so bad 😭

[@idontgivetkachuk]

LMAOOOOO

[@tsuji355]

its been 1 season dude

[@MrBOOM546]

@@tsuji355 When did I say things can't change?

[@andrewwilkins3014]

When you made that comment on a video about people who never recovered.

[@MrBOOM546]

@@andrewwilkins3014 I said "wants to be", not "will be". Reading is hard but damn

[@slasher1087]

Let's get one on how Buffalo thought Eichel was the reason they couldn't make the playoffs and yet without him, they still cant.

[@Brockbuiltmore]

jim carey: americas funnyman on and off the ice.

[@idontgivetkachuk]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dimitu_]

Johnny Hockey next?

[@KevynKing]

Johnny's doing fine individually, he's been pretty much a point per game all season. He's just on a dreadful team right now. I mean he's minus 15 too, but when you have the lowest save percentage in the league that can be forgiven.

[@stinkypoke1542]

Johnny wasn't traded..

[@KevynKing]

@@stinkypoke1542 There's that point too lol.

[@killhouse6130]

When you go from the best team in the west to the worst team in the east your not gonna put up the same totals, him being a point per game on the jackets is nuts

[@danevertt3210]

Carey stole that Vezina from Hasek. A damn shame

[@danevertt3210]

@CWS and TKP 66-02 I’m being that guy

[@thylacine519]

You know what people forget about Toskala giving that goal up. The Leafs won that game 3-1

[@ericmyers3561]

pk was locker room cancer. Not coachable

[@jordancameron8038]

Source?

[@brianmouland209]

None

[@Animo84]

Because Subban was a black player there was this “token” status given to him whereby even the simplest of actions were celebrated like he was a unicorn. Every body check, pass or goal was deemed to have been an attribute of a legend. I believe he was a good defensemen but not a great one, he got found out when he was the go to player and it showed.

[@emanuelgonzalez3967]

Lemieux break him

[@Asymmetrical-Saggin]

Glad he's gone.

[@colepaliwoda]

vezina was robbed the year carey won it tho

[@FrankyVanDamn]

jack campbell sadly

[@6th_Army]

I'll have to disagree with Suban ever being a fan favourite for the Canadians fans. Mostly because I've never once heard anything good about him from a fan. Closest to a good thing I've heard about him was one guy saying Suban would do well if he stopped playing like boar from Boston.

[@jeffreyc1971]

Did you not see the ovation he received from the Montreal fans recently?

[@HanCholo112]

you're clueless lmao

[@tomwilliams1849]

You're an jdiot sorry man I just can't hold it in after a comment like that.

[@6th_Army]

@@jeffreyc1971 No. I haven't paid attention to hockey since 2021.

[@1andonlyMiro]

Räty pronounciation is badly off here. It's not Ratu. 🙁

[@scottme6615]

Underfrickingrated.

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Thanks sm 🔥❤️

[@everettcameron9518]

Jesus loves you all and he died for you and he wants you to trust in him He died on the cross for all of our sins and has defeated death and sin by resurrecting from the dead. Romans 6:23 says “ For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord” and our works doesn’t get us into Heaven it is putting our faith in what Jesus has done for us gets us into heaven and repenting of our sins. 1 John 1:8 says “ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us” and Proverbs 1:7 says “ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: But fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

[@sirundying]

i want to see halak in that video

[@FrankLucas81682]

PK Subban elite 😂😂😂

[@Picco-zl2bh]

Wow state of New York making early 😳 moves wake ⏰up G MS don't overpay to hurt your team like my beloved leafs have done and definitely don't hurt your team cap wise if you get my drift and if uask me time for a homestead discount this round of negotiations for some players other 1's deserve to determine Pais aka bunting get my drift 😉

[@terralynclark7245]

PK ruined himself nothing to do with any trade ......thinking he could make NBA culture fit in an NHL dressing room ..... he could never see what an annoyance he was .