The Most CONFUSING Trades In NHL History

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[@RobTalksHockey]

What is the MOST CONFUSING trade your team has ever made?!

[@chriskreider8021]

heres one thing, although Manning did injure McDavid, Maybe Chiralli (I don’t know how to spell it) thought Manning would continue to injure McDavid so he acquired Manning so Manning didn’t injure McDavid

[@sportsfan3236]

Taylor hall and Adam Larson was pointless

[@GF-wi6qi]

Domi and a 3rd for Anderson

[@martys.7127]

Trading panarin for saad

[@DiamondkillerCS]

Pens trading for oleksiak and then trading him back for the pick that was traded to Dallas

[@Mr.Milkins]

Jamie Oleksiak trade in a nutshell: Dallas - Pittsburgh pls check if Oleiksiak is good Pittsburgh - Ok

[@CloydRoyal]

That's how the entire Dallas fanbase saw it, lol.

[@SunnyVale420]

Miss big rig :(

[@samarthrai3370]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@anonymousanonymous1338]

Leafs fanbase: Did you trade for Kessel? Burke: Yes Leafs fanbase: what did it cost Burke: everything

[@Leaf_VT]

"The Bruins draft and develop extremely well" *laughs in Zboril and Senyshyn*

[@camblakeley4546]

laughs in Pastrnak and Mcavoy

[@AdamRuAlright]

@@camblakeley4546 and Bergeron, Marchand

[@ItsAutoMattic]

And Hamilton and Seguin and debrusk lol

[@37willdog]

Imagine how many more cups the Bruins would have this decade if they knew how to draft. They’re a huge disappointment

[@dorianlahache1556]

F

[@jaykegilletz237]

I’m sure McDavid cared when they traded for Manning. Caggiula is one his best friends, so imagine how he felt

[@brokenhdmiport1921]

I’m almost 100% sure that Mcdavid basically hates Manning, he’s seen like 2 minutes of NHL ice with the oilers and honestly I don’t believe Mcdavid.

[@snowmountainlion]

when ur bestie gets traded for the bully lololol

[@wreklessracr]

Manning is garbage. Coming from a flyers fan.

[@darthollpheist1156]

@@brokenhdmiport1921 Manning never hurt McDavid. It's pure idiocy to claim so. Watch the clip. McDavid toe-picked because he wanted to get the shot off. In fact, Manning doesn't even touch him. McDavid actually trips Manning.

[@brokenhdmiport1921]

@@darthollpheist1156 McDavid trips over from losing his balance because of Manning’s hand, Manning then proceeded to jump on top of Mcdavid rather than trying to move to the side or actually land on his skates

[@michaelmarowelli8756]

So, the Penguins just developed Oleksiak for the Stars😂😂😂

[@zarekpurewal6080]

Trade for Manning to burry him so he can’t go after McDavid again

[@ObiWannaBrick31]

Ooh

[@m1j4s]

Lol was thinking that... Trade for his rights, to take them away and send him out of the league haha

[@TheHunter-en3bm]

I'm just glad he isn't on my Flyers anymore. The guy is an AHL player at best.

[@MikeJackEatsHeat]

I think you're right!

[@wolfaliceinchains]

When I saw the Manning trade on Insta I thought it was a meme from one of the many Oilers meme accounts I follow

[@RobTalksHockey]

Haha!

[@ObiWannaBrick31]

Wings trading the pick who turned out to be andrei vasilevskiy for kyle quincey

[@jimmywilliams8045]

Thats a LIFE FAIL!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinstull8552]

Quincey is and was definitely not worth a 1st round pick.

[@jayden2669]

Vasy for Who?

[@jotsky3668]

Really been liking the videos man! Keep up the grind!!

[@chrispswann6825]

The Thornton trade wasn't bad. After trading Thornton, the Bruins signed Zdeno Chara as a free agent which is something they probably couldn't have done if Thornton's salary was still on the books. Then Chara led the Bruins to a Stanley Cup which is something Thornton has never done in San Jose

[@Sandman27-88]

Yup

[@RobTalksHockey]

Well to start, Thornton is 14th all time in history for points. I mean, I would consider that "doing something". But that was also my point. Boston has made many blunder trades throughout their history, but they always manage to recover

[@kevensoucy9354]

That was a retard move to trade Thornton for these guy.. They signed Marc Savard and Chara and the rest is history

[@reignofrock]

That Manning trade.. Couldn't be more Chiarelli. Remember everyone thinking it was insane.

[@andrecaron7823]

What about Seguin, they traded him at 21 because apparently he was a skill-based player even though he was top 10 in Selke votes, and apparently he doesn't produce enough even though he had 60 points, and then got traded for a bag of pucks

[@RHaines76Gaming]

they killed Manning's career, that simple.

[@CoolGorillaGoAnimate7000]

I only knew about Manning because of my dad who's been a Flyers fan.

[@tysonprior2587]

Mr Cameron you are becoming one of my favorite hockey guys of all time!! Right up there with grapes and Mckenzie in my books!! Great knowledge of the game and super entertaining format and commentary...5 stars sir!!👏

[@RobTalksHockey]

I really appreciate it! 👍

[@TheHunter-en3bm]

Before getting traded to Vancouver, Mats Sundin did NOT play all of his career in Toronto. He was drafted 1st overall in the '89 draft by the Quebec Nordiques and played his first 4 full years in Quebec. He put up really good numbers too.

[@chrispswann6825]

As a Sens fan, trading Mika Zibanejad for Derrick Brassard never made any sense. Brassard was coming off a 58 point season while Zibanejad was coming off a 51 point season. Brassard had seven more points, but he was five years older. Zibanejad was 23 years old and just hitting his prime. And the Sens also threw in a 2nd round pick! The trade made no sense then, and now that Zibanejad is an elite player, it's easily one of the worst trades in Sens history.

[@nicksternyr8728]

I think it was the Duchene trade for you guys actually lmao

[@johnnyblaaze467]

I have to admit that Brassard was much needed for the Playoff run. It almost worked. In the long term it is pretty bad obviously

[@chrispswann6825]

@@johnnyblaaze467 During that playoff run, Brassard had 11 points in 19 games. In those same playoffs Zibanejad had 9 points in 12 games with the Rangers. You could make the case that if Zibanejad had been with the Sens instead of Brassard, we might have gotten past the Penguins

[@MrHookernugget]

Oh, you injured our star player with intent? No problem, you're acquired and sent down to end your career before it's over. Makes sense to me.

[@gregrehkemper8196]

In his rookie year, McDavid was constantly making dangerous hits to the numbers of opposing players, so when it happened to him it was retaliation, not jealousy of skill.

[@hatrickroy3023]

Great video rob

[@ProdParkerJazz]

Series Idea: Calder Winner's Where are They Now Congrats on all the growth! Loving all the new uploads and series

[@otiger_yt]

if Peter Chirelli haven't made some trades the Oilers would have a 6th Stanley Cup by now.

[@kokanee2010a]

not with that defense or goalie ,

[@GameShowMike]

1983 Penguins trading away the number one overall pick to the North Stars. It cost them an opportunity to draft Steve Yzerman. They had to settle for Bob Errey. Baz Bastien made this bad trade before he died in a car crash. Eddie Johnston took over as GM and built the Penguins through the draft starting in 1984 and drafted a future hall of tamer and future Penguins owner named Mario Lemieux.

[@danteangotti5786]

What can I say, Peter Chiarelli created a dynasty, so wholesome!

[@kevinstull8552]

A dynasty of poor decisions.

[@danteangotti5786]

@@kevinstull8552 yessir, that’s the joke

[@KanNgnKanKurt]

Last trade is confusing but I’m sure there were some reasoning to it even tho I can’t come up with one. Unless some behind the scene deal was made to make it into a short term loan but that’s a reach and a half at best.. yeah would like to know the reasoning behind that trade. Maybe Pittsburgh kept the recite 🤣

[@colepaliwoda]

Purposely injured mcdavid- acquired by Oilers That could work cause he won’t injure him anymore but he probs will be a head case

[@scottpankiewicz2760]

Do a part two and include the Ryan O'Reilly trade

[@kevinstull8552]

Which one?

[@goated571]

yea do that

[@jayden2669]

Trade from colorado to buffalo or buffalo to st louis

[@louis-oliviersimard3214]

Haha didnt know about oleksiak. But what a playoff run he had. I like how he played big and strong hockey. Forward had a hard Time when he was on the ice

[@nickfoley45]

Hey Rob love your videos. Have you ever thought of doing a video on the Mitchell Miller situation?

[@RobTalksHockey]

Yep! I wanted to wait a bit to get all the details, but that video will be coming up in the future!

[@nickfoley45]

@@RobTalksHockey yeah that makes sense. Keep up the good work! : )

[@Pr0fessor_P]

Quality content once again 👍

[@etown8349]

Great video!

[@etown8349]

Thanks for the heart!

[@Zaghzackio]

Brandon manning shouldn't even be in the nhl like what's he good st?

[@charli_snow]

Injurying franchise centers I guess

[@cullen4847]

@@charli_snow In an awful way, that isn't the worst trait you could have in a player. Manning does suck ass, though.

[@darthollpheist1156]

@@charli_snow He never injured anyone. Fact.

[@theflyer68]

Painting houses

[@darthollpheist1156]

@@theflyer68 He's REALLY good at getting blamed for McDavid falling on his own and hurting himself.

[@campbellsoup93]

Clearly the oilers are playing 5d chess with Manning. He hurt McDavid so his career in thr NHL needs to end. How to accomplish that? Could go the Bertuzzi route and injure him so badly he can never play again but that looks bad on the organization. Better option: bring him to the oilers, play him for the minimum number of games you have to, to avoid seeming suspicious, then ship him off to the farm team and forget about him. Maybe quietly convince other GM's that it's not worth picking up his contract. Man never plays in the NHL again and thr Oilers get sweet sweet revenge.

[@edcaskinett8541]

I would love to know the story behind the three-team trade that brought dominik Hasek to Buffalo. I know Steph on Beauregard was traded multiple times between buffalo Winnipeg and Chicago. But there was never an explanation as to why

[@jacobjsavoie1745]

manning was traded to the oilers cause the oilers didnt want him to hurt mcdavid again 200iq by the gm

[@Slvrbuu]

Oilers: They threaten our captain! GM: We'll trade for him and send him to the minors. No threat!

[@DudePathetic]

Bruins traded Blake wheeler and Brad Stewart for Rich Peverly

[@tdmcurly]

Fun fact, I coach with Jamie Oleksiaks brother Jake. Hes huge and plays in the beer league at my rink

[@m.fheagle3286]

I thought giving away Cagguila was a terrible move, he had grit and scored a ton for one season on a reasonable price point. He’s been replaced by Yamamoto, Archibald not the same players but similar results. The only reason I could see the Oil picking up Manning was that based on 1) he was an NHL Defenceman and 2) he admitted to trying to injure McJesus I thought they might hold onto him and bury him in the minors thereby ‘ending’ his career. But then they played him!!🙄

[@kevinstull8552]

Is it just me or does Peter Chiarelli look like the guy in the movie Scanners that has his head explode? The NHL moves that he did make almost wants to make my own head explode lol😄.

[@christophermerlot3366]

That would be actor Louis del Grande.

[@moharikram1687]

I don't know why all people say Joe Thornton trade is a L for Boston. They make a right choice by developing Bergeron, Krejci and Marc Savard along the years and stay competitive until they won the cup in 2011. They draft great and developed their guys great (Brad Marchand is one of them). Boston has an engraved name in the majestic cup in last ten years and Thornton might not when he ends his career. Yeah, maybe you would think that they might won more with Thornton but what if his bad performance in playoffs still there if he stays? That will be a bigger and undisputed L for them. So, I say both Boston and Thornton won that trade. Boston got a cup, Thornton got a HOF career albeit with no cup.

[@kj6446]

Sundin a life long Leaf? He played in Quebec...and don't forget the Leafs tried to trade him the year before and he refused to waive his no trade clause. Plus he didn't sign in Vancouver until December...plenty of time for Toronto to bring him back if they wanted.

[@jarrettbeau257]

Did anybody else notice that Pistol Pete (Chiarelli) was a recipient of 3/4 trades mentioned???

[@thatdallasfan6332]

The Filip forsberg backround clip is at my teams arena

[@nelsonw1267]

The Dallas Stars trading Joe Nieuwendyk, Jamie Langenbrunner to the Devils for Jason Arnott, Randy McKay and a 1st. 2 years after Arnott scored the game winning goal against the Stars.

[@CentTV]

You got to think of it as they traded Thornton got some random nobody’s and got to give Bergeron playing time

[@karasu_3406]

Jumbo wasn’t traded because they didn’t like him, they traded him because they liked the way Bergeron played more, and built the team around him over the coming years.

[@jackjon7763]

So the pens and stars had a bit of collusion going on. That’s such a weird trade

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

Coming from the Penguins fan the Jamie Oleksiak trades were basically Jim Rutherford acting senile

[@RealCanadianGaming]

Haha I went to school with Manning and his family and his Uncle lives next door to me. So weird 🤣

[@noodkiller123]

I wish that Kessel trade happened like 2-3 years ago or he’ll even 1 year ago. Even if it wasn’t Phil Kessel somebody of the same caliber I would have been fine with

[@joshvanadrichem5737]

Thank god for Auston Matthew's but that phil trade is still making me cry at night when I see it

[@christophermerlot3366]

Not as much as giving Rask for Raycroft. JF Jr. should never have been let near a phone.

[@Zuva_Deity]

“Could you imagine if the Vancouver Canucks just went and traded Elias Petterson?” Yeah, I think we’d have to fuck’n riot again

[@Jersey209]

The part of the Kessel trade that makes you scratch your head is that Burke didn’t even have to trade for Kessel to begin with. He could have just signed him to an offer sheet and they would have given up a 1st, 2nd and a 3rd. Still would have lost Seguin, but they would have held on to the 1st rounder that became Hamilton. Burke backed himself into a corner with his comments about the Dustin Penner offer sheet a few years prior, so I think that’s why he did what he did. The Leafs owners at the time deserve a lot of blame for not stepping in on that one.

[@dwayneantle1142]

Love your channel Rob, but Sundin was not a lifelong Leaf. He was drafted by and played for the Nordiques first remember??

[@RobTalksHockey]

Yes I am aware. I was referring to his near 15 year career in Toronto. Even though he did not start there, his time in Toronto was the same duration as most "lifelong" players

[@dwayneantle1142]

@@RobTalksHockey As I said, love your channel bud! Keep up the great work!

[@caseysilman5771]

As a Leafs fan who loves Tyler Seguin, that trade still triggers me 😂

[@mattkalafsky5248]

I really wish the pens would’ve kept oleksiak. He had the skill and size the pens need on the backend and it was for a small price :/

[@ryanbrown8629]

“Seriously hinder his development” I think you’re off on that one 😂

[@tysonhockey1967]

Who whould they trade joe Thornton

[@mr2slick910]

I find it is so confusing why the hawks gave up so much to bro g back Andrew Shaw.

[@sportsfan3236]

Dallas and bruins trading seguin it never was great for the bruins.

[@CobraNahk]

It was cuz Seguin allegedly slept with Nathan Horton's wife.

[@bangyahead1]

The Stars sent Oleksiak to school with Sidney Crosby. You have to think that practicing with Crosby and Malkin on a daily basis, you're going to learn a few things along the way, not the least of which is defending against top players on the planet. Clearly Oleksiak benefitted from his time in Pittsburg and when he got back to Dallas he was the complete defenseman they had always wished he would be. Okeksiak had 2? breakaway goals in the playoffs. He's not just a big, angry meatbag. The guy can play. He can hit, score, and defend very well now and has clearly earned a legit top four spot.

[@joemurray2293]

whats the chances the stars just paid the penguins to train the def cause the stars don't have defense building coaches worth anything

[@durrrrl3435]

Manning didn’t cross check him, McDavid’s skate caught a rut in the ice and he went down on his own!

[@chriskreider8021]

heres one thing, although Manning did injure McDavid, Maybe Chiralli (I don’t know how to spell it) thought Manning would continue to injure McDavid so he acquired Manning so Manning didn’t injure McDavid

[@GF-wi6qi]

Yo that’s actually kinda smart

[@chriskreider8021]

@@GF-wi6qi I don’t know if its true I just thought of that but if he did that, its genius

[@samuelkim9794]

To be fair kessel is decent player. He did help penguin win 2 cups back to back. It more gm more not getting a center to play with him, no defense to hang goalie dry and we hadn't ha gialie standing on their head until freddy, and coach never meshing with players or org

[@mrhabs666]

Sundin was not a life long Leaf

[@johnnythemachine6949]

yes he started his NHL career with the Nordiques

[@RobTalksHockey]

I am aware, but he spent 90% of his career with the Leafs. I consider that a life long!

[@michaelmarowelli8756]

do a part 2 please

[@jesselancaster7]

THIS IS A AWESOME VIDEO 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@christophermerlot3366]

Wasn't a trade but I thought the Leafs signing kneecap specialist Bryan Marchment when Joe Nieuwendyk was on the team was a little weird.

[@hotdogwater7037]

the most confusing trade this year is Johansson for staal and a draft pick

[@bryantcox3125]

Why the snow fall every video? I like it, just wondering

[@RobTalksHockey]

If I have a video with a lot of still images, I like to include animations to add more movement. If that makes sense haha

[@bryantcox3125]

@@RobTalksHockey Of course! I'm binging on your stuff bro. Finally a great hockey channel that's not some teenager with a radio voice with nothing but his face or some boring af crusty guy talking with a white board.

[@leifpye8428]

I miss caguila on the oilers

[@JohnnyMac_Gaming]

Did you even see the mcdavid injury his skate got caught in a hole on the ice and Manning fell on him how’s that purposely😂😂😂😂

[@Nate-ne4qe]

Can you do another one of these

Mats played 4 complete seasons in Quebec before being traded to Toronto. Hardly a "life long Leaf".

[@RobTalksHockey]

Yes I am aware lol. He also spent nearly 15 years with Toronto. Which I consider to be "lifelong" when you spent that much time with a single team

@@RobTalksHockey A short life.

[@DixieWreck69]

the bruins and trading away elite young talent, name a better duo

[@joelroberts8050]

@7:35 "not a bad return". @8:02 "for a bag of pucks." 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@RobTalksHockey]

Not a bad return as in the players weren't a bunch of 4th liners when the trade took place

[@wcampbell9023]

How about Hyman for seventh, yup

[@joelroberts8050]

4 classics for Philly: Patrick Sharp for a career AHLer; Justin Williams for Danny Markov; JVR for Luke Schenn; Bobrovsky for Steve Mason. Thanks Clarke and Holmgren! 🤢🤮🤮🤮

[@boisvert45]

Yeah manning might have purposefully hurt McDavid, but lets go flyers

[@J4M3SB1]

Teravainen and Bickell for a 2nd and 3rd Panarin for Saad...

[@wsas33]

McDavid was drafted in 2015, great vid as always of course

[@hudsonbursey6807]

Kessel was worth seguin and Hamilton because they got matthew’s and Mather for um

[@hudsonbursey6807]

I mean marner the autocorrect stupid

[@thatchersimpson3015]

what about taylor hall for larsson

[@jayden2669]

Lets be honest kessel was the best player for the leafs for half a decade so meh

[@icebreaker1264]

One hot fog man not 6 but one hot dog

[@connorevans1951]

why would they trade for manning? to make sure he doesn't injure mcdavid in another ridiculously dirty play

[@schampookungen2201]

Mika for Brass

[@scoldingwhisper]

collarbone McBroken

[@dsc4178]

Leafs? Trading away high draft picks? Since when?

[@ricketycricket4361]

How did he purposefully injure McDavid lmao... if you watch the clip manning didnt even trip him, mcdavid just lost his edge

[@RobTalksHockey]

McDavid beat him clean. While driving to the net, McDavid was in an awkward position, and he leaned on him forcing him off his edge which resulted in him uncontrollably crashing into the boards in a vulnerable position. It was completely unnecessary and was done out of frustration from McDavid blowing the doors off of him

[@ricketycricket4361]

@@RobTalksHockey rewatch the clip. McDavid reaches for the puck and it's his own momentum that's forces him off his skates. He literally swings to hard for it and loses his front skates balance on the ice causing him to fall forward. All manning did was fall into him. Pretty hard to say that was anything but an unlucky accident. Dont get me wrong mcdavid definitely dummied the guy, but McDavid fell from his own weight, at no point did manning cross check him or even touch his back until McDavid had already fallen. I guess it's a matter of interpretation and I respect yours dont get me wrong, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to deem it a dirty play with little to no evidence.

[@kennymillalk]

@@ricketycricket4361 I watched the game. I'm a Flyers fan. What you say happened is exactly what was stated in the postgame interview. Manning even stated he wished no harm to McDavid and a speedy recovery. McDavid blamed Manning for the injury. That is all. That is not proof. I have no love for Manning. When the Flyers let Manning go it was way over do.

[@seanleggett156]

Boston was able to trade Stuart and Primeau for players which got them the cup in 2011. Thornton has zero.

[@RobTalksHockey]

Thornton is also 14th all time in NHL history for points.

[@seanleggett156]

@@RobTalksHockey would you rather have a hall of fame player on your team with no cups or a stanley cup winning? I'd rather have a cup

[@stevenkarpinski1088]

Some of these trades were bc of the cap hit

[@CentTV]

They made it so Manning couldn’t injure mcdadvid again

[@DutchJunior310]

Orielly from Buffalo

[@loyaltyabovealllawzco.lilw1232]

jumbo joe was traded cause the bruins couldnt resign him

[@darthollpheist1156]

What an idiotic thumbnail. "purposefully injured McDavid". Never happened. Watch the clip. McDavid injured himself. He fell all on his own. He toe-picked and went down. In fact, he's the one that tripped Manning because he fell. Facts people.

[@groundshock5719]

Bruh

[@darthollpheist1156]

@@groundshock5719 ???

[@bgduqc6876]

Caggiula was mcdavid best friend

[@floridaman735]

Me as a Lightning after the Manning trade: Umm where did you bump your head at Peter cause YOU ARE FULL OF CRAP! 😂 ( The reason why I said that is because Edmonton is in my top 10 favorite teams and I want them to succeed )