The Most Perfectly Timed Trades In NHL History

[@RobTalksHockey]

Has your team ever had a player you KNEW would be way worse on any other team?

[@demitra38jpk50]

Patrik Berglund... What happened to him in Buffalo was really unfortunate for sure. But I can't say I didn't see the regression coming

[@seanross8656]

The Taylor Hall trade. The devs got some good prospects and we don’t mind a first round pick, containing another top prospect. On the other hand, Taylor Hall was terrible for the Coyotes, giving them close to no help last season, causing him to be let out into free agency without a single offer, and getting picked up by Buffalo. Even there, this season he hasn’t lived up to the hype. I don’t think he’ll ever be the same as the 2017 Taylor Hall.

[@isaacsalmi427]

I'm a Devils fan. Scott Gomez. He fit in perfectly to the Devils system. He had a couple decent seasons in new York but was never near the same player he was in New Jersey. Even when Gomez came back to New Jersey near the end of his career, he put up numbers he hadn't attained in years. At that time though, the Devils were going younger and rebuilding. He is one player I wish would have stayed his whole career in New Jersey. I believe he would have ended yup well over 1000 points and had his number retired there with the other greats had he stayed there his whole career. The guy had some Gretzky like vision and playmaking skills.

[@jessejames4673]

As a Canes fan it's gotta be Jeff Skinner

[@miken8889]

luke schenn??

[@180gpk6]

Habs: danault and Romanov Blackhawks: Weise and Fleishman

[@HANGTIMEV]

Not to mention weise ended up coming back lol not that he did anything its just a funny detail

[@180gpk6]

@@HANGTIMEV Dale Weise actually has a KZbin channel called Habs Tonight.

[@zackashby9741]

@@HANGTIMEV what makes the trade such a steal is both left the hawks after that season, only played like 15 games

[@stevenilijanich1248]

“Mark burgervan” I’m dead I love your content but that pronunciation was funny

[@brettmurray2473]

It would be funny if he actually made that up lol.... I'm guessing he's a Spittin Chuckles fan

[@Matthews34]

I heard Marc Burger-Man and thought he did it on purpose 😂

[@stevenilijanich1248]

@@brettmurray2473 Yee probably

[@stevenilijanich1248]

@@Matthews34 lol

[@AAbram000]

It’s even funnier watching at 2x speed

[@tylerdotwave3601]

Trading Duchene was perfectly timed too. Made Sakic look like a genius.

[@blakeattig5426]

I wouldn’t say that because Duchene wanted out of Colorado

[@nathanaunger6093]

As a Sens fan. It always pains me that we at one time had Bishop and lehner then we just gave them away

[@gimmick7389]

bishop is made of glass and lehner is a backup goalie whose bounced around 10 different teams and got ottawa colin white so it's really not that bad

[@Wexter0083]

Ottawa won the Lehner trade hands down! Buffalo went no where when they had him (plus lost him in FA) and sure Colin White had a rough season last year but has become a very solid Top 6 Centre to help compliment Ottawa's growing forward core.

[@nathanaunger6093]

@@Wexter0083 my bad didn’t know we got Colin white! Damn I look stupid

[@viperswhip]

And let Chara go to free agency?

[@bertgh4054]

They also had Craig Anderson at the time, who may not be a top 5 goaltender but he was definitely solid in net. Having 3 starters is kind of pointless, you could argue they didn't keep the right one but Ottawa's problem surprisingly wasn't goaltending lol

[@gorgon7823]

Ryan o’reilly was treading water and mired in a losing culture in Buffalo, the blues sent a pair of bottom six forwards who had a small impact at the time and are no longer with the Sabre’s, an unproven prospect who has 14 points in 75 games with the Sabres, and two draft picks, who might turn out to be elite but if so, is several years away. The blues received their current captain and conn smyth recipient who helped them win a cup. That was one well timed trade.

[@maxrates]

That is one of the most lopsided trades

[@gorgon7823]

@@maxrates another one was getting brayden schenn for jori lehtera. Every now and then Armstrong can pull off a magic trick, and absolutely fleece another GM.

[@TheMav41]

MB shipping off under-achieving Galchenyuk for Domi and then upgrading to J Anderson was genius!

[@ryzenforce]

What is strange is that Domi DID perform. But when they saw that, Habs next year decided to make him play with the wrong players on the wrong line so he could be trade for 3 sticks and a jack-strap.

[@maxw5036]

Domi’s also not performing well this year because he was on a struggling blue jackets team

[@NewDesignVinylGraphics]

Anderson is useless if he isnt scoring though

[@benguin_]

Honestly stunned that I didn’t see the Derrick Brassard trade in here. Guy was an absolute bust with the Penguins.

[@Wexter0083]

And that has to hurt more when you look at Gustavsson turn into a potential NHL starter...

[@xlr0gd205]

​@@Wexter0083 now he's 2nd in GAA and SV% on a potentially division-winning team

[@Wexter0083]

@@xlr0gd205 oh I knew he was gonna be good. His only issue is consistency. He needs to carry that into next season, which should be doable considering he's more mature now. Good kid, glad he's doing well.

[@slipperynodd578]

“Mark BurgerMan” -Hot Talks Hockey

[@37willdog]

When the Leafs traded Luke Schenn for JVR

[@dyankellett8444]

As a caps fan I can't help back think that Nashville traded us martin erat at a perfect time. Forsberg is still nasty while erat did nothing with us

[@DTMB35]

Big Dave Poile always knows what he’s doing. Even on the “bad” trades, it’s all part of a master plan

[@sheacorduroy5565]

Extra info about the Subban trade: -Nashville traded one of the picks to the Flyers(which they used to pick Bobby Brink) for a pick they used to pick Egor Afanasyev(expect to see him in the next 1-2 years) -Jeremy Davies made his debut with the Preds midway through this season due to massive piles of injuries and he’s looked very solid from the minutes he’s played.

[@anthony......]

One of the best timed trades in Kings history was fleecing the Blue Jackets to get Marian Gaborik in his prime for a regressing Matt Frattin

[@rolandkennedy80]

14 yrs into his career isnt his prime. Look at his numbers. Those 100% aren't the prime years of his career. Are you this new??

[@KokoTheGorilla69]

Matt Frattin was already worthless when the Leafs ditched him! 😂 How do you "regress" when you are already barely an NHL'er??

[@rolandkennedy80]

@@KokoTheGorilla69 exactly. And calling Gaborik in his prime when the kings get him is a joke

[@XxSnipeNationxX]

Dddii.... did he just say in his prime!?

[@rolandkennedy80]

@@XxSnipeNationxX exactly. It's ridiculous someone hits their prime 14 yrs into their career. Look up his numbers. Hardly his prime

[@desjdesj3248]

The Duchene trade was a pretty good one for the Avs too!

[@rahulkaura4103]

As a sens fan, that Bishop trade still stings :( Great video as always my friend Keep up the fantastic work :)

[@rushilb6]

“Marc burgerman” Wellllllllllllll he is pretty big at the moment so you not entirely wrong

[@EssTheMess]

Raycroft for Rask. Previous Calder award-winning goaltender who had underachieved for a couple of seasons for Boston traded for a then very young Tuukka Rask. Turned out pretty good for the Bruins in the long run.

[@Steakman43]

Always look forward to your videos ! Keep up the good work @rob!!!!

[@PointyTailofSatan]

You need to go way back, but legendary Hab's GM Sam Pollock's, trading their 1970 1st pick and a prospect for the Golden Seals 1971 1st pick. Pollock's crystal ball was dead on, the Seals tanked, finishing last, and Pollock got exactly who he wanted; Guy Lafleur.

[@joelgriffiths1386]

The jets getting rid of Andrew Ladd

[@Brrrrrradislava]

But it wasn't by trade...

[@jtjt9802]

@@Brrrrrradislava what 😂😂😂

[@jtjt9802]

@@Brrrrrradislava we got dano and Logan Stanley from Ladd

[@Brrrrrradislava]

@@jtjt9802 damn i completely forgot he went back to chicago before hitting the UFA market

[@scottgarland2542]

Love this. We need more rise and fall videos too. There's so many crazy stories, like half these players in this haha. Greta video man!

[@zogos_4120]

You should do a video on the most confusing trades in the NHL. Not necessarily the worst trades but once that didn’t really make sense at the time of them happening. Like Ryan O,Riley

[@FHL-Devils]

Devils fans knew the PK deal was bad from day 1. We were hopeful, but not expectant.

[@jordanhernandez8324]

I haven't even watched it yet but I know it'll be a great video I got so excited when this notification popped up keep up the great work man we love you

[@Matthews34]

5:54 Marc Burger-man?

[@rugbyelite1361]

Love your channel rob

[@ReallyUselessVideos]

I love your videos. You're honestly the best!

[@Mikgwerd]

When the Bolts traded Drouin for Sergachev lol

[@FredFury8268]

Great vid rob!! Just some trades i can think off that were timed well. Phaneuf--> Ottawa ---> LA Kessel --> Pens --> Arizona (Allowed leafs to fully commit to rebuilding by trading their best defenceman and best forward , and they were able to get Marner at 4th that draft year, and Matthews at 1st the next year draft. Without this move maybe they finish with a few extra pts and missout on Matthews and Mitchy. Also it gave the hotdog man 2 cups and gave Reilly the icetime needed to develop into our Now #1 dman.)

[@christopherrose4058]

I remember watching Conacher at the War Memorial Stadium here in Syracuse when he played for the Crunch

[@gingycakes7608]

As a devils fan, PK is not bouncing back. He’s skating on line 2 and is an ABSOLUTE liability on the ice.

[@ryzenforce]

PK belongs in Mtl. Like Patrick Roy needs to come back to Mtl if they ever want to win the Cup again.

[@kennethwu5214]

@@ryzenforce not at 9 million dollars a year

[@jotsky3668]

Q: What’s the best way to start off your friday!? A: A RTH VIDEO!!

[@rolandkennedy80]

Bruins trading Kessel and ending up with the #2 pick and going on to win the Stanley Cup was a pretty great timing trade

[@billsouza4457]

Would have been had they not traded away everything they got from the leafs.

[@rolandkennedy80]

@@billsouza4457 not following

[@zogos_4120]

Ahhhh yes a rob hockey video to start off a beautiful Friday morning. How can this day get any better?

[@haoiseetheworld820]

“BurgerMan” muhahahah love it, good stuff

[@williamwoodsworth441]

The most perfectly timed trade for us was the Danault Romanov deal. Great Video, so fun to get a new one!

[@jonathanallard2128]

Danault was doing good in MTL too though. I was pretty upset they let him go.

[@TheMav41]

I had to reach wayyyy back for this one. When Dave "Tiger" WIlliams was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in 1980, they actually outperformed the other hot team at the moment: the Oilers!

[@hagoty8234]

I feel bad for Canuck fans that started following from the beginning, probably lots of pain felt

[@Hubris423]

I think the Ilya Kovalchuk trade away by the Thrashers was the best move in a long time, he went on for 3 more seasons with the Devils then went on mostly to the KHL and wasnt the same since.

[@yourthebestaround1]

My friend is a huge Sharks fan and was so hyped about the Karlsson trade, but I knew once he was given that contract it was a mistake, especially since the very next season the Injuries started. I get the sharks wanted to keep Karlsson because they gave up so much, but they already had 7mil into an aging vlasic, and 8 mil pylon burns. But hear me out when the sharks are fully healthy on defense they are a monster, but now they have no production up top because Meier isn't looking like the 30 goal scorer he was signed to be.

[@Tehownilator]

Max Domi Looks like someone tried to create a hockey player in a lab and had to stop half way through. He also looks like he put on The Mask.

[@LuckynworkLuckyDog21]

Lightning trading Drouin for Sergachev

[@HarryRiceHockey]

Drouin is coming into his own this year, Habs don't need Sergachev and Lightning don't need Drouin I think it's a fair swap personally.

[@gimmick7389]

@@HarryRiceHockey habs definitely need sergachev, their left side is pretty bad.

[@ChuckyDoll79]

@@gimmick7389 If Habs definitely need sergachev because their left side is pretty bad, then Habs will definitely need a top6 left winger to "replace" Drouin. That trade was a fair deal for both of teams. Drouin is an excellent playmaker and he can score.

[@alexc1926]

Drouin is over hyped. I'd rather have sergachev

[@HarryRiceHockey]

@@alexc1926 Drouin has 21 points in 32 games right now, he would be on pace for roughly 55-60 points in a full 82-game season. I haven't heard all that much about Drouin aside from people wondering if this could be his breakout year, he's not over-hyped he's been over-criticized by Hockey fans for the past few years and I'm even guilty of this. Sergachev would definitely help the Habs blue-line but if you have Sergachev instead of Drouin, who has that type of chemistry with Nick Suzuki that's helping him turn into a potential superstar center in the coming years? Drouin is probably the Habs' best playmaker right now and if he keeps this up could be just that for the next few seasons.

[@sksaddrakk5183]

In the 2008-9 season, my team traded Thomas Walser for Damien Brunner in a one-on-one deal (it is not customary in Europe to do so) in the middle of the season... Brunner had 3 assists in 17 games before that trade, 36 games, 12g 14a for the remainder of the season with Zug and in the following five seasons was one of the best snipers with a Swiss passport and made the national team and later played for Detroit and the Devils... Walser had 20 games, 1 assist for our organisation and 37 gp, 4g 1a for Kloten... he soonly fell under the radar and played for Minor League teams only.

[@oliversalamacia3261]

stop reminding us sharks fans of karlsson, we can only shed so many tears :(

[@joeyfreitas1942]

Still can’t believe subban got 9 million

[@Rena2star]

Josh Anderson... having just watched Game 3 of the Habs v Vegas series, that's kinda funny to see him pop up here. Don't know where the series is gonna go but hoping for a Canadian Cup!!!

[@brianmiddleton1845]

Nashville was willing to pay half of Suban's salary If I remember right to trade him.

[@stantory1822]

That Karlsson contract will have the Sharks pinned for the bottom of standings for many years to come.

[@derekknight9789]

Coke Zero for babies in utero is not a good plan

[@mikethegreat2167]

Subban was a 9 million dollar pylon with the Habs too, one of the reasons they traded him.

[@johnkelly8884]

Being a bruins fan, the kase and ritchie trades. Especially the Ritchie trade. The numbers prove it

[@unbiasedbruinsfanwhocanbeb7968]

Kase trade wasn’t very good for either teams. Kase is the opposite of what the bruins need, while backes is a liability, axel Anderson won’t be ready for a while, and the pick wasn’t anything like people expected

[@jasonbrennan2547]

Going in the way back machine, Rick Martin to Los Angeles for a 3rd and a 1st. The Sabres management knew Martin sustained a potential career ended injury, and were right, as he only played 4 games in 2 seasons. The first round pick was used to select Tom Barrasso, who won the Vesina and Calder in his first season and later a pair of Cups in Pittsburgh. Would Yashin for Chara and Spezza be another?

[@hockeyfan2343]

Erik Karlson is still good, I don't know why people thinks he's bad now.

[@sksaddrakk5183]

He is good otherwise he wouldn't play in the NHL, but he is not that elite defenseman anymore, he used to be and certainly not worth 11.5 million dollars a season...

[@DellBoy010]

Old school: Cam Neely from the Canucks to Boston for Barry Pederson. Neely was phenomenal as a Bruin while Pederson was washed up at 25 after several injuries.

[@scuzzymcticklish199]

Don’t forget it’s much worse because Neely is from the Vancouver suburb of maple ridge and was hugely popular with Vancouver fans

[@frankcapri3560]

2016, Rutherford get Trevor Daley from the Hawks for Rob Scuderi. Daley was a big part of at least one of the Pens back to back championships. Scuderi was sent down I believe

[@toptenguy1]

Haven't seen the whole video yet, but I am reminded of John Cullen with Mario/Jagr and the Pens, and he was a big part of a deal for Ron Francis. Guess who won the trade! LOL

[@JorgeCat78]

I would've also included Mika Zibanejad for Derrick Brassard

[@Thrillhousethedud]

I have a future video suggestion, if you haven't already done this one, but what about each team's 'best team' year. Like what year did each team have their best overall team? Maybe for the last 40 years or something so you don't have to go so far back. What do you think?

[@apysander]

I think that a trade of evander kane for M.Ekholm and C.Jarnkrok would be crazy benificial for both sjs and nsh. Offensively for nsh and saving a few $ for sjs and to move up burns to F, and Jarnkrok would be a nice addition to the 2nd line

[@AskAScreenwriter]

The Summer of 2018 The Sabres get: Patrick Berglund (leaves the league after 23 more games) Vladimir Sobotka (leaves the league after 85 more games) Tage Thompson (15 goals and 11 assists in 104 games; Missed all but 1 game of the 2019-2020 season) 2019 1st round pick (#31 overall, Ryan Johnson, hasn't played in the NHL yet) 2021 2nd round pick (#49 overall, later traded) The Blues get: Ryan O'Reilly (Selke and Conn Smythe trophy winner with the Blues first ever Stanley Cup victory) It's easy to forget that Berglund and Sobotka were solid, 2-way, middle-6 players at the time of the trade, and Thompson was one of the Blues top young players in the NHL at the time of the trade.

[@rhwing5095]

Bergevin is highly underrated. Gets a ton of flak but he winds up on the right side of the deal far more often than on the wrong side. For instance the Subban/Weber trade was universally panned at the time. People wanted his head. Looks a lot different now...

[@burny6666]

Bergevin hasn't done many bad trades. Most of his moves were actually pretty good.

[@Psycho-PL]

Sens fan here and im pretty mind blown about all the trades gm pierre dorrion has made they’re controversial at the time but looking back he’s a genius now hoping matt murray will bounce back😅

[@ccm0222]

How you say bergevin makes me laugh

[@vespidapollo5918]

Happened against my team but Rask for Raycroft. Darn it Boston!!!

[@unbiasedbruinsfanwhocanbeb7968]

Tavares was a yikes after 2020

[@vespidapollo5918]

@@unbiasedbruinsfanwhocanbeb7968 He's gettin' it back in the north division this season

[@unbiasedbruinsfanwhocanbeb7968]

@@vespidapollo5918 maybe. Play him with the first line with marner, team puts all their good players in the top 6 and doesn’t stretch it out

[@zachgoddard6445]

My favorite is my boys, the Avs trading Duchene, granted he did have 1 good season in Ottawa before turning bad in Nashville

[@kakashihatake1911]

I’m a Vancouver fan. That says it all.

[@LiamRFT]

Penguins fan here. Most perfectly timed move was firing Rutherford because he was about to trade Kris Letang... KRIS LETANG. Only the best defenseman in Penguins history. A almost yearly Norris contender. And a cornerstone to 4 Stanley cups

[@unbiasedbruinsfanwhocanbeb7968]

He said that he wasn’t even thinking about trading letang

[@KarlSeed29PNE]

I said Conacher straight away and then I hear you say "Cory Conacher" 😂😂

[@dave1927p]

Burlington, ON is representing in this video

[@tommioslo]

should’ve mentioned filip forsberg for martin erat

[@jacobmcdonough5098]

The subban cap dump was pretty good at the time. The only bad part is what we used with that money

[@ShinFTW33]

You have NO idea the emotional rollercoaster the Karlsson trade has been for a Sens fan over the years lmao. That has to be one of the greatest “bad trades” of all time.

[@JudgeDrey]

Marc Burger Man. LMFAO I gotta remember that one.

[@funknugget6334]

add taylor hall to this list. he scored two goals for my sabres… $4.5m PER GOAL

[@sainlovesluppi487]

Larsson for Hall yeah we don't have Hall anymore but still don't know how they managed to get Hall for just Larsson

[@kanegarvey3188]

Could’ve easily gotten a high draft pick. That blew my mind.

[@peytonroy628]

The rangers trading for Mika zibenajad could have made this list as well

[@vangelis7]

Burgerman...LOL. Bergevin !

[@alexc1926]

You forgot the time bruins robbed the leafs in the Raycroft and Rask trade 🤣

[@MikaTuukkanen]

You mentioned Duchene, but remember what kind of haul Sakic got from the trade? I mean 1 for 1 trade for Girard would have been sad as a Avalanche win for the trade, but noooope. Another notable piece is the draft pick, which ended up being Bowen Byram. Then Duchene went on to have an expensive contract and struggle.

[@AAbram000]

Stl Blues best timed trade? In recent memory it’s a toss up between Braden Schenn for Lehtera etc or O’Reilley for Bergland etc

[@11DNA11]

My team. Scott Gomez for Ryan McDonagh And Rick Nash that turned into Ryan Lindgren and Ryan Strome.

[@Chumbucket77]

Plz do a most disappointing 1st round pick in each nhl draft

[@David-ip4ny]

Please no, I don't wanna hear about Tyler Johnson. Blues don't get early picks often but we always blow it

[@Chumbucket77]

@@David-ip4ny My team is the oilers, its gonna be worse for me

[@David-ip4ny]

@@Chumbucket77 Oilers drafted some of the goats 1st the Blues most notorious is Tyler Johnson who has been a 3rd pairing guy for the avs forever

[@Chumbucket77]

@@David-ip4nyTru, but I have to suffer through guys like Nail Yakapov, Jess puliarvi (he is starting to look better tho), and griffin rinheart

[@davelopan249]

Laine and Roslovic for PLD. Pierre-Luc Dubois looking very good for the Jets. Laine a Rosy looking very average for the Jackets.

[@bpita0202]

On the subject of Nashville D-man allstar farm system, the Avs thank you for Sam Girard. And Bowen Byram as well.

[@bramstedt8997]

Blues trading away Berglund and Sobotka for O’Reilly. Sobotka ended up in the minors and Berglund flat out quit, O’Reilly wins a Conn Smythe (for narrative sake, I left out the additional draft pick and Tage Thompson inclusion, but neither of those help the blues win the 2019 cup)

[@AtillyTheHun]

Kevin Fiala for Mikael Granlund comes to mind. Or the fact that we exposed Kaprizov to Vegas but they didn't take him.

[@travzimmerman1340]

Kaprizov was not eligible then (Vegas) and he is not eligible now (Seattle)

[@minnesotavikingsfan6403]

For the wild the fiala and grandlund trade

[@Noextuz]

Preds won that trade

[@mathieupelletier4392]

Hey Rob! Just for help... It's not Bergeman..... Ber-je-vein... Love your videos!

[@RobTalksHockey]

Yes I know haha! Just goofing

[@mariovaccarella6854]

My NYRs traded a Beloved Derrick Brassard for an Excellent but not yet proved Mika Zibanejad. Even though Brassard was an impact for Ottowa Senators eliminating the NYRs the following year, thereafter Brassard began a Decline, and, has been sent to different teams, since, while Mika Zibanejad has thrived for The NYRs. Thanks, Jeff Gorton

[@clarencelee8852]

I'm not sure it's fair to critique players too harshly as playing in today's NHL with the COVID protocols and the overall state of our country, I think it has to be difficult both on and off the ice. Maybe and mostly off the ice? What the heck do I know? I'm not an NHL hockey player but I will say to every player, good for you to be able to play this great game at such a high pace!

[@levismith1993]

a cant stop laughing when you say burger man

[@strackmx3188]

Can you do A video on Tyler Biggs from Toronto.. first round pick who was a huge bust

[@tommygoode9644]

Penguins trading Jagr to Washington. Or penguins trading for Samuelson and Francis. Pens aquiring and trading Petr Nedved. Pens getting Ron Hainsey a couple of years ago and winning the cup. Pens getting Tom Barrasso from Buffalo and winning two cup with him.

[@golfer435]

Yep, Poile got rid of PK and traded out for Davies and it is looking better and better by the day

[@sargaas1911]

Canucks trading Corey Schneider and getting Bo Horvat in return

[@KatarinasGarage]

Calgary flames trading James Neal for milan lucic. Neal did do well in Edmonton for one season and ended up on waivers..

[@spartanferret7439]

As a pens fan I can say our Kapenen trade worked damn well😂

[@Lbarnes11]

Can you do a video on shortest tenured head coaches?

[@slgreidanus]

Montreal Canadiens trade for Ken Dryden at the draft after he was drafted by the Boston Bruins, for Alex Campbell, Guy Allen and Paul Reid. Ken Dryden won 6 stanley cups in 9 yrs... Won 6 Veznia trophies, 1 Calder, 1 Conn Smythe trophy. He also sat out 1 yr during a contract dispute. Ken Dryden retired at age 32, because he could. None of the other 3 ever played an NHL game.

[@eljodha7022]

Yeah great timing but do you believe that the Canucks got Pettersson at pick n.5 ?! Love u

[@benjaming9912]

that karlsson & josh norris (and jimmy) trade was one of the best things the sens couldve done

[@knarf4083]

Number 1 of all time is still Espo, Stanfield and Ken Hodge to Boston for a couple of forgotten players.