Greg Adams was an undrafted free agent who began his career by playing three seasons with the New Jersey before being dealt to Vancouver in a 1987 trade that also included Vancouver's starting goalie Kirk McLean. He played in Vancouver until the 1995 trade deadline, when he was sent to Dallas. He finished up with stints in Phoenix and then Florida.
Greg Adams was also an undrafted free agent who began his career with Philadelphia before being traded to Hartford as part of a 1982 deal for Mark Howe. He'd go on to play several years for Washington before ending his career with stints in Edmonton, Vancouver, Quebec, and Detroit. He finished with 545 career games.
You see, there were two Greg Adams, but you see what makes this awesome is that, for a brief time at the end of the 1989 season, both players found themselves playing for Vancouver. This appears to be the only time in NHL history that two players with exact same name played on the same team. They made one of the Greg's to start using his middle name to avoid confusion.
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