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Not sure where else to post this, but there were some fun stories on the 31 Thoughts podcast today. Listen for yourselves as I likely screwed at least something up.

2015
The Blues and Sharks had a deal in place that would have seen Oshie and Shattenkirk move to the Sharks in exchange for the 9th-overall pick and an unnamed but prominent roster player. Deal fell apart when Timo Meier was still available at 9.

2016
The Rangers and Oilers either had a deal or were very close to a deal that would have seen the Rangers acquire the 4th-overall pick in order to select Clayton Keller. The deal fell apart when the Blue Jackets took Pierre-Luc Dubois at number three, allowing the Oilers to take Jesse Puljujarvi at four.

The much-rumoured three-way deal would have seen the Flames move up to three where they would have taken Jesse Puljujarvi, the Blue Jackets drop to fourth where they would have taken Pierre-Luc Dubois, the Canucks still would have taken Olli Juolevi at five, and the Oilers would have dropped to sixth and taken Mikhail Sergachev or Matthew Tkachuck...but Friedman believes it would have been Sergachev.
(Thank goodness that fell apart, holy ####!)

The Canucks and Canadiens were believed to have the groundwork for a deal where that would have been based around the Canucks receiving PK Subban in exchange for the fifth-overall pick where the Canadiens would have taken Pierre-Luc Dubois. Deal off with the Blue Jackets taking Dubois.

They believe the Oilers and Wild were deep into talks regarding a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for Matt Dumba trade, but it obviously didn't happen.


It's remarkable how the Blue Jackets taking Dubois effected so many things. I love stories like these.


2006
The story behind the classic moment where Bobby Clarke, at the microphone, forgot Claude Giroux's name was because the Flyers, picking 22nd, had two players they really liked still on the board: Trevor Lewis and Bob Sanguinetti.
Trevor Lewis got picked by the Kings at 17, and at 21, one pick pick before the Flyers', the Rangers grabbed Sanguinetti.
Furious, the Flyers had to make a quick decision on which player to take now, and, at the microphone, Bobby Clarke, in his anger, forgot the name of the player they decided on. That worked out really well to say the least!

1985
The Flames went into the draft badly wanting to draft a goaltender and three caught their eye: Sean Burke, Troy Gamble, Kay Whitmore. The Flames, picking 27th-overall in the second round, were sitting nicely when with only three picks remaining until 27, all three goaltenders they liked were still available. At 24, the Devils took Burke. At 25, the Canucks took Gamble. And, at 26, sure enough the Whalers took Whitmore. The Flames, having had their hopes and plans ruined ended up with the consolation prize of a centre named Joe Nieuwendyk.