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Originally Posted by bobbylouie
Here's the Calgary perspective of the day the Islanders traded both Lafontaine and Sutter. There's no mention of Nieuwendyk being considered or having anything to do with it, but it does say the Islanders were working on trades for these players for months, so you'd think plenty of names got thrown around. However, one note, as of that date in October 1991, Nieuwendyk still hadn't made his season debut coming off arthroscopic knee surgery, so that might have scared the Islanders off if he was ever in the discussion earlier.
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Wow! Talk about a what-if scenario. I had never heard this Nieuwy rumor before. If this trade played out for 91-92 season, you would have to think that dud of a year would have gone a little better for the Flames. Does Dougie still get traded? Potential early season lineup could have looked like this:
Roberts - LaFontaine - Theo
Ranheim - Killer - Makarov
Carey Wilson? - Sutter - Reichel?
Hunter - Otto - Stern?
Chopper - Musil
Macoun - Suter
Kyte - Natress/Yawney
Man, that 92 team was sort of all over the place. On paper they should have been so much better but it seemed like there were too many square peg/round hole scenarios.