Outside of Gilmour for Leeman, the most disappointing trade in Flames history - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

The Original FFIV · 07-07-2015, 08:03 PM

Ok we are in the dog days of summer. Thought this might be a good topic to generate some discussion.

Hand down Gilmour for Leeman has to be the worst deal in Flames history. Probably a reason Risebrough took a while to get another job.

Outside of that, what's a trade that really disappointed you as a fan? Plenty to choose from (present GM excluded).

Here's mine and it may seem obscure. Titov for Wregget. That was in the dark days and I thought that Titov held some value which we could have parlayed into another F or a D. So what do we get? An over the hill backup with back issues.

Interested to hear other deals. Something to kill the time until we hear what our players that are going to arb get.

Robbob · 07-07-2015, 08:05 PM

Mullen for the no name ginger

Huntingwhale · 07-07-2015, 08:06 PM

At the time , Fleury for Regehr was it for me. I know it panned out, but at the time I was in grade school and all I knew was that Fleury was my favourite Flames.

kyuss275 · 07-07-2015, 08:07 PM

Marc Savard for that guy who's name i don't remember.

The Swedish Flame · 07-07-2015, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kyuss275

Marc Savard for that guy who's name i don't remember.

Ruslan Zainullin

Madrox · 07-07-2015, 08:13 PM

I have to say Phaneuf. We should have gotten a much better return at the time.

flames_fan_down_under · 07-07-2015, 08:14 PM

Jarome Iginla for Hanowski, Klimchuk and Agostino. That is a horrible trade. I should add that Iginla is the guy solely responsible for rekindling my passion for the Flames. That was a tough trade for me to handle. That return is so bogus.

Buzzard · 07-07-2015, 08:15 PM

Nieuwendyk for Corey Millen and that other Inglinga guy or whatever. At the time I was feeling pretty ripped off.

I also was extremely underwhelmed with the Phaneuf deal when it happened, along with everyone else here.

Both trades panned out well in the long run.

Galakanokis · 07-07-2015, 08:15 PM

Regehr for me. Was/is one of my all time favs. Wasn't so much the return which did suck I just loved the big lug.

Finger Cookin · 07-07-2015, 08:18 PM

J.S. Giguere for 2000 second round pick (#43 overall - Matt Pettinger)

OR

Joe Mullen for 1990 second round pick (#26 overall - Nicolas Perreault)

ben voyonsdonc · 07-07-2015, 08:19 PM

The Al MacInnis trade bothered me. Steve Chiasson wasn't bad but he was no MacInnis.

Phanuthier · 07-07-2015, 08:23 PM

Most of the popular ones...

Savard for Zoolander

Iginla for Klimchuk + Hanoski + Agostini

Regehr+2nd for Butler + Byron

Fire of the Phoenix · 07-07-2015, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc

The Al MacInnis trade bothered me. Steve Chiasson wasn't bad but he was no MacInnis.

Chaisson was for Vernon. Which I was actually happy about because I thought Kidd was going to be a superstar

MacInnis signed an OS with St.Louis and we got Housley. I remember being pissed about that one. I think both moves happened in same fateful off season that pretty much sealed our fate for the next 10 years as an also-ran. Stupid Riseborough.

Canada 02 · 07-07-2015, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc

The Al MacInnis trade bothered me. Steve Chiasson wasn't bad but he was no MacInnis.

MacInnis was traded for Phil Housley and draft picks

ben voyonsdonc · 07-07-2015, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix

Chaisson was for Vernon. Which I was actually happy about because I thought Kidd was going to be a superstar

MacInnis signed an OS with St.Louis and we got Housley. I Rembert being pissed about that one. I think both moves happened in same fateful off season that pretty much sealed our fate for the next 10 years as an also-ran. Stupid Riseborough.

That's right. My brain has always linked those two trades together. Dark times.

Matty81 · 07-07-2015, 08:29 PM

Phaneuf was terrible, getting quantity over quality set this organization back 5 years. Also the Kotalik trade.

The dismantling of the early 90s team is one of the most embarassing sequences in modern trade history, Gilmour trade was the worst but also

Mullen for a 2nd... coming off an almost 40 goal season?

Roberts and Kidd for Cassels and Giguere

Suter and pieces for Zalapski and pieces

Macinnis for Housely - Phil the thrill was elite offensively but one of the worst defenders ever, like Justin Schultz if he could actually score.

Makarov for future considerations

letting Joel Otto walk for nothing when he wanted to stay

Vernie for Chiasson

The list could go on. Didn't get one decent young asset or high pick for a team of all-stars in their early 30s for the most part. Only decent trade was for Iginla.

Edit - the recent Iginla trade was bad too, but not on value, just because they waited so long.

Huntingwhale · 07-07-2015, 08:29 PM

I also didn't like the Val Bure trade for Niedermayer. I actually like Bure. Niedermayer was so underwhelming his entire time.

Bourque's Twin · 07-07-2015, 08:30 PM

Ference and Kobasew for Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau.
This was a dagger to that 2004 team chemistry.

ben voyonsdonc · 07-07-2015, 08:30 PM

The Jokinen/Prust for Higgins/Kotalik was disappointing because it was so obviously a terrible trade and it signified my complete loss of faith in Sutter as GM.

Dion · 07-07-2015, 08:33 PM

Trading Brett Hull to the Blues for d man Rob Ramage and goaltender Rick Walmsley. I thought we were giving away a player who would score a lot of goals in the league. Even the GM at the time Cliff Fletcher expected that Hull would be scoring 50+ goals a season and said as much during the trade press conference. Turns out we were both right.

The explanation at the time was the players we traded for would boster our chances of winning the Cup. It did work in our favour but I have wondered how that trade would been looked upon had we not won the Cup in 89.