Back in 2009 The Montreal Canadiens made a bold move trading away defenceman Ryan McDonagh in a package for Centre Scott Gomez. Find out if going for it was worth the repercussions still impacting the NHL today.
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22 Comments
Every habs fan I knew was upset about the deal at the time. It's the first trade I can remember happening, because it was just so bad. Montreal needs to stop giving away amazing defensive prospects for forwards making way too much money.
I still remember the 2011 Habs-Bruins series – it was as good as any SC Final. Carey Price did not see the shot from the point that beat him in OT. It was THAT close.
And McDonagh , helped the Lightning win the Stanley cup against the Habs, ouch.
The hungry tights conceivably possess because whistle additionly unpack despite a muddled ostrich. icky, unusual touch
That's 2x champ Ryan McDonagh to you
Tampa won
tampa fleeced the rangers
It was the 100th of the Habs and they thought reuniting Gomez with Gionta would work
One year later Howden is a bust and sent out of town for a 4th, Hajak probably will be lost on waivers and the Lightning have two Stanley Cups and the Rangers are hoping that Nils becomes good so the trade isn't so one sided
And the trade tree continues to this day
This was so loop sided Rangers won hands down…but they lost when they traded him to Tampa
A point worthy of consideration is that Mtl also gave up Saku Koivu in that deal. Rumors aside (Cammalleri said he wouldn't sign as UFA unless Saku was replaced), the reality is that without this trade Koivu is resigned and stays a Hab to finish his career. It was a classless move ("Your services will no longer be needed"), it was a downgrade (following the trade, Koivu outperformed Gomez in every statistical category… including hits), and I'm glad that it blew up in the team's face. I no longer consider myself a Habs fan and that chain of events played a big part.
After everything just glad Big Mac ended up in Tampa
Does McDonagh being traded to Nashville after winning 2 Cups in Tampa count here?
Joe Sakic rebuilt the avalanche with one phone call. That comment speaks volumes about how daddy joe knows hockey and brought them a cup.
As a habs fan this video is gonna give me huge ptsd but oh well here we go
Edit : oh god this is how we lost chris higgins too? Damn its just getting worse
To be fair it wasn't just the halak party, it was also the pk subban party
In 2022, the NY Rangers make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, only to fall to the dynasty-in-the-making Tampa Bay Lightning in 6 games. At least it's a step in the right direction, but there is still more to be done in the eyes of Ranger players and fans.
Echl was a banger of a name choice
Leo is pretty good too though
Nils Lundqvist for a 1st and conditional 4th
Anyone else here after the Nils Lundkvist trade?
Also, the acquisition of Gomez is the reason Bryan Gionta came to Montreal, which brought Micheal Camalleri too