Best change of scenery stories?

[WADEugottaBELAKthat]

Marty St Louis. Could have watched a HOF for my flames for 10 years. Instead watched TB win the cup against my Flames.

 

[ValeriKamensky]

Villi Leino, but only for 1,5 seasons

 

[rockymtnoyster]

Pierre Luc Dubois is playing great in Washington, hes definitely taking advantage of his change of scenery!

 

[Chaos2k7]

Zach Bogosian. I'm not sure if there was a signle Sabres fan who didn't celebrate his departure, and a few moments later he was a very well liked player in Tampa's Cup winning team.

They loved Sam Reinhart and Brandon Montour too, lol.

 

[Chainshot]

They loved Sam Reinhart and Brandon Montour too, lol.

Love good fiction.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Lower tier one in but Habs acquiring Weise from Vancouver. He went on to be a solid depth player for the Habs.

Brian Boyle and Brandon Prust.

Boyle was viewed as a bust and Prust was just a scrappy player. They went to New York and became a pretty good pk duo and brought a lot of physicality and toughness to the Rangers.

Brett Kulak was acquired in a deal for two AHLers and started in the AHL when the Habs acquired him. Worked his way up and he's built himself a solid career with 2 cup final appearance, lost both.

Boyle was who I came to mention

In a tale as old as time LA goofed around with his development and kept flip flopping him from forward to D

He looked to be on his way out of the league but hired a skating coach in NY and pulled himself together as a really good bottom sixer

Was always happy for him, very likeable guy

 

[Emerica]

Kyle Turris became a good 2C during his time in Ottawa

 

[HockeyVirus]

My take away is a lot of people don't understand the difference between late bloomers and change of scenary stories.

 

[kvladimir]

It was pretty brief, but Beniot Pouliot for Guillaume Latendresse was quite beneficial for both teams...

Not as beneficial as MIN picking a different player in '05 would have been, but still...

 

[glenngineer]

Steve Sullivan for 2 seconds to the Preds. Became close to a ppg player.

I remember the first night he played he got a hatty against SJ. I was walking the concourse that night and walked past Poile and said nice pick up and he gave a big grin. At that point Sully had already scored 2.

 

[torniojaws]

We all know what happened after that.

The memes! NHL gold.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

The memes! NHL gold.

Top 10 Hockey Meme of All Time.

 

[Stickpucker]

Wish we saw more hockey trades/change of scenery these days.

 

[FerrisRox]

Brian Bradley really, really, really liked Tampa.

He started his career with the Calgary Flames during the 1985-86 season and then gets dealt to the Vancouver Canucks at the trade deadline in '88. Puts up a 48 and a 45 point season with the Canucks, then is traded to the Maple Leafs in 1991 for defenseman Tom Kurvers.

After his trade to Toronto, he finishes the season playing 26 games without scoring a single goal. The next year he posts 31 points in 59 games and is left exposed for the Expansion Draft that will welcome the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning into the fold.

Bradley slotted in as the Bolts first line centre and posted 42-goals and 86 points during that inaugural season. Those were all career-highs, by a fair margin, for Bradley. A few years later he would set another career high with 56-assists in the '95-'96 season.

 

[SomeDude]

Both Alex Kovalev and Petr Nedved after their trade to the Penguins - ironically, they were traded for each other. Both developed their games in Pittsburgh playing behind Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr.

The entire KLS line of Kovalev, Lang, and Straka were all reclamation projects that hit big for the Pens. Craig Patrick was a wizard at finding gems in the scraps for a bit there.

 

[rockymtnoyster]

David Jiricek! Lol

 

[oconnor9sean]

No exaggeration, Kari Lehtonen was a debatable top-5 goalie in the league from the time he got dealt to Dallas up until he got cheap shot by Erik Haula in 2014.

He and Jamie Benn are the only reason Dallas wasn't the worst team in hockey during the early 2010s.

 

[Crow]

Was Dylan Strome just mismanaged in Arizona and Chicago? He was the first guy I thought of when I read the title.

He was given every opportunity to succeed here but our coaching staff left a lot to be desired in general too. He was very soft, and not engaged defensively at all, and mostly relied on playing with top talent to produce modestly. I haven’t watched him much in Washington but im not surprised he is about PPG. I would be surprised if those other things aren’t true about him.

 

[AnomX]

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