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.