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In 1995 Montreal deals Patrick Roy (with Mike Keane) to Colorado for Andrei Kovalenko, Martin Rucinsky and Jocelyn Thibeault. While Rucinsky gave some good years to the Canadiens, the team as a whole never had any success in the years following this trade, and the 3 players they got were all traded away. Meanwhile, Colorado won Stanley Cups with Roy in net and dominated the late 90's, early 00's.
Thibault, who obviously couldnt replaced Roy in Montreal, is the one player who paid the more dividends. He was dealt for Hackett, who played well in Montreal, who was in turn later traded for Sundstrom, who was also good here, and a pick, which was later used (with Mathieu Garon) to acquire Radek Bonk and Cristobal Huet, two very solid players that helped the Habs finally get out of the basement in the mid/late 00's.
KOVALENKO
1996: Kovalenko dealt to EDM for Scott Thornton
THORNTON
2000: Thornton dealt to DAL for Juha Lind
LIND
2001: Lind walks as a free agent
RUCINSKY
2001: Rucinsky (with Benoit Brunet) dealt to DAL for Donald Audette, Shaun Van Allen
VAN ALLEN
2002: Van Allen walks as a free agent
AUDETTE
2004: Audette is released by Montreal
THIBAULT
1998: Thibault (with Dave Manson, Brad Brown) dealt to CHI for Jeff Hackett, Eric Weinrich, Alain Nasreddine, 4th round pick (Chris Dyment)
HACKETT
2003: Hackett dealt to SJ for Niklas Sundstrom and 3rd round pick 2004
3RD ROUND PICK 2004
2004: Mathieu Garon and 3rd round pick 2004 dealt to LAK for Cristobal Huet, Radek Bonk
BONK
2007: Bonk walks as a free agent
WEINRICH
2001: Weinrich dealt to BOS for Patrick Traverse
NASREDDINE
2000: Nasreddine (with Igor Ulanov) dealt to EDM for Christian Laflamme, Matthieu Descoteaux
DYMENT
2002: Dyment dealt to MIN for 5th round pick, which is later dealt to CGY along with another 4th round pick for an earlier 4th round pick (Michael Lambert)
LAMBERT
2007: Lambert signs in Germany
SUNDSTROM
2006: Sundstrom walks as a free agent
LAFLAMME
2001: Laflamme walks as a free agent
DESCOTEAUX
2002: Descoteaux walks as a free agent
TRAVERSE
2004: Traverse walks as a free agent
HUET
2008: Huet dealt to WSH for 2nd round pick in 2009
2ND ROUND PICK 2009
2009: 2nd round pick in 2009 and 3rd round pick in 2010 dealt to ATL for Mathieu Schneider, conditionnal pick (Joonas Nattinen)
SCHNEIDER
2009: Schneider walks as a free agent
NATTINEN
2014: Nattinen signs in Sweden
In 1995 Montreal deals Patrick Roy (with Mike Keane) to Colorado for Andrei Kovalenko, Martin Rucinsky and Jocelyn Thibeault. While Rucinsky gave some good years to the Canadiens, the team as a whole never had any success in the years following this trade, and the 3 players they got were all traded away. Meanwhile, Colorado won Stanley Cups with Roy in net and dominated the late 90's, early 00's.
Thibault, who obviously couldnt replaced Roy in Montreal, is the one player who paid the more dividends. He was dealt for Hackett, who played well in Montreal, who was in turn later traded for Sundstrom, who was also good here, and a pick, which was later used (with Mathieu Garon) to acquire Radek Bonk and Cristobal Huet, two very solid players that helped the Habs finally get out of the basement in the mid/late 00's.
KOVALENKO
1996: Kovalenko dealt to EDM for Scott Thornton
THORNTON
2000: Thornton dealt to DAL for Juha Lind
LIND
2001: Lind walks as a free agent
RUCINSKY
2001: Rucinsky (with Benoit Brunet) dealt to DAL for Donald Audette, Shaun Van Allen
VAN ALLEN
2002: Van Allen walks as a free agent
AUDETTE
2004: Audette is released by Montreal
THIBAULT
1998: Thibault (with Dave Manson, Brad Brown) dealt to CHI for Jeff Hackett, Eric Weinrich, Alain Nasreddine, 4th round pick (Chris Dyment)
HACKETT
2003: Hackett dealt to SJ for Niklas Sundstrom and 3rd round pick 2004
3RD ROUND PICK 2004
2004: Mathieu Garon and 3rd round pick 2004 dealt to LAK for Cristobal Huet, Radek Bonk
BONK
2007: Bonk walks as a free agent
WEINRICH
2001: Weinrich dealt to BOS for Patrick Traverse
NASREDDINE
2000: Nasreddine (with Igor Ulanov) dealt to EDM for Christian Laflamme, Matthieu Descoteaux
DYMENT
2002: Dyment dealt to MIN for 5th round pick, which is later dealt to CGY along with another 4th round pick for an earlier 4th round pick (Michael Lambert)
LAMBERT
2007: Lambert signs in Germany
SUNDSTROM
2006: Sundstrom walks as a free agent
LAFLAMME
2001: Laflamme walks as a free agent
DESCOTEAUX
2002: Descoteaux walks as a free agent
TRAVERSE
2004: Traverse walks as a free agent
HUET
2008: Huet dealt to WSH for 2nd round pick in 2009
2ND ROUND PICK 2009
2009: 2nd round pick in 2009 and 3rd round pick in 2010 dealt to ATL for Mathieu Schneider, conditionnal pick (Joonas Nattinen)
SCHNEIDER
2009: Schneider walks as a free agent
NATTINEN
2014: Nattinen signs in Sweden
