That trade was the one that convinced me Kevin Lowe had no idea what he was doing running the Oilers. That was when he should have been fired. The return for Smyth was irrelevant. It was that he was so stupid to make it on the day of the Messier jersey retirement and ruin a once in a lifetime event for Oiler fans. I remember the media talking about that ceremony being on the night of the trade deadline months in advance and bringing up the possibility of a Smyth trade that day marring it and the organization laughing it off. Should have never happened. Sign Smyth, trade him earlier or better yet hold the ceremony any other time then they did. For some bizarre reason they felt it was more important to cater to the Rangers than their own fans. Absolutely brain dead decision from the organization. Wasn’t the first and certainly wasn’t the last but that one was unforgivable and I soured on Lowe forever for it.