Second darkest day in Jets' history...

[HannuJ]

Feb 7, 1996: #NHLDucks got Teemu Selanne, Marc Chouinard, 1996 4th rd pick from #OriginalJets for Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky & 3rd rd pick

everyone should wear black

 

[Constable]

 

[White Out 403*]

a truly terrible day.

we really deserve something, us Jets fans. Not a cup or anything... just a little playoff success and a white out.

Is that so much to ask?

 

[tntkid]

The Winnipeg Jets franchise has suffered for many years with the worst time being us losing our team back in 1996.

The Jets are the only franchise in Canada to not have playoff success or make it to the Stanley cup final.

It is time for a change.

 

[Duke749]

a truly terrible day.

we really deserve something, us Jets fans. Not a cup or anything... just a little playoff success and a white out.

Is that so much to ask?

The hockey gods can be oh so cruel...

 

[blues10]

I consider this date to be one of the greatest days in Winnipeg Jets 1.0 history.
I can't thank Gluckstern and Burke enough for trading away Teemu Selanne.

There was roughly 28 games left and 6 playoff games to go before the move to Phoenix. Could the Jets have won the Cup that year with Selanne....probably not but we will never know.

I absolutely love the trade beacause it kept one of my favourite Jets of all time from ever lacing up the blades wearing a Coyotes sweater. With that I will be forever grateful to everyone responsible for the trade, especially the new owners who wanted to shed payroll in advance of the relocation.

Thanks Burke and Gluckstern.

Still the worst trade ever How the Jets gave away Selanne

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/01/08/still-the-worst-trade-ever

 

[cbcwpg]

I absolutely love the trade because it kept one of my favourite Jets of all time from ever lacing up the blades wearing a Coyotes sweater.

This. Anything that kept Temmu from wasting his career in Glendale is a good thing.

 

[barrywpg]

Jamie Macoun's stick vs Dale Hawerchuk will stay with me for a long,long time.

 

[Mud Turtle]

Jamie Macoun's stick vs Dale Hawerchuk will stay with me for a long,long time.

I've looked for that video clip and never found it. The look on his face is etched on my brain and I've always wanted to see it again to see if it's really as bad as I remember, but never found it. If anyone has a link, please post.

 

[Ryan Giggs]

Jamie Macoun's stick vs Dale Hawerchuk will stay with me for a long,long time.

This.

The team was coming off its best ever season in 84/85, and it looked like it was the year the Jets looked like they might actually be able to give the mighty Oilers a run for their money... until that jack-ass Jamie Macoun broke Dale Hawerchuk's ribs with a brutal cross check right in front of the referee (for which he wasn't even given a minor penalty for). The series was basically over at this point, making Macoun's "hit" an even bigger cheap shot. I will never forget the image of Hawerchuk writhing in obvious pain on the ice, while some total tool of a Calgarian banged on the glass in support of Macoun's thuggery.

Without Hawerchuk (who you could have made a reasonable argument was the 2nd best player in the league in 84-85) the Jets were lame ducks and subsequently crashed out to the Oilers in 4 straight games (and they were never really in any of the games).

 

[HannuJ]

Jamie Macoun's stick vs Dale Hawerchuk will stay with me for a long,long time.

That's #3 on the list.
Box of popcorn is #4.

 

[Scheifele55]

Winnipeg Jets v 1.0 had awful John Furguson who made some brutal trades in his time in Winnipeg.

Dave Christian for a mid 1st rounder
Paul MacLean for journeyman Brent Ashton
Dave Babych for stone hands Ray Neufeld
Brian Mullen with a 10th round pick for a 3rd and 5th round selection

I swear his entire tenure as GM as a dark day.

His draft history was equal terrible:

1979 - Jimmy Manny over Michel Goulet (next pick)
1980 - Dave Babych over Denis Savard (next pick) Larry Murphy (next pick) or Paul Coffey (2 picks later)
1981 - Dale Hawerchuk (Consensus #1 overall selection - absolute no brainer)
1982 - Jim Kyte
1983 - Andrew McBain over Cam Neely (next pick) and Bobby Dollas
1984 - Traded for Randy Carlyle
1985 - Ryan Stewart
1986 - Pat Elyniuk over Brian Leetch (next pick)
1987 - Bryan Marchment who we dealt after 37 games with us over 3 years.
1988 - Teemu Selanne who we almost lost to Calgary.

 

[blueandgoldguy]

Winnipeg Jets v 1.0 had awful John Furguson who made some brutal trades in his time in Winnipeg.

Dave Christian for a mid 1st rounder
Paul MacLean for journeyman Brent Ashton
Dave Babych for stone hands Ray Neufeld
Brian Mullen with a 10th round pick for a 3rd and 5th round selection

I swear his entire tenure as GM as a dark day.

His draft history was equal terrible:

1979 - Jimmy Manny over Michel Goulet (next pick)
1980 - Dave Babych over Denis Savard (next pick) Larry Murphy (next pick) or Paul Coffey (2 picks later)
1981 - Dale Hawerchuk (Consensus #1 overall selection - absolute no brainer)
1982 - Jim Kyte
1983 - Andrew McBain over Cam Neely (next pick) and Bobby Dollas
1984 - Traded for Randy Carlyle
1985 - Ryan Stewart
1986 - Pat Elyniuk over Brian Leetch (next pick)
1987 - Bryan Marchment who we dealt after 37 games with us over 3 years.
1988 - Teemu Selanne who we almost lost to Calgary.

It's easy to look at those in Hindsight and say he made the wrong choices, but at the time were they? How highly were the players regarded after the jets' choices at the time. I'll give you Mann and Kyte. Not so sure about the others though. Babych was a good player and McBain had a few good years. Got Carlyle for a song and drafted a franchise player in Selanne at number ten in '88.

Mullen, Steen, McLean, Boschman, Ashton, Ellett, Numminen - all good players brought in by Ferguson. He may have made his fair share of mistakes and was probably at best an average GM, but he is the best GM in Jets 1.0 history. Better than Smith and Paddock. Not high standards but the best nonetheless.

Smith's trade of Hawerchuk for Housley was brutal. Trading to get a piece which was entirely redundant on a team with three pretty good offensive defenseman in Ellett, Numminen and Olausson. Then turning around less than 6 months later and trading Ellett to the Leafs. Could have had a young Brind'amour instead and that would have made a lot more sense given our needs at forward, but that was Mike Smith for you - many of the things he did did not make sense.

And for all his offense, Housley was a horrible defenseman. Frequently out of position, shied away from the puck battles in the corner and whenever he went into the corner he always lost the battle for the puck. Go back to the 92 playoff series against the Canucks and watch how horribly Housley played in those final games as the Jets blew a 3-1 lead. Never seen a player out of position so many times! There's a reason why Housley is not in Hall of Fame despite 1200 points folks. He was truly one of the awful defenseman in the league who never should have been traded for if the team really wanted to compete in the playoffs.