Which trade is the worst?

[Ben Grimm]

Which trade is the worst? I look forward to reading your posts.

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[Dr Pepper]

Of those five, I'd say the Forsberg deal.

As a Stars fan the Ribeiro deal was fun for a while at least, shame his career sorta spiralled after that though.

 

[FrozenJagrt]

I really can't decide between the Forsberg and McDonagh trades. Gun to my head, I'd say the Forsberg trade was worse because at least Montreal got a decent second liner in Gomez (for the first year) whereas Washington got a fourth liner who was... Kinda useless.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Forsberg deal is horrendous . Most called it crazy from the jump too

 

[dirtydanglez]

probably the forsberg deal. erat was a good player prior to the trade tho which often gets overlooked but not worth a recent 11th overall prospect.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Gomez trade for sure

The Habs got Scott "I can't score a goal for over a year" Gomez who was paid over 7M per year and was f***ing terrible most of the time while the Rangers got their team's captain who was also one of the better defensive defenseman of the past 10 years out of that deal

Forsberg trade was terrible but the Gomez Trade was legendary

 

[biturbo19]

Forsberg deal is horrendous . Most called it crazy from the jump too

Yeah. It really isn't hindsight to call that Erat/Forsberg trade an abomination. It was baffling to most at the time, and time has simply made it continue to look worse and worse from there.

 

[Hippasus]

Maybe the Caps win a second Cup if they don't make that trade.

 

[TMLegend]

Close between the Forsberg and Gomez trades.
I think I'd rather have a young McDonagh over a young Forsberg. They gave up a decent middle sixer in that deal in Higgins as well.

Gun to my head I'd say the Gomez trade solely for the fact I believe a top pairing D is more valuable than a first line winger.

 

[BB79]

Tkachuk for Huberdon't will probably be in one of these polls in the future.

I'll go with the Forsberg trade for now

 

[TruePowerSlave]

The Erat trade was laughable the second it was announced

 

[biturbo19]

Tkachuk for Huberdon't will probably be in one of these polls in the future.

I'll go with the Forsberg trade for now

It might be. There are a lot of idiotic polls and poll options here. But it really shouldn't ever be anywhere near this sort of conversation.

The Tkachuk/Huberdeau trade was a completely different set of forced circumstances. They had a player who was forcing his way out. Made the best deal they could under the circumstances (and were actually lauded for getting what they did out of it at the time). Huberdeau flopping makes it look bad...but it wasn't the sort of "unforced error" that these other atrocities were. And they also at least got back a darn solid player in Weegar in the process. It's the Huberdeau extension that makes it terrible...and that's one for a different sort of discussion.

 

[GRob83]

The Erat for Forsberg trade was essentially the scene from Billy Madison when Billy offers his banana for a snack pack, except in this trade scenario the kid said yes. After attending Caps development camp shortly after the Forsberg draft and seeing that he was far and away the best player, I was beyond distraught when the trade was announced.

 

[banks]

Not too many trades were universally agreed to be terrible from the get go as much as the Erat/Forsberg move. An all-time mistake.

 

[pi314]

The “worst” trade is also the “best” trade from the other team’s perspective.

 

[Painful Quandary]

The Forsberg trade. I understand that the Caps were looking for rentals for the playoffs,, but trading a blue chip prospect that was a near lock for next year's roster made zero sense.

 

[biturbo19]

The “worst” trade is also the “best” trade from the other team’s perspective.

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[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

The Forsberg trade because we all knew it was bad the SECOND it was announced

 

[CanadienShark]

probably the forsberg deal. erat was a good player prior to the trade tho which often gets overlooked but not worth a recent 11th overall prospect.

And it was a shock at Forsberg fell so far in the draft too. He was talked about as a top 5 pick.

 

[yzerman]

Rask for Raycroft is your answser.

 

[HabsQC]

Of those five, I'd say the Forsberg deal.

As a Stars fan the Ribeiro deal was fun for a while at least, shame his career sorta spiralled after that though.

Yes I hated it as a Habs fan at the time, but it doesn't happen if Ribeiro isn't a piece of thrash.

 

[Shark Finn]

Starting Dynasty Mode in NHL 2004, I remember always signing Oleg Tverdovsky as a free agent.

However, Forsberg for Erat. Yikes!

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Starting Dynasty Mode in NHL 2004, I remember always signing Oleg Tverdovsky as a free agent.

Another no brainer was trading for Kovalchuk, Heatley, Gaborik, Nash, Legwand, Klesla, Bouwmeester etc. All turned into 99 overalls really damn fast and the trade AI was dumb as bricks.

 

[Shark Finn]

Another no brainer was trading for Kovalchuk, Heatley, Gaborik, Nash, Legwand, Klesla, Bouwmeester etc. All turned into 99 overalls really damn fast and the trade AI was dumb as bricks.

Oh yeah. The potential of the players never decreased either. And if you had a minimum amount of players in your team, no one could retire.

 

[Bizz]

Forsberg has been a consistent 60-80+ point scorer since that trade. Erat was out of the NHL by the next season. This isn't even close.

The saddest part of that deal is Ovechkin would likely have multiple Cups if it didn't happen.