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To say Filip Forsberg trade is one of the worst trade in NHL history is an overstatement. Here are some underrated NHL lopsided trades. (No Messier/Gretzky/Roy trade)
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1) 1975: Detroit traded MARCEL DIONNE and Bart Crashley to Los Angeles for Terry Harper, cash, 2nd round pick and Dan Maloney
2) 1970: California/Oakland traded 1971 1st round pick turned GUY LAFLEUR, Cash and Francois Lacombe to Montreal for 1970 1st round pick turned nobody and Ernie Hickie
3) 1964: Boston traded Alex Campbell and rights of KEN DRYDEN to Montreal for Guy Allen and Paul Reid
4) 1977: Los Angeles traded 1979 1st round pick turned RAYMOND BOURQUE to Boston for Ron Grahame
5) 1967: Chicago traded PHIL ESPOSITO, Ken Hodge Sr. and Fred Stanfield to Boston for Jack Norris, Pit Martin and Gilles Marotte
(Apparently, Esposito had attitude problem but it's still a lopsided traded)
6) 1975: New York Rangers traded BRAD PARK, JEAN RATELLE, Joe Zanussi to Boston for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais
7) 1990: Montreal traded CHRIS CHELIOS to Chicago for Denis Savard.
(on the same date 26 years late, the Subban trade happened lol)
8) 2001: New York Islanders traded 1st round pick turned JASON SPEZZA, Bill Muckalt and ZDENO CHARA to Ottawa for Alexei Yashin
(Karma got them in 2017)
9) 1989: Toronto traded their 1991 1st round pick turned SCOTT NIEDERMAYER to New Jersey for Tom Kurvers
10) 1986: Vancouver traded CAM NEELY and a 1st round pick to Boston for Barry Pederson
11) 1992: Chicago traded DOMINIK HASEK to Buffalo for Stephane Beauregard and 4th round pick
12) 1988: Calgary traded BRETT HULL and Steve Bozek to St.Louis for Rob Ramage and Rick Wamsley
13) All Roberto Luongo trade except the last one
14) 2008: Nashville traded their 2008 1st round pick turned ERIK KARLSSON to Ottawa for Ottawa's own 2008 1st round pick and 3rd round pick
15) 1996: Winnipeg traded TEEMU SELANNE, Marc Chouinard, 4th round pick to Anaheim for Chad Kilger Oleg Tverdovsky and 3rd round pick
16) 1982: Montreal traded ROD LANGWAY, Doug Jarvis, Brian Engblom, Craig Laughlin to Washington for Rick Green and Ryan Walter
17) 1992: Calgary trade DOUG GILMOUR, Jamie Macoun, Ric Nattress, Rick Wamsley to Toronto for Gary Leeman, Craig Berube, Jeff Reese, Michel Petit, Alexander Godynyuk
18) All Adam Oates trades
19) All Larry Murphy trades
20) 1991: Harford traded RON FRANCIS, Grant Jennings and Ulf Samuelsson to Pittsburgh for John Cullen, Jeff Parker and Zarley Zalapski