LongtimeLeafsufferer
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’ve been going through the trades of the past, and trying to take a tally of which side of the ledger predominantly wins.
February 1964. Leafs acquire aging star Andy Bathgate and solid veteran for Don McKenney for two solid veterans Dick Duff, Bob Nevin, two good prospects, Arnie Brown, Rod Collins and great prospect Rod Seiling. The immediate boast of the trade helped Leafs win the Cup in 1964, Plus Bathgate and McKenney were later traded and some of those assets traded in those trades help the Leaf win the Cup in 1967.
The young players acquired by the Rangers helped a floundering team gain respectability for years, plus the trading of some of those players later added more players to the Rangers lineup.
You could argue the original trade helped the Leafs win two Cups....Rangers none