Worst Trades in History?

[Guest muddatrucker]

No worse than some of the soccer transfer stories I've heard, about guys being traded for bags of balls or sides of beef and what have you.

[NobBe Nobbs]

No worse than some of the soccer transfer stories I've heard, about guys being traded for bags of balls or sides of beef and what have you.

Its just an every day happening in the premier league I tell you!

[Mongrel]

For Aussies, The Veale Ordeal.

Jade Rawlings + Lachlan Veale to the Dogs for essentially Nathan Brown + Mark Alvey.

[Lowerdeck]

Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek for Heathcliff Slocum. Bad for the M's, great for the Sox.

Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano... why did the Mets do this?

And of course... Babe Ruth for $125k and Jeff Bagwell for Larry Anderson

[CKN]

New York Islanders trade Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt and second overall pick in the 2001 draft (Jason Spezza) to Ottawa Senators for Alexei Yashin.

Was a great trade for Ottawa but a horrible trade for the Islanders.

[Toe]

Even taking away Chara, Jason Spezza is better then Yashin. In fact, even if Spezza had no talent, the fact that he isn't a douche makes him better then Yashin.

[NobBe Nobbs]

New York Islanders trade Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt and second overall pick in the 2001 draft (Jason Spezza) to Ottawa Senators for Alexei Yashin.

Was a great trade for Ottawa but a horrible trade for the Islanders.

[The Sultan of Swank]

How long is Yashin's contract anyways?

[lanky316]

Cantona to Man U.

Experiencing some 20/20 hindsight?

[RawisJericho]

And of course... Babe Ruth for $125k

[Lowerdeck]

And of course... Babe Ruth for $125k

That was the greatest trade of All-Time!

Only because you like the Yankmees.

[lari]

All these trades have been good trades for one party. When I think of bad trades, I think of LA trading Rick Tocchet to Boston for Kevin Stevens. Both these guys were excellent players, but failed miserably with their new teams.

When I think of good trades, I think of all those that helped both teams. Like the three way deal where Chicago traded Steve Larmer to the Rangers and got Tony Amonte. Rangers won the Stanley Cup and Chicago got a franchise player for years to come. Or Joe Nieuwendyk for Jarome Iginla. Dallas won the Cup, Nieuwendyk got Conn Smythe as playoff MVP, and you all know the impact Iginla has made with the Flames.

[Guest bregnahd]

Celtics get Robert Parish and the No. 3 pick (Kevin McHale).

L.A. trades Pedro for Delino DeShields.

Hornets give up rights to Kobe Bryant for Lakers' Vlade Divac.

St. Louis Hawks trade Bill Russell to Boston for Ed Macauley and Cliff Hagan in 1956.

Canucks trade Cam Neely to Bruins with a No. 1 pick (Glen Wesley) for center Barry Pederson in 1986.

Edited January 19, 2007 by bregnahd

[CKN]

New York Islanders traded Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers along with Olli Jokinen in exchange for Mark Parrish and Oleg Kvasha.

Edited January 21, 2007 by CKN

[Toe]

You screwed up the wording there, CKN, but that is a truly horrible trade.

[CKN]

You screwed up the wording there, CKN, but that is a truly horrible trade.

[The Sultan of Swank]

Yeah, well when you give up 4 potential franchise players because you want immediate sucess, your team is boned.

[NobBe Nobbs]

Yeah, well when you give up 4 potential franchise players because you want immediate sucess, your team is boned.

[Hajjhowe]

How long is Yashin's contract anyways?

[Lowerdeck]

Why anyone would give anyone a 15 year contract is beyond the realm of sanity.