"Butterfly effect" is usually referring to seemingly insignificant events leading to big changes (e.g. Ian Malcolm's example: A butterfly flaps its wings in Beijing and then in Central Park you get rain instead of sunshine). "The most hyped player in a generation refuses to play for a team, so they get a bucket load from trading him" is not exactly the flapping of a butterflies wings. That's Krakatoa causing a year without summer. If you told hockey fans at the time that the haul from the trade would eventually lead to the Quebec franchise winning a cup, I doubt many would be at all surprised. Probably the most shocking bit of that would be that the franchise was then located in Denver. A "Butterfly Effect" trade would be like: The 7th round pick thrown in to a trade for a team to move up in the 1st round turns out to be a Henrik Zetterberg caliber player, while the guy taken with the earlier 1st round pick never plays a game in the NHL.
I can't believe that the future Avalanche got all that from Eric Lindros refusing to play in Québec City. Lindros never got to hoist the Stanley Cup. That's wild.
Not only did lindros help av's win cup he destroyed nords who left qc 4 years later and as a result of trade destroyed flyers cup hopes thanks to the bounty to acquire lindros flyers couldn't find a top notch goalie. And roy never gets traded from hated habs to nords if they remained in qc.
This one's an incomplete tree... Steve had a comprehensive one that also saw the Leafs trading for Sundin and even to the point that the Avs acquired Bourque for their 2nd Cup.
word was nord owner aubet made a pass at lindros's mom in an elevator hence the reason for never wanting to play there. that may have been an excuse because his dad carl wanted him to play in a big market to better maximize his $$ potential. french qc didn't do that. he forced a trade out of the soo in ohl to play closer to home in oshawa too.
Before he was even drafted, Lindros was a complete embarrassmsnet to the Quebec Nordique franchise. He selfishly, singlehandedly destroyed its credibility, damaged its appeal to any potential future players, thus ruining its competitive future. Which at the very least hastened the team's departure from Quebec City, if not outright caused it. Recasting Lindros as Denver's indirect hero, instead of Quebec's "enfant terrible" is bullshi+. He was a spoiled, self-absorbed tool who got what Kharma delivered.
If only he had told them he would never sign with them. Oh wait, he told them well in advance. The team was moving no matter where Lindros went, ownership was a train wreck, and the building was antiquated at best. Throw in the struggling Canadian Dollar, and you have a perfect storm.
@@Bum_Hip Re: the Colisee. Notwithstanding that I loved that historic old barn.....do you know how every NHL team extorts local taxpayers to pay for their new buildings? They threaten to leave. Now rethink your first sentence, RRRShole. If you have firing neurons. You don't know squat about ownership, the inner goings on, or the value of that market (it is FAR stronger than Winnipeg, which now looks to be in trouble... again). Politics is THE big business negative for Quebec, but you didn't even mention that. I no longer wish to converse with an idot, so I'm muting you. Don't bother replying. You have been told, and that's how the world works.
Steve Dangle: Hold my trade tree.
lol actually
"Butterfly effect" is usually referring to seemingly insignificant events leading to big changes (e.g. Ian Malcolm's example: A butterfly flaps its wings in Beijing and then in Central Park you get rain instead of sunshine).
"The most hyped player in a generation refuses to play for a team, so they get a bucket load from trading him" is not exactly the flapping of a butterflies wings. That's Krakatoa causing a year without summer. If you told hockey fans at the time that the haul from the trade would eventually lead to the Quebec franchise winning a cup, I doubt many would be at all surprised. Probably the most shocking bit of that would be that the franchise was then located in Denver.
A "Butterfly Effect" trade would be like: The 7th round pick thrown in to a trade for a team to move up in the 1st round turns out to be a Henrik Zetterberg caliber player, while the guy taken with the earlier 1st round pick never plays a game in the NHL.
I can't believe that the future Avalanche got all that from Eric Lindros refusing to play in Québec City. Lindros never got to hoist the Stanley Cup. That's wild.
Go AVS !!! 🏒🥅
Not only did lindros help av's win cup he destroyed nords who left qc 4 years later and as a result of trade destroyed flyers cup hopes thanks to the bounty to acquire lindros flyers couldn't find a top notch goalie. And roy never gets traded from hated habs to nords if they remained in qc.
These were better when Steve did them.
This one's an incomplete tree... Steve had a comprehensive one that also saw the Leafs trading for Sundin and even to the point that the Avs acquired Bourque for their 2nd Cup.
Why did Eric Lindros distrust the Quebec owner ? Does anyone have the story on that ?
word was nord owner aubet made a pass at lindros's mom in an elevator hence the reason for never wanting to play there. that may have been an excuse because his dad carl wanted him to play in a big market to better maximize his $$ potential. french qc didn't do that. he forced a trade out of the soo in ohl to play closer to home in oshawa too.
Before he was even drafted, Lindros was a complete embarrassmsnet to the Quebec Nordique franchise. He selfishly, singlehandedly destroyed its credibility, damaged its appeal to any potential future players, thus ruining its competitive future.
Which at the very least hastened the team's departure from Quebec City, if not outright caused it.
Recasting Lindros as Denver's indirect hero, instead of Quebec's "enfant terrible" is bullshi+. He was a spoiled, self-absorbed tool who got what Kharma delivered.
If only he had told them he would never sign with them. Oh wait, he told them well in advance. The team was moving no matter where Lindros went, ownership was a train wreck, and the building was antiquated at best. Throw in the struggling Canadian Dollar, and you have a perfect storm.
@@Bum_Hip Re: the Colisee. Notwithstanding that I loved that historic old barn.....do you know how every NHL team extorts local taxpayers to pay for their new buildings? They threaten to leave.
Now rethink your first sentence, RRRShole. If you have firing neurons.
You don't know squat about ownership, the inner goings on, or the value of that market (it is FAR stronger than Winnipeg, which now looks to be in trouble... again). Politics is THE big business negative for Quebec, but you didn't even mention that.
I no longer wish to converse with an idot, so I'm muting you.
Don't bother replying. You have been told, and that's how the world works.