16 Players Who Made Surprise Moves to New Teams
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Hey all and here's a video I have been thinking about for awhile, but Stamkos in Nashville colors today caused me to finally put this together.
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Jonathan Quick in a Vegas Jersey. He will forever be my favorite Kings player. The way he played in net left me in awe. The amount of times i screamed, "No way he got that!" is in the thousands. I understand Hockey always has a business side, but he shouldve retired a King. Rob Blake did him dirty
i am reminded of his...Quick stint with my blue jackets 😂
@@cbjgirl23best Jackets player ever, zero goals against 😛
Seeing him in a Rangers jersey this past season was crazy too. The guy who killed our chances in 2014 coming to the Garden and absolutely *stinking it up* in the preseason... Before becoming 10 years younger and getting win after win after win. Man it was quite a mindjob.
Personally, I think Wayne Gretzky in a St. Louis Blues jersey was weirder, considering he was only there for half a season.
Ahh, the wife trade!
With you. For those of us who grew up in the 90s, we only knew him as a King. Yeah, he had the stint with the Rangers at the end, but you almost completely forget about the Blues. When he was traded by Edmonton, I was a baby. Totally agree with how shocking it was, it just happened a decade too early for me.
Gretzky was a monster shocker. Quite the national tragedy. His tears during the press conference were gut wrenching. The owner of the oilers was public enemy number 1 in Canada.
As I understood it, when Gretzky was traded to L.A., the Canadian parliament tried to intervene and block it, the idea being that Gretzky was a Canadian icon, having been known to the public since he was a kid.
Source?
@@incumbentvinyl9291 it was mentioned in the video "Wayne Gretzky: Above and Beyond" about his life and career up to about 1991
@@GrinderCB Thanks, that was a good documentary. Somehow I had not seen it before.
It does indeed very briefly mention that the opposition somehow tried to block the trade. It gives zero details.
Searching online, it seems that it was merely debated on the floor by a member of parliament that was part of the opposition.
I do not believe there could be any legal grounds for somehow stopping the trade. Most likely this is completely blown out of proportion and is more myth than reality.
Henrik Lundqvist in that Caps practice jersey after he signed with the Caps before he had to retire, was very strange
Bobby Orr to Chicago was one of the weirdest moves ever
Still messed up to this day😂
Another few from that era; Brad Park and Jean Ratelle as Bruins and Phil Esposito as a Ranger.
It was just wrong
IIRC from the Orr career video the only reason he went to the Black Hawks in the first place was because his agent lied to him about the Bruins' offer
That... just... no.
Blackhawks legend Bobby Orr.
might be the oddest one of all. i think he kept it to his own era of watching hockey though.
Jerome Iginla in anything but a Flames jersey was another one that never looked right, especially Boston.
Penguins legend
He ended up turning into a Mr.worldwide so
For me it's especially Colorado. Ish.
All three looked weird
@@Peacy27 LA King Iggy 💀
Kane to Detroit is forgivable, Chelios to Detroit was seen as high treason.
@@peterolbrisch8970 Yet he played more seasons in Detroit than in Chicago. After a decade in the Winged Wheel, it seemed weird to remember him as a Blackhawk. Also, lest we forget his first 7 years in Montreal.
@@newplbob Sure, sure, but at the time, he hadn't played one game for them....yet. Thanks for your reply and have a great day!
Chris Chelios: Thrashers Legend
@@kevinstull8552 😂😂😂
@@newplbob And he played more games in Chicago.
I sat in a bar one day for lunch, the bartender was a trainer for the Rangers, doing part time at the Bar during the days. Rangers practiced nearby in Westchester County (Rye or Mamaroneck), and while I sat eating my burger Guy walks in, sits right next to me, and starts talking to the Trainer. I froze. No one else was there. His French Canadian accent was all I needed. His hands were huge, he chain smoked Gitanes which is incredible for any smoker. I got his auto. Now I grew up in Toronto, early 70's. Hit the original Gardens as a kid. But I was closet-Habs fan and his impact on 8 yr olds on a pond cant be matched.
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Great story! Forgot Lafleurwas a smoker. I think I saw photos or video of him smoking in the dressing room many years ago. Quite the shocker.
I almost got in a fistfight with Ryan Callahan in highschool
Guy Lafleur?
The used to practice in Rye at Playland. Been to a few open practices.
As a Wings fan, I can say the most shocking day was the trade deadline in 1999 when not only did Detroit acquire every Wings fan least favorite Blackhawk Chris Chelios, they also acquired every Wings fans least favorite Leaf Wendel Clark as well as the least favorite player of every fanbase in the league, Ulf Samuelson. Very strange day indeed to be a Wings fan.
Todd Bertuzzi in Detroit was a little rough for me
People may have forgotten by now, but in 2020 Henrik Lundqvist signed a one-year contract with the Capitals.
And if not for having heart surgery which caused him to retire, we may be talking about him for this list as well.
Another similar one to this is Corey Crawford with the devils, I don’t think he actually played a game for them though
Tbh I'm glad I NEVER saw Hank in a caps jersey. Would have just been so so so wrong. Sorry not sorry if yourba caps fan lol
@@sydisticsandman Fan of neither, just of Hank. Would have been beyond bizarre lol
Holy shit I forgot about that. Imagine seeing him on the ice for the caps, that would’ve been insane
My Caps had a lot of those weird ones lately. Chara for 2 years. Kovalchuk. Even Pacioretty, although that would be to a lesser extent.
Gary Bettman being with the NBA before the NHL . . . . 🙂
Nah, that makes perfect sense.
Obligatory BOOOOOOO!
@@bartsanders1553
😀
St. Louis blues legend Marty broduer is a classic
I was surprised iginla not on the list.
A few these guys like Thorton, Alfredson, Marleau, Borque, and Sundin didn’t surprise me that much as they were chasing a Cup at that point in their careers.
For me it was awful to see Maple Leafs legend Börje Salming in a Red Wing jersey.
I feel like Mark Messier in a Canucks uniform should have been on there somewhere
I think THG wants to forget about that as a Canucks fan, that didn't go very well.
That was just stupid
Coffey and Shanahan playing for the Whalers. 🙂
A personal one for me as a Bruins fan: Zdeno Chara as a Washington Capital
Just odd to see
Craig Anderson in Buffalo or Washington, just such a workhorse in Ottawa I was gutted to see him go
Salming in Detroit
Cam Ward in a Chicago jersey. King Henrik in a Caps jersey. Quick in a Ranger jersey. Just a few weird instances.
Surprised you didn't mention Duncan Keith on the Oilers
And Marleau on Penguins
I know Kane was one of the best for Chicago, but as a long term Wings fan it was an easy adjustment to him wearing the wheel. However, I think that was helped by the fact that Detroit is now in the East and we didn't have to play them as often. A different selection of trade (I think it was a trade) from Chicago to Detroit that took a really, really long time to adjust to, was Chelios. I am kind of amazed you didn't list that one, Shannon,... Chicago was obviously done with Chris, but I don't think anyone thought one of their biggest rivals would benefit and win a cup with the help of Mr. Chelios.
Wendell Clark as an Islander...Chris Chelios in Detroit...John Tonelli in Calgary
Wendell Clark as a red wing
@@trentthurow5696 or a lightning, or a nordique.
@@trentthurow5696 and not on team Canada
They loved Guy in Quebec. I remember watching those Rangers games when he played in the province and the crowd would all cheer "GUUUUYYYY!" when he touched the puck, even on dump ins lol.
Same in Pittsburgh. Guy was loved everywhere.
I thought Tim Thomas in Florida/Dallas looked brutal. Tim Thomas just had that Bruins look that’s hard to describe
Denis Savard going from Chicago to Montreal and winning the cup in ‘93 is up there for me. Also, the Nordiques players winning the cup in Colorado.. and, yeah yeah i know.. the Roy trade…. But still ;)
Scott Niedermayer going to the ducks always felt weird to me. Though the ducks type of play suited him better. Should have been a life long Devil.
Should’ve drafted his brother to keep him then😂😂😂
@@seanragsdale5636he won 3 cups with us🤷🏻
Yeah but he wanted to go to Anaheim and win a cup with his brother.
Wayne Gretzky wearing an LA Kings jersey doesn't feel weird for me. Maybe because most of my cards in the 90s features him wearing that jersey, and he spent so many years there that it became an "accepted fact" (a bit like for Patrick Roy in Colorado).
But Brett Hull wearing something other than the Blues jersey, that felt weirder for me at the turn of the 90s.
Not one bit.
Strangely enough, I don't even think he looks off in a Blues jersey. Must have seen some games back then.
Hull's Cup winning goes was iconic enough for me to see him as a secondary Star.
As a Kings fan, seeing Luc Robitaille in Pittsburg was just...well I thought it was just wrong. Later when he went to Detroit, it wasn't as weird. Another one was when Hossa went to the Thrashers for Heatley after Heatley requested a trade. And he was really good in Atlanta, but that was really weird.
I like the Dennis Maruk jersey. As a 12 year old Caps fan, I was heartbroken when he was traded back to Minnesota. His offense would tank with the North Stars, so I guess David Poile knew what he was doing.
The season after he was traded, I went with my dad to a used appliance store in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. They had this huge gas range with 8 burners and 2 ovens for sale. The salesman said it came out of Dennis Maruk's house. No, my dad didn't buy it. He was there for a washer and dryer.
I know he ended up travelling a lot, but Jagr with Washington and Philly...
Erik Johnson in anything but an Avs uniform is psychic torment for me
Jagr in Capitals jersey was gross 🤢
He also played for Bolzano Foxes . . . . in Italy. 🙂
Brad May going to the Aves after the Steve Moore incident is always a bit a head scratcher
Jacques Plante in a Leafs jersey! Loved him as a player, loved him as a Leaf, just didn’t look right.
He was also with the Bruins for mere 10 games and then he ended his pro-career with the Oilers in the WHA. 🙂
Think about Chris Drury: Calder trophy and Cup with Colorado; Captain and comes damn near close to two more Cups with Buffalo; captain and now GM of the Rangers. But he played one year for Calgary. It looks super weird seeing him in that jersey
For me, when a player moves closer to home it does take the edge off a little. But the weirdness does remain.
I am honestly shocked that Paul Kariya isn't on this list.
Sellänne on the Sharks is weird.
As an Avalanche fan, I had no problem watching Ray Bourque in an Avalanche uniform. He would've never won a cup without moving to the Avs. Also seeing Peter Forsburg in a Flyers uniform and then a Predators uniform was weird for me. He did finish his career with the Avs.
they had weirder rentals in that era. selanne and kariya come to mind. so does theo fleury.
Adam Foote playing for Columbus. 🙂
@@doaftheloafpre cap era trades were wild.
Forsberg in Philly was even weirder knowing they were the ones who originally drafted him, but traded him to the Nordiques in the Lindros trade before he got to play a game
@@estellegrignon "Foppa" (Forsberg's Swedish nickname) probably tried to "close the circle", so to speak. 🙂
Well, it didn't work out in the end. Especially the second season therein. I still remember one article from a hockey mag pointing out, (paraphrasing) "Hey, people! Something really strange is going on in Philly! Because this is the first time in Forsberg's NHL career when he has less than a point per game." 🙂
Even as a rookie he went over the average of a 'p-p-g' and during his sophomore season he already went over 100 points.
Brett Hull with the Coyotes, Peter Forsberg with the Preds/Flyers, Adam Foote with the Blue Jackets, Paul Kariya with the Blues, Luc Robitaille with the Penguins/Rangers, Chris Chelios with the Thrashers, or Wendel Clark in any jersey that's the Leafs
Karl Malone with the Lakers and Michael Jordan with the Wizards. 🙂
Kane is still weird
@@Derberbeve I’m a Wings fan and it is very weird to me. Happy but weird.
@@kenh5317I know what u mean due to the fact that he’s played for a team the red wings don’t like watching him in a rangers jersey was interesting as well 😂😂😂😂😂
*Red Wings Legend Patrick Kane
For me: Federko from Blues to the Red Wings and more recently Plekanec in Toronto
Plekanic in Toronto is an extremely weird one haha
Giordano never looked right in a Kraken or Leafs jersey, for me personally.
For me, Peter Forsberg in Flyers colors and Preds threads was completely wrong. Just looked like a video game.
And his playing for Sweden also looked weird, yeah.
Just kidding! 😀
Kelly Buchberger only looked right in an Oiler jersey to me. I also understand players who leave to try to win a cup and it's hard to get used to them in a different jersey (Iginla, Borque, Hasek). Finally, Jagr in a Penguin jersey and that hair... That's how I'll remember him.
Kane had a pit stop in New York as well
Wasn't he there with Tarasenko?
man so much content its awesome! love it.
the worst for me was Trevor Linden, spent years opening hockey cards packs praying to get a linden card when i was a kid, spending my allowance...finally got it when he was on the islanders.....
for habs fans, lafleur takes the cake, but PK Subban in Nashville yellow made our eyes bleed.
Saku Koivu in Anaheim? 🙂
@@subraxas yup
How about Peter Forsberg and Paul Kariya as Nashville Predators?
@@subraxas plekanec in toronto?
@@doaftheloaf
Yep. And also Ronnie Francis and Grant Fuhr in Toronto. 🙂
And Karl Malone with the Lakers. 😀
Admitted Oiler fan. Couldn't believe it the first time I saw Al MacInnis in Blues colors. Wasn't even relieved: him in any blue just didn't compute.
Looked strange to see Theoren Fleury and Jarome Iginla not wearing Calgary Flames jerseys anymore. Then it looked really strange to see Grant Fuhr wearing a Calgary Flames jersey in his final NHL season with Steve Smith but he was meant to be a Calgary Flame including a captain.
He secretly always played for Calgary lol
. . . . And then you recall that Martin St. Louis started his NHL career with the Flames. 🙂
@@subraxasMartin St. Louis one does sting given he was given away and happened to be picked up by the Tampa Bay Lightning and scored the double overtime winner Game 6 of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals. Poetic justice got served given how that game played out.
@@BrettHornby
Yep, occurrences, such as this one, then cause some people to believe in fate, God and organized religions. Truly "poetic justice".
Blake Wheeler not in a Winnipeg jersey. All these orphans from other teams wearing Jets gear. lol
MacLean, Driver, Holik, Sykora, Gomez all playing for the rags.
Honorable mention: Brodeur playing for the Blues.
As a teen seeing Gomez in a rags jersey was brutal. At least he came back home, but wow does that still look wrong.
Looking back Scott Stevens as a blues is weird, he was a long time Caps and then became the heart and soul of the Devils, but that year with the Blues in the middle feels weird.
Love this vid! I always loved collecting the obscure hockey cards of guys in jerseys they didn't belong in ie. Recchi on Tampa and Chelios on the Thrashers
Belfour with the Sharks and the Panthers. Irbe with the Stars. Nieuwendyk with the Panthers. Larionov with the Devils and the Panthers. Hull with the Coyotes. CuJo with the Flames. Arnott with the Caps. Duncan Keith with the Oilers. Brewer with the Ducks. Bondra with the Sens. And so on, and so forth. 🙂
Jagr to Washington was weird. Watching Iginla in Boston was strange too
Michael Jordan to Washington was weird too. 😀
Peter Forsberg in a Nashville jersey never looked right to me. And Fedorov looked odd in a Columbus jersey, too.
Sergei Fedorov and Adam Foote both in a Blue Jackets jersey was different to see
Corey Crawford to New Jersey. Duncan Keith to the Oilers. Patrick Kane to the Rangers.
And, Nik Hjalmarsson to the Coyotes.
Lecavalier in Flyers.
Loving the Cleveland Barons gear!🔥🔥🔥
Mikko Koivu playing for Columbus was bizarre at first and got even worse when he didn't even play 10 games there.
My weirdest is backwards.. seeing Brett Hull in a Calgary Flames jersey when he was drafted, the two just don't mix lol
If you blinked, you missed it
Sergei Fedorov in anything but a Detroit uniform is weird.
It was really weird seeing him in a Columbus uniform.
Fun fact, he's the only hall of famer who's ever played for the Blue Jackets.
Rene Robert with the Colorado Rockies was really bizarre.
As a Sabres fan ... yes. Break up the French Connection and never has the team reached as high. Sigh.
Marty to St Louis killed my 13 year old self
You mean when Martin St. Louis went to the Rangers? 😀 😀
Saku with the Ducks and Mikko with the Jackets.
As a Habs fan...the weirdest I've experienced, easily has to be Thomas Plekanec in a Leafs Jersey...just...doesn't "feel" right
As a Devil's fan living in St Louis watching Brodeur in the Blue's goal was surreal.
Day late but honorable mention of what could have been. Mike Richter was selected by nashville in the expansion draft, but went back to new york as a UFA before ever playing a game.
Also as a preds fan, seeing peter forsberg play a few games in our colors was bizzare man
Tim Thomas in a Panthers jersey was very odd.
Brendan Shanahan signing with the NY Rangers was a nice surprise. The Capitals Donald Brashear took a cheap shot on him and Shanahan stood up and fought him. We were shocked when Brashear was a Ranger the following season.
Arturs Irbe netminding for the Stars and the Canucks.
I remember for a year or 2 so many players went to Detroit who were with their team for a while like Mike Modano, Daniel Alfredsson, Brian Rafalski, even Derian Hatcher.
Hasn't happened yet, but Stamkos in anything other than a Tampa jersey will be something. Not a "fan" (Enjoy hockey in general though) of the Lightning, but always enjoy when players stick it out with a team (I know he wasn't the one that wanted to move on). As an Avs fan though, watching Forsberg in Philly and then Nashville always threw me off
He was pictured in the preds jersey today lol that’s why THG made this video
Seeing him wearing the jersey of Canada also felt weird to me. 😀 😀
I remember when Bourque played his last game in Calgary as a member of the Avalanche. There were so many Bruins jerseys there I lost count. But it was weird to see him in something other than a Bruins jersey.
Even when he wore the jerseys of Canada or NHL All-Star Game? 😀
As a Bruins fan, seeing Borque go to Colorado and finally win his cup was amazing. There were a lot of Colorado fans in Boston that year and my dad and i were two of them. He loved Borque! I was too young to realize how amazing this player was. 8 Norris trophies. Wow!
He won 5 Norris Trophies
*Bourque
@@incumbentvinyl9291 thanks I'm typing on my phone. Idk if that was auto correct or if I was just being a moron. 50/50 lol
Mike Sillinger playing for . . . . . . ; Oh! WAIT!!! . . . .
Seeing Tomas Plekanec with a Leafs jersey for 17 games and coming back for 3 games to end is NHL career with an Habs uniform felt weird
Aye!
Kind of like Gilmour in a way at the end. He went back to the Laughs for about a period after being traded for a 7th round pick.
Orr to Chicago. Esposito to NY. Ratelle and park to Boston. Lafluer to NY. Gordie Howe in Hartford. Grtzky to LA. Eric lindros in NY. Messier in NY. Leetch in Toronto. So many that were so odd to see.
Steve Larmer playing for the Rangers. 🙂
I'm so surprized you didn't have Linden on your list It felt SO SUPER AWKWARD watching the guy who at the time was my favourite captain of all time traded to the Islanders
Those of us in Vegas are gonna get out first real taste of this with Marchy. Seeing him in a Preds uniform will never sit right.
Ray Bourque looked great in an Avs jersey! Gretzky in a Blues jersey was just bizarre.
Gretzky was a shocker, no doubt. But another big one for me was when Gordie Howe came out of retairement at 45 to play with his sons in the WHA. Then reappearing in the NHL with the Whalers in 1980.
I knew Brodeur would be on this list, said so in the comments of a previous video. Thanks for the video.
Marleau’s tenure in Pittsburgh was so forgettable even Shannon forgot.
I still remember the Modano trade vividly, Stars fans were NOT happy about it and it was a big story at the time in the DFW metro. To this day, even after putting him in the Stars HOF and building a statue for him I still don't think I ever got over that completely. It was a wild and weird time to see him wearing the Red Wings sweater
I knew Gretzky would be #1. That was a massive shock as a Canadian citizen to handle. Even though Oilers always beat my Jets, it never felt right after that. He was the biggest identifying figure for hockey in Canada.
Modano in a wings was horrid to see
Forsberg with Nashville for me. I meant Peter of course.
Yep!
Linden in anything that isn't Canucks honestly feel this is 100% one that should be on the list
Agree on the Brian Leetch pick. However, I loved when Ray Bourque was traded to the Avs. And kudos to the Boston management for giving him the opportunity
Also, I would add Eddie Giacomin...or maybe I'm just too old
Tim Horton playing for the Rangers, Pens and Sabres towards the end of his career. 🙂
The Hockey Guy also seeing Gretzky in a New York Rangers Jersey was also Very Weird
Of course, there is also that guy who went to Vancouver in the late 90s and caused chaos upon his short tenure…
FM😂
I was also shocked Messier in a Canucks Jersey didn't make the list... Rangers Jersey made sense... Van... never looked right.
The sens betrayed alfie honestly.
After Leafs played in 1994 against Canucks, it was weird seeing Wendall Clark in a Quebec Nordiques jersey. Of course, he was traded for Sundin.
What about Wendel Clark in a Red Wings jersey? Even more weird.
@@kevinstull8552 He also played for the Isles and the Lightning.
@@kevinstull8552 At the time, it looked especially weird because Clark was the face of the Leafs for almost a decade.
Peter Forsberg in Nashville was a weird one
He was foreshadowing the emergence of Filip Forsberg. 🙂
Really enjoyed this list. Thanks for all you do, especially during the off-season.
Seeing Wendel Clark in an Islanders jersey was pretty weird.
Kyle Okposo in the Panthers uniform. He would never have gotten the Cup by staying in Buffalo.
Even as a Lightning fan, I’m glad he got the Cup with them. Dude put up with way too much in his career to come up short imo.
He was in NYI before not weird
I don't begrudge Okposo. Sam Reinhardt on the other hand...
@@tygrkhat4087Not like Buffalo gave him a lot of good reasons to stay.
@@seanragsdale5636 Eph-u. The fans love him.
Phil Esposito to the Rangers.
He had been with the Blackhawks before his Bruins days.