Florida Panthers Trade Deadline History
It was a crazy weekend!
First being beaten in despondent fashion by the New Jersey Devils 2-7 and then trotting all over the Washington Capitals, winning convincingly 6-2 at the Verizon Center. Who would have guessed? And who could have seen Detroit being beaten 8-0 to Nashville or Calgary losing to Tampa Bay with the tennis score of 6-8!? Strange weekend indeed…
But then again, it was the weekend prior to the trade deadline and extraordinary things tend to happen around that date’s vicinity. Players are dreading being traded, General Manager’s burn out their cell phones, fans are scrapping for any kind of information – and rumors seem to be circulating everywhere.
It’s an odd time for hockey fans. And the only thing more bizarre than some of the gossip – is the actual trades that are pulled off at this time of year.
Scrambling to try and get some kind of advantage on other Cup hopefuls, some weird and wonderful trades are made. Even though this season has been calm on the trading front, Wednesday is still expected to be a hectic time of deal-making for everyone involved.
So, with the trade deadline lurking behind the corner, a look at Florida’s trade deadline history might be in order. Worth noting is that Florida have been active in every deadline since ’94 (no transfer deadline in 2005 due to the lockout). There is no reason to believe this year will be any different.
So what trades are awaiting us at the deadline this year? Maybe looking at the past we’ll find some answers….
All the deadline deals from the franchises beginning are listed here (note; only deals made on deadline day are listed):
|
Year
|
Florida Acquired: |
Trading Team
|
Florida Traded Away:
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
1994
|
Peter Andersson
|
NY Rangers |
Future Considerations
|
|
1995
|
Gaetan Duchesne
|
San Jose |
6th Rnd Pick in the1995 Draft
|
|
1996
|
3rd Rnd Pick in the 1996 Draft and Future Considerations
|
Vancouver |
Jesse Belanger
|
|
1997
|
Kirk Muller
|
Toronto |
Jason Podollan
|
|
1998
|
Kirk McLean
|
Carolina |
Ray Sheppard
|
|
The rights to Mark Parrish and Anaheim’s 3rd Rnd Pick in the 1998 Draft
|
Colorado |
Tom Fitzgerald
|
|
|
1999
|
Mike Wilson
|
Buffalo |
Rhett Warrener and 5th Rnd Pick in the 1999 Draft
|
|
2000
|
Mike Sillinger
|
Tampa Bay |
Ryan Johnson and Dwayne Hay
|
|
2001
|
Kevyn Adams and a Conditional Pick in an upcoming Draft
|
Columbus |
Ray Whitney
|
|
2nd Rnd Pick in the 2001 Draft
|
Phoenix |
Todd Simpson
|
|
|
The return of a Conditional Draft Pick in an upcoming Draft (previously traded to Ottawa)
|
Ottawa |
Mike Sillinger
|
|
|
2002
|
5th Rnd Pick in the 2003 Draft
|
NY Islanders |
Darren Van Impe
|
|
6th Rnd Pick in the 2002 Draft
|
Boston |
Jeff Norton
|
|
|
2003
|
Mike Van Ryn
|
St. Louis |
Valeri Bure and Conditional Draft Pick in the 2004 Draft
|
|
2004
|
Paul Healy
|
NY Rangers |
Jeff Paul
|
|
2006
|
Ric Jackman
|
Pittsburgh |
Petr Taticek
|
|
2007
|
Noah Welch
|
Pittsburgh |
Gary Roberts
|
|
4th Rnd Pick in the 2007 Draft
|
Pittsburgh |
Joel Kwiatkowski
|
|
|
Shawn Matthias and 2nd Rnd Pick in the 2007 Draft
|
Detroit |
Todd Bertuzzi
|
|
|
2008
|
Karlis Skrastins and 3rd Rnd Pick in the 2008 Draft
|
Colorado |
Ruslan Salei
|
|
Wade Belak
|
Toronto |
5th Rnd Pick in the 2008 Draft
|
|
|
Chad Kilger
|
Toronto |
3rd Rnd Pick in the 2008 Draft
|
Table is based on information retrieved from NHL.com.
