ruarc' 2 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 I was extremely young at the time; but, does anyone remember Ray Sheppard? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,803 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 How can anyone seriously suggest that Yuri Butsayev or Jesse Wallin were duds? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 How can anyone seriously suggest that Yuri Butsayev or Jesse Wallin were duds? Ah, Jesse Wallin, the big tough defenceman from Saskatchwen. Oh wait, no that was Cory Sarich taken 1 pick later, oh, what a waste. But seriously, Yan Golubovsky was the worst dud we ever picked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FireCaptain 563 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 when we played against joey macdonald he was fanaminal He was a FAN ANIMAL? Wait.. sounding it out... oh, you meant - phe⋅nom⋅e⋅nal    /fɪˈnɒmənl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fi-nom-uh-nl] Show IPA –adjective 1. highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed. 2. of or pertaining to phenomena. 3. of the nature of a phenomenon; cognizable by the senses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted April 25, 2009 He was a FAN ANIMAL? Wait.. sounding it out... oh, you meant - phe⋅nom⋅e⋅nal    /fɪˈnɒmənl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fi-nom-uh-nl] Show IPA –adjective 1. highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed. 2. of or pertaining to phenomena. 3. of the nature of a phenomenon; cognizable by the senses. I think he meant fan animal and misspelled it. Maybe typing too fast. At least, that's how I read it anyway. I never thought of phenomenal. Now that you mention it, phenomenal does describe his play that night. Whichever... I'm still kind of holding my breath on Joey. In a way, I liked him, but at the same time I was never quite comfortable with him. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the title of this thread was that the Wings traded away Ted Lindsay. Of course, that had nothing to do with how well he played. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown_Ryan 122 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 I was extremely young at the time; but, does anyone remember Ray Sheppard? oh YEAH!! he had a GREAT set of hands around the net..... Trade aways eh?? Hmm I think weve about covered the modern Era. I think this thread shuld be revisited after this summer tho...who knows what will happen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 Anyone else remember Stacey Roest? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tane 17 Report post Posted April 26, 2009 Anyone else remember Stacey Roest? Yup, Believe he went to Minny? Another one that was highly reguarded like Darren Helm, and I was kinda sad to see him Go...But Like most of thses guys, never amounted to anything. And Yeah, Sheppard Scored 50 goals for us in 93-94, then in 95-96 we traded him to the sharks for Igor Larionov. Sheppard went to Florida after that, and I believe that was the end of him. WE traded him at the perfect time. What this thread really shows us....is that the Wings have gotten some real steals in the past little bit...yu'd think teams would catch on and stop Giving us something for our spare parts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifonlyicouldskate 11 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 Alot of these players mentioned were traded for rental players. Not all of them worked out for us either. I can not remember what we gave up for Clarke. Anyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kwame_Kilpatrick 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 i wouldnt say dandenault hasnt been successful, he is living his dream playing for montreal (he grew up in quebec). he is still one of the fastest players Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoDakWing 8 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 How bout that damn dollar that we traded away for Draper. Boy how draper out performed that dollar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangleDangle13 1 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 I know that this is another free agent but Ray Whitney has had a pretty productive few years with Carolina since leaving the Wings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theman19 47 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 I know that this is another free agent but Ray Whitney has had a pretty productive few years with Carolina since leaving the Wings. Believe it or not, we bought out Whitney,...he got another name in Carolina "the wizard" for his unbelievable shooting accuracy through a mess of guys. I'll take who we've got any day though, and this coming from a guy who watches a lot of canes hockey ( I live in Raleigh) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heroes of Hockeytown 694 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 Believe it or not, we bought out Whitney,...he got another name in Carolina "the wizard" for his unbelievable shooting accuracy through a mess of guys. I'll take who we've got any day though, and this coming from a guy who watches a lot of canes hockey ( I live in Raleigh) I liked Cool Ray, but his contact was too big for what he was doing in Detroit in the cap world. He didn't get the ice time and didn't run the PP like he had in Columbus so his scoring suffered. Not that he was a bad player, but he was an easily replaceable cog in the Detroit machine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 How bout that damn dollar that we traded away for Draper. Boy how draper out performed that dollar. Yeah, Draper was probably the best dollar this team has traded for. Sad about the dollar... it could have been something with the exchange rate what it was. Could have settled down with a nice loonie, produced some interest, ended up in a nice pension... but no, there was that incident with a two-bit hooker that ended it all in scandal. When last seen, it was in Minot, ND being stuffed in a stripper's G-string. Sad, indeed. Meanwhile, Draper settled down in Detroit, met a nice girl, had cute kids, won a Selke and 4 cups, wears the A, is a top faceoff guy, and grows a pretty nice playoff beard. Life is just not fair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heed316 7 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 Doing some reading about that dollar deal, I came across this article which I had never seen before, or really heard about. It concerns Draper for a dollar...interesting to me link to article But you never know, especially since not all futures are draft picks. One such deal around draft time a decade ago helped cement a dynasty. On June 30, 1993, Detroit picked up a minor-leaguer from the then-Winnipeg Jets for future considerations. "We ended up giving them a buck,'' said longtime Detroit exec Jimmy Devellano. The return on that investment was center Kris Draper. Nobody forecast him as the glue to the "Crash Line," which helped check Detroit into three Cups in four years. "Doug MacLean actually did that deal,'' Devellano said. "He was our assistant general manager at the time, and he was running our farm team at Adirondack. Doug knew Draper was a good minor-leaguer. So Draper went to Adirondack for three-quarters of a year and then came up to us.'' That exchange rate was not unusual. The article goes on to list a bunch of deals that went down for a dollar...I never knew future considerations in a trade could turn out to be a dollar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingedone 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 Ward was a solid defenseman on Carolina's cup winning team. And is now teamed with Chara at Boston (at least from what I saw). He has done well for himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,803 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 How bout that damn dollar that we traded away for Draper. Boy how draper out performed that dollar. The way he's played this season, Ilitch might think about asking for his money back. Just kidding. I actually like Drapes but couldn't resist the joke anyway. The trade was unusual because I've never heard of anything like it happening ever in any sport. It just sounds demeaning somehow when you're traded for a dollar. It'd be better if a guy was just traded for nothing. Even that would be less embarrassing than a dollar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esteef 2,679 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 WHAT ABOUT BOYD DEVEREAUX!!!! HE TURNED OUT AWESOME!! esteef Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k3sparks 1 Report post Posted April 27, 2009 All this talk of past deals reminds me that there was an article in Crains Business magazine today about Jimmy Devellano, You have to pay to read the whole thing so I was wondering if anyone has read it and could summarize. Jimmy D's been great since leaving the Islanders for us and look at them now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Never_Retire_Steve 35 Report post Posted May 3, 2009 I can't even really think of any trades for Detroit that were really that landsided either way. Detroit's transaction power comes in the draft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
