1992 Lindros Trade Offers

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1992 Lindros Trade Offers Oct 24, 2005 15:16:35 GMT -5

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Post by Ryan on Oct 24, 2005 15:16:35 GMT -5

On the CBC pre-game show Saturday night Ron MacLean was talking with Neil Smith (former GM of the NY Rangers) and they went over all the deals that were on the table for Lindros at the time.

IIRC this is what the offers were. Please correct me if I have something wrong here. There were some draft picks that I can't recall:

NY Rangers
Alexei Kovalev
Tony Amonte
Doug Weight
James Patrick
John Vanbiesbrouck
Two First Round Draft Picks
$12.5 mil

Chicago
Ed Belfour
Steve Larmer
Steve Smith

Calgary
Robert Reichel or Joe Nieuwendyk
Al MacInnis or Gary Suter
Mike Vernon

Toronto
Felix Potvin
Wendel Clark
Craig Berube
Dave Ellett

Requested from Detroit
Sergei Fedorov
Niklas Lidstrom
Steve Chaisson

Actual deal with Philadelphia
Peter Forsberg
Mike Ricci
Kerry Huffman
Steve Duchesne
Ron Hextall
Chris Simon
2 First Round Draft Picks
$15 mil

M. Beaux-Eaux Global Moderator People who enjoy politics should follow the Habs - M. Beaux-Eaux Posts: 15,112	1992 Lindros Trade Offers Oct 24, 2005 16:21:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Oct 24, 2005 16:21:15 GMT -5 I see my offer of a lifetime supply of aspirin and a new agent didn't make the list.
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Habs_fan_in_LA Cup Champion John Ferguson 22, Rocket 9 Posts: 9,879	1992 Lindros Trade Offers Oct 24, 2005 17:15:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Oct 24, 2005 17:15:17 GMT -5 mrbozo said: I see my offer of a lifetime supply of aspirin and a new agent didn't make the list. Neither did a lifetime supply of lipstick for the agent.
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Forum Ghost All-Star "Nothing stays wrong for long with this franchise... they always rise back up." -Pat Burns Posts: 3,946	1992 Lindros Trade Offers Oct 24, 2005 17:19:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Forum Ghost on Oct 24, 2005 17:19:10 GMT -5 Looking at it now, I would say that the Rangers had the best offer.
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blny Hall of Famer Sportsnet.ca survivor Posts: 21,542	1992 Lindros Trade Offers Oct 24, 2005 17:41:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by blny on Oct 24, 2005 17:41:37 GMT -5 I would agree FG.

Ryan All-Star Posts: 1,612	1992 Lindros Trade Offers Oct 24, 2005 17:56:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Ryan on Oct 24, 2005 17:56:12 GMT -5 Smith said he's glad the NHL ruled in favour of the Flyers because they would have never won the Cup in '94 if that deal had gone through.

Skilly Hall of Famer more Majors than Cups Posts: 35,530	1992 Lindros Trade Offers Oct 25, 2005 21:39:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Skilly on Oct 25, 2005 21:39:33 GMT -5 Didn't Montreal offer Patrick Roy, money, Brisebois and some other player? Thought I heard/read somewhere that Quebec wanted any deal with Montreal to include Schneider, Roy and Leclair ....
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1992 Lindros Trade Offers Oct 26, 2005 13:09:30 GMT -5

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Post by roke on Oct 26, 2005 13:09:30 GMT -5

skilly said:

Didn't Montreal offer Patrick Roy, money, Brisebois and some other player? Thought I heard/read somewhere that Quebec wanted any deal with Montreal to include Schneider, Roy and Leclair ....

Lindros was traded when? 91? If so we would've traded the cup away for the most dominating (imo) player of the mid-90s. Definitely an interesting thing to think about anyway.