Carolina Hurricanes: Top 5 Trades in Franchise History
Aside from being fan favorites and a huge part of the Carolina Hurricanes’ core of phenomenal players in their own right these days, what do Dougie Hamilton and Teuvo Teravainen have in common? Both were added to the Canes not by the Entry Draft or free agency, but by trade.
Player trades, to me at least, are one of the more interesting and fun parts of hockey to anticipate, speculate about, and keep track of.
They are also one of the most precarious things a hockey team can do; one wrong move and a GM could see their franchise crumbling right before their very eyes. On the flip side of that same coin, the right trade, or series of trades, could turn a franchise around and bring it right back into Stanley Cup contention.
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For the Carolina Hurricanes, trades have more often than not worked out in favor of the good guys, with a few exceptions here and there.
Now, before we get into my list of Top 5 trades in franchise history, I’d like to lay out some disclaimers.
First, this list is 100% subjective; some of you might agree, some of you might disagree, and that is perfectly fine. The criteria I’ll be using to rank these trades is a mixture of long-and-short-term impact, as well as the overall initial public reception, and then a more fleshed out perspective in hindsight of who got ‘fleeced’ and ‘who’ won the trade. Any ‘blockbuster’ trades are sure to be in here as well, if you couldn’t already tell by the header photo I chose.