The One NHL Trade Every Fan Wishes They Could Erase—And Why It Still Haunts Their Team
Vancouver Canucks
Cam Neely for Barry Pederson and 1987 first-round pick (1986)
Vancouver signed Pederson to a contract that carried compensation (think of it as being similar to an offer sheet, but it was a different era) and negotiated a trade that sent struggling young forward Neely and an additional first-round pick to the Bruins in exchange for the talented, oft-injured Pederson. Neely, who grew up in British Columbia, became a Hall of Fame-level power forward in Boston. Pederson had one decent year in Vancouver, but never moved the needle. — Thomas Drance
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