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"The Skinny" By Eric Hornick Game 68 Rangers 5, Isles 2 Johnny Brodzinski broke a 2-2 tie with 4:59 left in the middle period and ...

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Isles Trades with Sabres

This past Friday was the 22nd anniversary of one of the biggest trade days in Islander history, including a major trade with the Sabres:

October 25, 1991: Acquired Steve Thomas and Adam Creighton from Chicago for Brad Lauer and Brent Sutter;  Acquired Benoit Hogue, Uwe Krupp, Dave McLlwain and Pierre Turgeon from Buffalo for Randy Hillier, Pat LaFontaine, Randy Wood, 1992 4th round pick (#80-Dean Melanson) 

Turgeon, Thomas, Krupp and Hogue would all play major roles in the Isles post-season runs two seasons later.

Other Islander-Sabre trades:

March 10, 1974: Acquired Doug Rombough from Buffalo for Brian Spencer


March 3, 1975: Acquired right to Gary Lariviere from Buffalo for Gerry Desjardins

June 17, 1989: Acquired Joe Reekie from Buffalo for a 6th round draft pick (Bill Pye)


January 21, 1991: Acquired John Tucker from Buffalo for future considerations


September 30, 1993: Acquired Tom Draper from Buffalo for future considerations (Steve Plouffe, 7th round pick in 1994)


March 24, 1998: Acquired Jason Dawe from Buffalo for Paul Kruse and Jason Holland


June 24, 2001: Acquired Michael Peca from Buffalo for Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt

June 29, 2012: Acquired a 4th round draft pick (Loic Leduc) from Buffalo in exchange for the rights to Christian Ehrhoff

October 27, 2013: Acquired Thomas Vanek from Buffalo for Matt Moulson, the Isles first pick in 2014 and the Isles second pick in 2015.


Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick 

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