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Doug "Killer" Gilmour - The Story of 2 of the Most Lopsided Trades in NHL history.

Hockey Hall of Famer Doug “Killer” Gilmour was the centerpiece of two of the biggest and most lopsided trades in NHL history. Both deals were made amidst major controversies and were orchestrated by the same GM - Cliff Fletcher. NHL teams originally dismissed young Doug Gilmour due to his size, but the St. Louis Blues gambled on him in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft by selecting him with their seventh round pick. The Blues returned him to the Cornwall Royals for the 1982–83 season where he led the OHL in goals (70), assists (107) and AND A LEAGUE-LEADING 177 points and was awarded the Red Tilson Trophy as the OHL's most outstanding player. Gilmour would get his shot in the NHL and quickly had established himself as an outstanding two-way player for the Blues – and he was even chosen to play in the 1987 Canada Cup. His best season was a 105-point output in 1986-87 - his future in St. Louis looked bright. But Gilmour became embroiled in a legal conflict. One week later, on September 6, the Blues traded Gilmour to the Calgary Flames in a multi-player deal. Gilmour, Mark Hunter, Steve Bozek and Michael Dark were sent to Calgary in exchange for Mike Bullard, Craig Coxe and Tim Corkery. Gilmour expressed disappointment at leaving the Blues, but stated that "from what has happened the past week, on our part and on the St. Louis Blues' part, it was our best solution." The charges against Gilmour were eventually dropped and he’d spend four and a half productive seasons with the Flames, scoring 81 goals and 295 points during his 266 games in Calgary. He’s best remembered for scoring the winning goal in game 6 of the 1989 Stanley Cup finals as the Flames won their first and only Stanley Cup championship. While Gilmour, freed from legal issues, was celebrating a Stanley Cup run, the remaining players in the trade struggled. In the end, the trade turned out to be a lopsided steal for Flames GM Cliff Fletcher, who stated that the Flames could never have won the Cup without Gilmour. In subsequent years, however, he’d become the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs and he’d orchestrate another steal involving Gilmour. Gilmour had a salary arbitration hearing in the summer of 1991 that created tension between him and Flames GM Doug Risbrough. On New Year's Eve 1991, Gilmour was named first star in a win over Montreal and he then promptly packed his bag. He decided he wouldn't play again until he was dealt. "The deal was done 24 hours later." And what a deal it was. Hearing the move announced for the first time back then was a legitimately stunning experience; once the names started, they just kept rolling. The deal involved 10 players, with the Leafs sending Gary Leeman, Michel Petit, Jeff Reese, Craig Berube and Alexander Godynyuk to the Flames in exchange for Gilmour, Jamie Macoun, Ric Nattress, Rick Wamsley and Kent Manderville. This bizarre trade wouldn’t have made sense even if Doug Gilmour hadn’t been included. You know the trade is ominously bad when the highest scorer you received was Craig Berube (40 goals and 105 points in his remaining NHL seasons). If you ignore Doug Gilmour, even the other players dealt away scored almost exactly as much. The key acquisition for the Flames was former 50-goal scorer Gary Leeman. But he had lost his scoring touch and scored just 11 goals in 59 games in Calgary. Conversely, Gilmour would score 238 points over the next two seasons. He finished 2nd in NHL assists both years, and won the Selke trophy as the league’s best defensive forward. In addition, Macoun provided solid defensive play for several years. From his arrival in January in Toronto through back-to-back conference finals appearances in the springs of '93 and '94, no forward not named Gretzky or Lemieux dominated like Gilmour. The first 2½ years that Doug was in Toronto, he was arguably the best player in the NHL. He just carried the Leafs on his shoulders. With the fiery Pat Burns behind the bench, Gilmour and his lunch-bucket teammates gave Leaf Nation lifetime memories with back-to-back conference finals appearances. The '93 run was especially memorable. The Leafs knocked off favored Detroit in the opening round, survived a seven-gamer with Curtis Joseph and St. Louis in the second round and pushed Gretzky and the Kings to seven games in the conference finals. The city of Toronto was electric. The Leafs didn't win a Cup in those two years, but their fans still reminisce to that time as if it were a championship run. Gilmour went on to play another eight seasons in the NHL while the rest of the trade participants disappeared into obscurity. Gilmour was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 and his uniform number 93 is retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Cliff Fletcher was enshrined in the hall of Fame in 2004 and undoubtedly his killer deals for Gilmour were a big reason why. #calgaryflames #torontomapleleafs #stlouisblues