Claimed:Trade Records Pt.1 [Reviewed]

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Most Assets in One Trade

12 – Seattle/Vasteras – Season 31

 

To 
(S24) D - Genghis Khan
(S25) G - CAL G
(S26) LW - Jarvis Baldwin
S32 SEA 4th (C Bryce Willingham)

To 
(S24) D - Seth Plaut
(S24) D - Donald Kaufman
(S24) C - Johny Mcpuck
(S30) C - Jeff Phinney
S32 VAS 1st (RW Anatoli Zhumbayev)
S32 CGY 2nd (D Moe Mills)
S33 VAS 1st (D Willie Weber)
S33 NYA 3rd (LW Dan Jones Jr.)

 

Wow, this was one big trade both in size and reputation. Not only did this trade see twelve assets switch teams, two more than any other trade prior to or since then, but it saw two future Hall of Famers in Jarvis Baldwin and CAL G traded to the Vasteras Iron Eagles in an attempt to bring them the cup. The interesting part of this trade is when it actually took place as it took place at the Season 31 trade deadline. At that point, the Iron Eagles were already looking near certain to miss the playoffs for Season 31, meaning that the Season 32 first round selection that they gave up was guaranteed to be a top four selection. The timing of the trade also meant that CAL G would be in his final season by the point that Vasteras would be competing, while Jarvis Baldwin would be in his penultimate season. As it turned out, bringing in the two Hall of Famers did little good for the Iron Eagles as they were eliminated in the EU Semi-Finals by the Helsinki Titans, and subsequently traded Baldwin to the Calgary Wranglers for his final season in the league. Zhumbayev wound up having a productive VHL career with the Helsinki Titans and the Toronto Legion, finishing 90^th in total points scored, while Weber was a productive depth player.

 

Most Picks in One Trade

9 – Seattle/Riga – Season 22

 

To 
S23 RIG 1st (D Wesley Kanaan)
S23 TOR 2nd (G Drago Sorrentino)
S23 VAS 3rd (D Michael Abdalla)
S24 RIG 3rd (D Seth Plaut)

To 
S23 TOR 1st (LW Evgeni Galchenyuk)
S24 CGY 1st (C Rauno Pajari)
S23 HSK 2nd (LW Nick Tetley)
S24 SEA 2nd (RW Dougie Daniels)
S24 CGY 2nd (D Donald Kaufman)
(S17) RW - Sam Pouza

 

For the longest time, it was the VHL’s first ever trade (The one that saw the first draft pick in VHL history traded) that contained the most draft picks, but then this huge trade happened in Season 22 and it hasn’t been beaten since. Unfortunately, due to the loss of the original VHL site, there’s no longer any written context for the trade, but we can tell from the intact indexes that the trade took place at the Season 22 trade deadline, a point where both teams were pretty much confirmed as being outside of playoff contention. At the point of the trade, the Reign had the worst record in the league, however an out-of-the-blue eight game winning streak “helped” Riga finish with the third-worst record in the VHL. I’m not sure whether the trade was made with Kanaan in mind as the future selection, but he didn’t last long in Seattle as he was traded midway through Season 24, Kanaan’s rookie season in the VHL, and this appears to be his only season in the VHL. Galchenyuk lasted a season longer in the VHL, however he retired with a lower TPE count than Kanaan and with just 47 points in 149 games. In fact, the best player selected with one of the picks moved in this trade was then first-gen Rauno Pajari, who our newer members will know as Mr. Power or Devise.

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This motivates me to make a huge trade with someone

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25 minutes ago, eaglesfan036 said:

This motivates me to make a huge trade with someone

If only you had assets

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Just now, ADwyer87 said:

If only you had assets

If only you were banned

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Review:

i liked this idea, very cool article! hopefully theres more of them in the future. thats a huge trade at the top, and the second trade is just crazy haha. its not even different seasons! i wish there was some context to that trade left. also i got to insult Calgary in this thread, so thanks for that!

 

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