Clarke's 7 Up, 7 Down

7 Best Trades

1. 09-Feb-95: Montreal Canadiens traded Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair to the Philadelphia Flyers for Mark Recchi and 3rd round selection (Martin Hohenberger) in 1995.

2. 20-Aug-97: Philadelphia Flyers traded Mikael Renberg and Karl Dykhuis to the Tampa Bay Lightning for 1st round selection in 1998 (Simon Gagne), 1999 (Maxime Ouellet), 2000 (Justin Williams) and 2001 (previously acquired, later traded to Ottawa - Tim Gleason).

3. 04-Aug-05: Philadelphia Flyers traded Jeremy Roenick and a 3rd round selection in 2006 to the Los Angeles Kings for future considerations. This trade allowed them to shock the hockey world and sign Peter Forsberg.

4. 21-Jun-02: Philadelphia Flyers traded Ruslan Fedotenko and two 2nd round selections in 2002 (previously acquired, later traded to Dallas - Tobias Stephan) (previously acquired, later traded to San Jose - Dan Spang) to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 1st round selection (Joni Pitkanen) in 2002.

5. 10-Mar-99: Montreal Canadiens traded Mark Recchi to the Philadelphia Flyers for Dainius Zubrus, a 2nd round selection (Matt Carkner) in 1999 and a 6th round selection (previously acquired - Scott Selig) in 2000.

6. 12-Jun-02: Phoenix Coyotes traded Michal Handzus and Robert Esche to the Philadelphia Flyers for Brian Boucher and a 3rd round selection (previously acquired - Joe Callahan) in 2002.

7. 07-Feb-03: Carolina Hurricanes traded Sami Kapanen and Ryan Bast to the Philadelphia Flyers for Pavel Brendl and Bruno St. Jacques.

7 Worst Trades

1. 20-Jan-04: Philadelphia Flyers traded Justin Williams to the Carolina Hurricanes for Danny Markov.

2. 19-Mar-02: Washington Capitals traded Adam Oates to the Philadelphia Flyers for Maxime Ouellet, a 1st (later traded to Dallas - Martin Vagner), a 2nd (Maxime Daigneault) and a 3rd (Derek Krestanovich) round selections in 2002.

3. Aug-01: Philadelphia Flyers traded Eric Lindros to the New York Rangers for Jan Hlavac, Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl and a 3rd round selection (Stefan Ruzicka) in 2003. (Held onto the Big E too long and brought down the value of his asset by constant criticism and battles in the press)

4. 16-Jul-98: John Vanbiesbrouk signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia Flyers (This wasn't a trade but the Flyers decided on Beezer over Cujo)

5. 17-Jan-98: Ottawa Senators traded Alexandre Daigle to the Philadelphia Flyers for Vaclav Prospal, Pat Falloon and 2nd round selection (previously acquired from the Dallas Stars - Chris Bala) in 1998.

6. 16-Dec-03: Edmonton Oilers traded Mike Comrie to the Philadelphia Flyers for Jeff Woywitka, a 1st round selection (Robbie Schremp) in 2004 and a 3rd round selection (Danny Syvret) in 2005.

7. 20-Jan-06: Phoenix Coyotes traded Petr Nedved and future considerations to the Philadelphia Flyers for Dennis Seidenberg.