Here are top five best trades in Phoenix Coyotes history (These trades do not include any trades from the Winnipeg Jets era).
Best Trades
5. Phoenixtrades Georges Laraque to Pittsburghfor Daniel Carcillo and a 2008 third round pick.
When this trade happened I didn’t have a clue who Daniel Carcillo was and now it is hard not to notice him. Carcillo made an immediate impact when he arrived on the desert.
He recorded seven points in 18 games with the Coyotes. In this same time he established himself as one of the toughest guys in the league.
In his first full season as a Coyote he led the league in penalty minutes in just 57 games played. He also added 24 points.
Carcillo has proven that he is not just a fighter but a goal scorer too. The Coyotes think he can be a 30+ goal scorer in this league and so do I.
Georges Laraque did add experience to a young Penguins lineup but nothing more than that. He would stay with Pittsburgh for one more season before signing with Montreal in 2008 as a free agent.
4. Phoenixtrades Erik Westrum and Dustin Wood to Minnesotafor Zbynek Michalek.
In Michalek the Coyotes got a great defender with a nice offensive upside. Michalek only had 22 games of NHL experience to his credit prior to the trade but the Coyotes saw something in him that no other team did.
For a guy who wasn’t even drafted he has already defied the odds. He has become one of the Coyotes top defenders and should be for years to come.
Westrum has since become a career minor leaguer who currently plays in Europe. Wood has yet to play a NHL game and it appears he likely never will.
3. Phoenix trades Sean Burke, Branko Radivojevic, and Ben Eager to Philadelphiafor Mike Comrie.
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4 months ago
Good compilation here Cam...the only problem i have is that i think the Comrie trade should be off the list and the reason is because this. Carcillo and Michalek are still both on the team and the fact the potential is there for both of them to have a profound impact on this team's future is more than enough to put thm at 3 and 4. Put the Jokinen trade at 5 because of the potential that there is for it. But I think the greatest acquisition in Coyotes history could end up being Bryzgalov...
4 months ago
Good points Chris. I knew I would get some heat for putting Comrie on the list. I always liked Comrie when he was with the Coyotes. You have to admit he was one of our top players for a couple of seasons. Getting Bryzgalov off waivers is probaly one of the best steals of all time or at least that what it looks like.
from 4 months ago
Comrie was a good player with the Coyotes, no doubt, and trading him away to Ottawa for nothing more than a prospect who probably won't play in the NHL in Alexei Kaigorodov is a shame because the Coyotes could have waited until the deadline and probably have gotten more for him. He had a good stay in Phoenix but letting him go was no big deal for me.
4 months ago
I aldo think they should have waited until the trade deadline to deal him. I feel like we just threw him away for nothing.
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