Few trades in recent memory have been as jaw-droppingly awesome as the seven-player blockbuster last July between the Dallas Stars and the Boston Bruins. An honest-to-God hockey trade that was headlined by emerging star Tyler Seguin and long-time stalwart Loui Eriksson, the deal provided the kind of drama that most NHL moves lack: huge risk, massive reward, high-end talent and a surprisingly long list of players moving in both directions.
The deal was notable, too, for its authors.
On the one side, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli is well-established as one of the league’s best; Boston won the 2011 Stanley Cup and has been perhaps the most dominant team in the Eastern Conference over the last half-decade.
On the other side, Jim Nill was a newcomer prior to the trade but a highly respected hockey mind who had served a long apprenticeship with the always impressive Detroit Red Wings.
It was certainly the kind of deal that could only have been made by two men supremely confident in their organizations and their own abilities. Boston dealt a potential franchise talent, while Dallas moved one of its most ...
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