In the fashion of my favorite sports columnist, Peter King, a factoid that may interest only me.
In 1992 the Quebec Nordiques worked out a trade for Eric Lindros TWICE, they traded him to both the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers.
An abitrator was brought in to resolve the situation and decide which team now owned the rights to Lindros.
This was the part I found interesting- the name of that guy with the task of deciding who would get "The Next One", was a guy named Larry Bertuzzi (the name still rings a bell). Now, a mere 15 years later, I discover it was the Uncle of future NHLer, Todd Bertuzzi.
It's a small world after all.
2007-07-12 14:22:08 · 11 answers · asked by Bob Loblaw 7 in Sports ➔ Hockey
wdx-yeah, i see your point but I find this more ironic. Of course hockey players and their families being around each other, relationships will develop-it is a given. Bobby Clarke is the father in law of Peter White. Shane Corson and Darcy Tucker are brother-in-laws. In this instance though, Larry Bertuzzi had no connection to hockey.
2007-07-12 14:38:20 · update #1
Zapcity-if "ifs and buts" were candy and nuts............. Patrick Roy was the missing piece for Colorado.
2007-07-12 14:41:29 · update #2
That is interesting. The week leading up to that I was in Lake Placid for the USA Hockey Eastern Regional Officials camp. We had 5 Philly guys and 3 North Jersey/NYC officials in the camp and we busted each other's chops all week waiting for Bertuzzi's decision. When the Flyers won the decision, we definitely thought we had gotten the better end of the deal and let them know about it. Boy were we wrong!
2007-07-12 16:34:38 · answer #1 · answered by Lubers25 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting, Bob.
I found the true irony to be the fact that both Quebec (Colorado) and NY won cups after that fiasco, while Philly managed a cup of coffee in the finals. LOL
This actually goes back to Snoop's question a while back about 'what ifs'. If the Rangers get Lindros, Messier and Graves never get to NY and the Flyers probably win the cup.
2007-07-12 21:33:36 · answer #2 · answered by zapcity29 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One thing you'll find in hockey is that it's a pretty small universe. Most of the players come out of the same type of economic demographic in Canada, so there's a lot of connections like that which come up -- and not just the usual father-son stories, although there are plenty of those. Danny Gare's in-law is Tom Renney.
And it's not just hockey. I remember hearing that when Igor Larionov first came to Vancouver, he was very impressed to learn about a sports writer's next door neighbor when growing up -- singer Bryan Adams.
2007-07-12 21:31:07 · answer #3 · answered by wdx2bb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
arhhhhhhhh! omg > it's a small world after all
shyte I worked 18 m as a ride op for that ride..that song is the devil
Yeah that is an interesiting tidbit about Larry and Todd.
C.Perry got the 1st and last goal of the season for the Ducks .weird huh?
2007-07-12 21:42:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. I forgot about the twice traded thing. If you were doing a david Letterman top ten list why Bobby Clarke should be fired, would this be number one?
2007-07-12 23:18:50 · answer #5 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
say i bet the nordiques got the better end of the deal. forsberg got 2 cups with the avs and what does lindros have? i can't remember and i don't think eric lindros can either!
2007-07-12 21:27:39 · answer #6 · answered by sshueman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The worst trade in Flyers history.
2007-07-12 22:31:54 · answer #7 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
want a sorta similar tidbit
Mark Recchi and John Leclair were once traded for each other.
2007-07-13 01:54:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did his uncle paralyze someone too?
2007-07-12 21:29:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That is so strange.
2007-07-12 21:24:51 · answer #10 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋