Nationwide Hockey League followers who love blockbuster trades have had loads to be blissful about on June 29 through the years. There was an action-packed day in 2016, and two Corridor of Famers had been traded to their hometowns in 1990. So let’s start our each day journey again in time to get pleasure from all the very best moments this date has to supply.
A Loopy 23 Minutes
The information couldn’t break quick sufficient on June 29, 2016, throughout one of many craziest 23-minute intervals in current league historical past. The motion began when the New Jersey Devils acquired Taylor Corridor from the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Adam Larsson.
In his second season with Devils, Corridor received the Hart Trophy for being voted because the NHL’s most respected participant. He scored a career-high 39 targets and 93 factors to assist the Devils attain the Stanley Cup playoffs for the primary time since 2012. He was traded to the Arizona Coyotes in December 2020 and had stints with the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins.
Earlier than the mud settled on this deal, 20 minutes later, the Nashville Predators traded long-time captain Shea Weber to the Montreal Canadiens for P.Okay. Subban. The Predators and Subban made it to the 2017 Stanley Cup Remaining, however he was ultimately traded to the Devils following the 2018-19 season. Weber, when wholesome, has been a been issue on the Canadiens’ blue line and has been a giant half of their run to the 2021 Stanley Cup Remaining.
The hits saved coming, three minutes later, when Steven Stamkos determined to re-sign with the Tampa Bay Lightning. This put an finish to a yr’s value of hypothesis of the place the pending unrestricted free agent would find yourself. Many felt he would return house and play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, however, ultimately, he by no means hit the free-agent market.
One other Huge Commerce for Canadiens
Subban wasn’t the one Norris Trophy-winning defenseman the Canadiens traded away on this date. On June 29, 1990, they dealt Chris Chelios to the Chicago Blackhawks for Denis Savard in a one-for-one swap of future Corridor of Famers.
Savard, who had 5 100-point seasons with the Blackhawks, by no means scored greater than 70 factors in his three seasons with the Canadiens. He was a part of the 1993 Stanley Cup championship group, the place he had fives assists in 14 playoff video games. He signed as a free agent with the Lightning in the summertime of 1993 earlier than being traded again to Chicago in 1995.
In the meantime, Chelios turned a hockey legend in his hometown of Chicago. He performed in 664 video games for the Blackhawks, scoring 92 targets and 487 factors to go together with a plus-120 ranking. He received the Norris Trophy, for being the highest defenseman within the league, in 1993 and 1996 and helped the Blackhawks attain the 1992 Stanley Cup Remaining. Chelios remained with the group till he was traded to the Detroit Purple Wings in March of 1999.
Odds & Ends
On June 29, 1967, the growth St. Louis Blues employed former star defenseman Doug Harvey as the pinnacle coach of the Kansas Metropolis Blues, their minor-league affiliate within the Central Hockey League (CHL). Harvey later got here out of retirement to play for the Blues throughout the 1968 postseason and performed the complete 1968-69 season on the age of 44.
Did You Know? Doug Harvey is the one defenseman in NHL historical past to play a sport within the #StanleyCup Remaining at age 42 or older.
Harvey was 43 when he skated for the Blues within the 1968 Remaining vs. MTL. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/lWp144yxRj
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) Might 26, 2019
The Purple Wings named Doug Barkley as their new head coach on June 29, 1975. He changed Alex Delvecchio, who gave up his teaching duties to concentrate on being the group’s normal supervisor. Nevertheless, he was again behind the bench after he fired Barkley simply 26 video games into the 1975-76 season.
Talking of the Purple Wings, they acquired goaltender Mike Vernon on June 29, 1994, from the Calgary Flames for defenseman Steve Chiasson. Vernon spent three seasons in Detroit and led them to the Stanley Cup in 1997, their first championship since 1955.
On June 29, 2001, the Philadelphia Flyers introduced that that they had reached an settlement to signal free agent Jeremy Roenick, who had been with the Phoenix Coyotes. Roenick formally signed three days later. He performed 216 video games over three seasons with the Flyers, scoring 67 targets and 173 factors.
The Washington Capitals named Todd Reirden as their new head coach on June 29, 2018. He took over for Barry Trotz, who resigned as head coach simply 11 days after the Capitals received their first Stanley Cup in franchise historical past. Reirden turned the primary head coach to take over the defending Stanly Cup champions since 2002 when Dave Lewis changed Scotty Bowman in Detroit after he retired.
On June 29, 2021, the NHL handed out its 5 main awards as Connor McDavid walked away with each the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Memorial Trophy after a 2020-21 marketing campaign that noticed him file 105 factors in solely 56 video games. It was the third time that he had eclipsed the century mark (which he did once more in 2021-22). The day additionally noticed Marc-Andre Fleury seize his first Vezina Trophy after 17 years within the NHL, as he completed the season with a glowing 1.98 goals-against common and .928 save proportion together with six shutouts.
Additionally on today in 2021, Adam Fox made historical past by turning into the primary participant to ever win the Norris Trophy because the NHL’s prime defenseman regardless of being on a non-playoff group (New York Rangers). The sophomore blueliner completed second in defensive scoring with 47 factors and was the primary Ranger to win the award since Brian Leetch did it in 1973.
Lastly, Kirill Kaprizov started his rise to stardom in 2020-21 by successful the Calder Trophy after main all rookies with 27 targets and 51 factors. Regardless of worries about his contract within the offseason, he returned to the NHL with a bang in 2021-22, recording 47 targets and 108 factors and breaking a number of Minnesota Wild information within the course of.
Completely satisfied Birthday to You
Theoren Fleury was born on June 29, 1968. He slipped all the way in which to the eighth spherical of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft due to his small dimension. He made his NHL debut halfway by way of the 1988-89 season and have become a key a part of the Flames’ Stanley Cup championship. He completed his 15-season profession with 455 targets and 1,088 factors in 1,084 video games for the Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, and Blackhawks.
Former defenseman and head coach Craig Hartsburg was born on June 29, 1959. He performed 570 video games for the Minnesota North Stars after drafting him sixth total on the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. He obtained an awesome present for his 36th birthday, on June 29, 1995, when the Blackhawks named him the 30th head coach in group historical past, changing Darryl Sutter, who had resigned a month earlier. He lasted three seasons behind the bench earlier than he was changed by Dirk Graham precisely three years later, on his 39th birthday.
Different gamers celebrating a birthday in the present day embrace Rick Smith (76), Brian Lawton (59) and Mile Sillinger (53).
*Initially constructed by Greg Boysen
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