How Trading Martin St. Louis Lead To Back To Back Stanley Cups for The Lightning | Trade Trees

Steve Dangle breaks down how trading away Martin St. Louis to the New York Rangers hugely benefitted both teams in the deal but, ultimately lead to the Lightning capturing back to back Stanley Cups.
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[manzac]

A lot of people forgot that Martin St. Louis won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in the 2003-04 season, the same year that they won their first Stanley Cup.

[zunkersgaming]

It was a recent trade, but I'll be curious what the Ryan McDonagh trade tree from the Rangers to the Lightning will look like in the future. These two teams sure do like to trade.

[Ryanwoito]

Callahan was traded to Ottawa not Florida. But always love the trade trees there a lot of fun!

[jarmokarila]

Tampa with Dvorak, Aho and Demko as a backup sounds like my worst nightmare as a Panthers fan.

[jlim_]

this isn't even the longest trade tree that was vital to those back to back Lightning cups. Trading Dan Boyle to San Jose ultimately led to the pick that they used for Andrei Vasilevskiy.

[ArmandoG]

What a great video Steve. Marty is still beloved here in Tampa and Cally is a great Tampa resident with his foundation. We would have won the triple but we really missed Yanni

[dboot]

As a rangers fan, I got choked up every single time I see the Mother’s Day goal. It brings me right back. The emotion… him banging his stick around and screaming the way he did, I believe he also picked that puck up and kept it.

[PolishCarbon]

Jason Arnott and Bryan Muir to New Jersey for Bill Guerin and Valeri Zelepukin. Huge trade tree that is still active. Hope you will cover it eventually

[ianstephenson]

One last killer here: Cirelli was taken with an Islanders draft pick, and he scored the goal to eliminate them from the playoffs in 2020.

[mathwiz]

Scoring in the playoffs, on Mother’s Day, shortly after his mother died…..

His mother, in spirit, probably helped him score that goal. I would believe it if that was the case. ❤

[remi-D]

Yzerman should’ve gotten fleeced. He had 1 team to deal too. He’s a literal wizard and it’s had me scared for the Red Wings future for awhile now. He’s slowly building them up to be elite.

[GeoFitz]

I have a little gripe with one thing Steve, because Daniel Walcott deserved better in the video. He's a consummate pro and leader in the AHL, and that one game you referenced at the end of 2020-21 was also the first time in NHL history that a team iced a line with three black players, as he lined up next to Gemel Smith and Mathieu Joseph.

[jonathanalfano]

One correction here. Tampa traded Callahan to Ottawa, not Florida

[brandyndaigneault]

- Phil Esposito to Boston from Chicago
- Chris Pronger (pick) to Hartford from San Jose
- Rod Langway to Washington from Montreal

[waynestell]

With the 2023 5th round pick the Jets acquired from the Rangers, they used that pick to select Thomas Milic, a goaltender from the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL). And the Rangers used that 2023 6th round pick they acquired from Winnipeg to select Dylan Roobroeck, a center from the Oshawa Generals (OHL).

[alexanderfysh]

I remember shortly after this trade happened I got into an argument with an older dude in my ball League about St. Louis. He felt that St. Louis, by being bitter about his GM snubbing him, was somehow being unpatriotic, which for this guy was one of the worst things you could be. I thought this was a pretty dumb take, and I told him so. St. Louis got initially left of that team cuz of his age and size. The only two things he could overcome. Every metric within in his control he demolished. Also, how are you unpatriotic by wanting to represent your country? I think playing with a chip on his shoulder was one of the things that made St. Louis great, so why would he swallow his pride when his GM didn't believe in him?

[tmoore]

TBL did not miss the playoffs in 2014. They had 101 points and were 2nd in the Atlantic.

[stentorofsparta]

Marty St. Louis, the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks flames.

[JPMadden]

I always rooted for Martin St. Louis, because he attended my alma mater, the University of Vermont, where he and teammates Eric Perrin and Tim Thomas rewrote the school record book. All struggled to make the NHL, and only Thomas was drafted (217th in 1994). Perrin had only 3 seasons in the NHL, but played professionally until 2019, mostly in Finland. I saw Martin St. Louis play for the Flames early in his career; I hoped he would make it but never imagined the HHOF.

[tommyp]

As a Red Wings fan, I personally feel that trading a first for Kyle Quincey helped the Bolts win back to back ships