Back in February, I went through the NHL and found all the ex-Oilers I could, and how they came to and left the team. For a follow-up, I decided to go through the ex-Habs, to see if I could find any sort of similarities or patterns in how they left the team. This list only considers players who played at least one NHL game in 2009-10, and is only up to date as of the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
| Player | Team | Acquired | Departed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Chipchura |  |
Draft (1/18, ’04) | Trade (ANA, ’09): for 4/??? ’11 |
| Saku Koivu | |
Draft (1/21, ’93) | FA (ANA, ’09) |
| Chris Chelios |  |
Draft (2/40, ’81) | Trade (CHI, ’90): with 2/39 ’91 (M. Pomichter) for D. Savard |
| Ron Hainsey | |
Draft (1/13, ’00) | Waivers (CBJ, ’05) |
| Steve Begin |  |
Waivers (BUF, ’03) | Trade (DAL, ’09): for D. Janik |
| Mark Recchi | |
Trade (PHI, ’95): with 3/74 ’95 (M. Hohenberger) for E. Desjardins, G. Dionne, and J. LeClair | Trade (PHI, ’99): for D. Zubrus, 2/58 ’99 (M. Carkner) and 6/172 ’00 (S. Selig) |
| Michael Ryder | |
Draft (8/216, ’98) | FA (BOS, ’08) |
| Craig Rivet |  |
Draft (3/68, ’92) | Trade (SJS, ’07): with 5/146 ’08 (J. Demers) for J. Gorges and 1/22 ’07 (M. Pacioretty) |
| Craig Conroy |  |
Draft (6/123, ’90) | Trade (STL, ’96): with P. Turgeon and R. Fitzpatrick for M. Baron, S. Corson, and 5/122 ’97 (G. Razin) |
| Christopher Higgins | |
Draft (1/14, ’02) | Trade (NYR, ’09): with R. McDonagh and P. Valentenko for S. Gomez, T. Pyatt, and M. Busto |
| Tom Kostopoulos |  |
FA (LAK, ’07) | FA (CAR, ’09) |
| Sergei Samsonov | |
FA (EDM, ’06) | Trade (CHI, ’07): for J. Cullimore and T. Salmelainen |
| Christobal Huet |  |
Trade (LAK, ’04): with R. Bonk for M. Garon and 3/95 ’04 (P. Baier) | Trade (WSH, ’08): for 2/45 ’09 (J. Morin, ATL) |
| Brett Clark |  |
Draft (6/154, ’96) | Expansion Draft (ATL, ’99) |
| Darcy Tucker | |
Draft (6/151, ’93) | Trade (TBL, ’98): with S. Richer and D. Wilkie for P. Poulin, M. Vukota, and I. Ulanov |
| Mathieu Garon |  |
Draft (2/44, ’96) | Trade (LAK, ’04): with 3/95 ’04 (P. Baier) for R. Bonk and C. Huet |
| Mike Ribiero |  |
Draft (2/45, ’98) | Trade (DAL, ’06): with 6/176 ’08 (M. Tassone) for J. Niinimaa and 5/142 ’07 (A. Conboy) |
| Stephane Robidas | |
Draft (7/164, ’95) | Waivers (ATL, ’02) |
| Doug Janik1 |  |
Trade (DAL, ’09): for S. Begin | FA (DET, ’09) |
| Sheldon Souray |  |
Trade (NJD, ’00): with J. DeWolf and 2/61 ’01 (A. Holmqvist, TBL) for V. Malakhov | FA (EDM, ’07) |
| Tomas Vokoun |  |
Draft (9/226, ’94) | Expansion Draft (NSH, ’98) |
| Raitis Ivanans |  |
FA (AHL, ’04) | FA (LAK, ’06) |
| Guillaume Latendresse |  |
Draft (2/45, ’05) | Trade (MIN, ’09): for B. Pouliot |
| Francis Bouillon |  |
FA (IHL, ’98) | Waivers (NSH, ’02) |
| Waivers (NSH, ’02) | FA (NSH, ’09) | ||
| Ben Guite1 | |
Draft (7/172, ’97) | FA (NYI, ’01) |
| Yann Danis |  |
FA (NCAA, ’04) | FA (NYI, ’08) |
| Dainus Zubrus | |
Trade (PHI, ’99): with 2/58 ’99 (M. Carkner) and 6/172 ’00 (S. Selig) for M. Recchi | Trade (WSH, ’01): with T. Linden and 2/61 ’01 (A. Holmqvist, TBL) for R. Zednik, J. Bulis, and 1/25 ’01 (A. Perezhogin) |
| Mark Streit |  |
Draft (9/262, ’04) | FA (NYI, ’08) |
| Donald Brashear |  |
FA (QMJHL, ’92) | Trade (VAN, ’96): for J. Cullimore |
| Corey Locke1 | |
Draft (4/113, ’03) | Trade (MIN, ’08): for S. Belle |
| Matt Carkner |  |
Draft (2/58, ’99) | FA (SJS, ’01) |
| Alexei Kovalev | |
Trade (NYR, ’04): for J. Balej and 2/51 ’04 (B. Graham) | FA (OTT, ’09) |
| Michael Leighton |  |
Waivers (PHI, ’07) | Trade (CAR, ’07): for 7/192 ’07 (S. Kishel) |
| Robert Lang |  |
Trade (CHI, ’08): for 2/32 ’10 (J. Knight, BOS) | FA (PHX, ’09) |
| Mathieu Schneider | |
Draft (3/44, ’87) | Trade (NYI, ’95): with K. Muller and C. Darby for P. Turgeon and V. Malakhov |
| Trade (ATL, ’09): with 3/65 ’09 (J. Nattinen) for 2/45 ’09 (J. Morin) and 3/87 ’10 (J. Melchiori) | FA (VAN, ’09) | ||
| Jay Leach1 |  |
Waivers (NJD, ’09) | Waivers (SJS, ’09) |
| Matt d’Agostini |  |
Draft (6/190, ’05) | Trade (STL, ’10): for A. Palushaj |
| Alex Tanguay |  |
Trade (CGY, ’08): with 5/138 ’08 (M. Trunev) for 1/25 ’08 (G. Nemisz) and 2/49 ’09 (S. Elliott, COL) | FA (TBL, ’09) |
| Francois Beauchemin |  |
Draft (3/75, ’98) | Waivers (CBJ, ’04) |
| Andre Deveaux | |
Draft (6/182, ’02) | FA (TBL, ’04) |
| Mikhail Grabovski | |
Draft (5/150, ’04) | Trade (TOR, ’08): for G. Pateryn and 2/32 ’10 (J. Knight, BOS) |
| Mike Komisarek | |
Draft (1/7, ’01) | FA (TOR, ’09) |
| Jose Theodore |  |
Draft (2/44, ’94) | Trade (COL, ’06): for D. Aebischer |
1 Not currently on active roster.
The final tally, at the end of the playoffs:
- 1 team has four (TOR)
- 1 team has three (BOS)
- 11 teams have two (ANA, ATL, CGY, CAR, COL, DAL, NSH, NJD, NYR, OTT, PHX)
- 14 teams have one (BUF, CHI, CBJ, DET, EDM, FLA, LAK, MIN, NYI, PHI, SJS, STL, TBL, WSH)
- 3 teams have none (MTL, PIT, VAN)
A much more even spread than we saw with the Oilers, excepting the fact that the two teams with the most ex-Habs are the team’s two traditional rivals, Toronto (four!) and Boston (three). Worst of all, all four ex-Hab Leafs are Habs picks, though to be fair, two of them (Beauchemin and Deveaux) combined for one game in le tricolore, so it’s not so bad. Additionally, only two active players have recorded two separate stints as a Hab: Francis Bouillon, who did a bit of waiver-swapping with Nashville back in ’02, and Matheiu Schneider, who came “home” after nearly 15 years as a nomad to play a supporting role in the ’09 playoffs, before returning to his roaming ways for at least another season. At some point in the summer, I may yet look back on how players left each team, and see if there’s anything useful to be learned from it (probably not without a bigger sample, but I’m not sure I’m interested in doing this for a third team). I may keep on keeping track, so…check back in October? Maybe?
Finally, since the playoffs, we’ve already had movement on two guys:
| Player | Team | Acquired | Departed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaroslav Halak | |
Draft (9/271, ’03) | Trade (STL, ’10): for L. Eller and I. Schultz |
| Sergei Kostitsyn | |
Draft (7/200, ’05) | Trade (NSH, ’10): with futures for D. Boyd, D. Ellis, and futures |
