Okay, so this list was supposed to be published after the trade deadline, but that didn’t work out so good. Thus the use of boilerplate text on both posts. Anyway, you know the drill: anyone who was Habs property at some point who played a game in the NHL is on the list with their post-trade deadline team. Note the retirements of Craig Conroy, Robert Lang, Donald Brashear, and Mathieu Schneider; Mark Recchi has since followed. This will also be the last list to use the old Thrashers logo, with that team becoming the Winnipeg Jets II earlier this month.
The companion ex-Oilers post can be found here.
| Player | Team | Acquired | Departed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francois Beauchemin |  |
Draft (3/75, ’98) | Waivers (CBJ, ’04) |
| Kyle Chipchura | |
Draft (1/18, ’04) | Trade (ANA, ’09): for 4/??? ’11 |
| Dan Ellis | |
Trade (NSH, ’10): with D. Boyd for S. Kostitsyn | FA (TBL, ’10) |
| Saku Koivu | |
Draft (1/21, ’93) | FA (ANA, ’09) |
| Brett Festerling1 |  |
Trade (ANA, ’10): with 5/??? ’12 for M. Lapierre | Trade (ATL, ’11): for D. MacIntyre |
| Ron Hainsey | |
Draft (1/13, ’00) | Waivers (CBJ, ’05) |
| 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 Conroy1 |  |
Draft (6/123, ’90) | Trade (STL, ’96): with P. Turgeon and R. Fitzpatrick for M. Baron, S. Corson, and 5/122 ’97 (G. Razin) |
| Tom Kostopoulos | |
FA (LAK, ’07) | FA (CAR, ’09) |
| Raitis Ivanans1 | |
FA (AHL, ’04) | FA (LAK, ’06) |
| Alex Tanguay1 | |
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) |
| Shawn Belle1 |  |
Trade (MIN, ’08): for C. Locke | FA (EDM, ’10) |
| Ryan O’Byrne | |
Draft (3/79, ’03) | Trade (COL, ’10): for M. Bournival |
| Mathieu Garon |  |
Draft (2/44, ’96) | Trade (LAK, ’04): with 3/95 ’04 (P. Baier) for R. Bonk and C. Huet |
| Craig Rivet1 | |
Draft (3/68, ’92) | Trade (SJS, ’07): with 5/146 ’08 (J. Demers) for J. Gorges and 1/22 ’07 (M. Pacioretty) |
| 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 Souray1 |  |
Trade (NJD, ’00): with J. DeWolf and 2/61 ’01 (A. Holmqvist, TBL) for V. Malakhov | FA (EDM, ’07) |
| Sergei Samsonov |  |
FA (EDM, ’06) | Trade (CHI, ’07): for J. Cullimore and T. Salmelainen |
| Tomas Vokoun | |
Draft (9/226, ’94) | Expansion Draft (NSH, ’98) |
| Guillaume Latendresse |  |
Draft (2/45, ’05) | Trade (MIN, ’09): for B. Pouliot |
| Jose Theodore | |
Draft (2/44, ’94) | Trade (COL, ’06): for D. Aebischer |
| Paul Mara |  |
FA (NYR, ’09) | FA (ANA, ’10) |
| Steve Begin1 |  |
Waivers (BUF, ’03) | Trade (DAL, ’09): for D. Janik |
| Francis Bouillon1 | |
FA (IHL, ’98) | Waivers (NSH, ’02) |
| Waivers (NSH, ’02) | FA (NSH, ’09) | ||
| Sergei Kostitsyn | |
Draft (7/200, ’05) | Trade (NSH, ’10): for D. Boyd, D. Ellis |
| Dainius 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 Streit1 |  |
Draft (9/262, ’04) | FA (NYI, ’08) |
| Ryan McDonagh |  |
Draft (1/12, ’07) | Trade (NYR, ’09): with C. Higgins and P. Valentenko for S. Gomez, T. Pyatt, and M. Busto |
| Matt Carkner |  |
Draft (2/58, ’99) | FA (SJS, ’01) |
| Corey Locke | |
Draft (4/113, ’03) | Trade (MIN, ’08): for S. Belle |
| Michael Leighton1 |  |
Waivers (PHI, ’07) | Trade (CAR, ’07): for 7/192 ’07 (S. Kishel) |
| Alexei Kovalev |  |
Trade (NYR, ’04): for J. Balej and 2/51 ’04 (B. Graham) | FA (OTT, ’09) |
| Matt d’Agostini |  |
Draft (6/190, ’05) | Trade (STL, ’10): for A. Palushaj |
| Jaroslav Halak | |
Draft (9/271, ’03) | Trade (STL, ’10): for L. Eller and I. Schultz |
| Marc-Andre Bergeron |  |
FA (MIN, ’09) | FA (TBL, ’11) |
| Brett Clark | |
Draft (6/154, ’96) | Expansion Draft (ATL, ’99) |
| Cédrick Desjardins1 | |
FA (QMJHL, ’06) | Trade (TBL, ’10): for K. Rammo |
| Dominic Moore | |
Trade (FLA, ’10): for 2/?? ’11 | FA (TBL, ’10) |
| 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) |
| Christopher Higgins |  |
Draft (1/14, ’02) | Trade (NYR, ’09): with R. McDonagh and P. Valentenko for S. Gomez, T. Pyatt, and M. Busto |
| Maxim Lapierre | |
Draft (2/61, ’03) | Trade (ANA, ’10): for B. Festerling and 5/??? ’12 |
1 Not currently on active roster.
The current distribution, as of the trade deadline:
- 3 teams have four (ANA, CGY, TBL)
- 1 teams has three (NSH)
- 11 teams have two (ATL, BOS, COL, CBJ, DAL, FLA, MIN, OTT, STL, TOR, VAN)
- 8 teams have one (DET, EDM, MTL, NJD, NYR, NYI, PHI, PIT)
- 7 teams have none (BUF, CAR, CHI, LAK, PHX, SJS, WAS)
Whereas the Oilers had a ton of teams with just one ex, the Habs have a ton of teams with two and a bunch more with none. I could be more insightful, but since this post is four months late, I’d rather just kick it out the door and put actual thought in come October.
[...] The companion list of ex-Habs can be found here. [...]
Changes thus far: