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NHL Trade Deadline: Ranking every team’s worst ever trade

By David Rouben

SACRAMENTO, CA - APRIL 3: Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings in action against the Edmonton Oilers at the Arco Arena on April 3, 1994 in Sacramento, California. The Kings defeated the Oilers 6-1. (Photo by Rocky Widner/Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA - APRIL 3: Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings in action against the Edmonton Oilers at the Arco Arena on April 3, 1994 in Sacramento, California. The Kings defeated the Oilers 6-1. (Photo by Rocky Widner/Getty Images) /
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Feb 14, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (30) sits on the puck during the first period at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 14, 2016; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop (30) sits on the puck during the first period at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

28: Ottawa Senators

Bonus points for this one since it was a deadline deal. While he was still relatively unproven, the Senators traded away one of the best goaltenders in the league for a center currently playing in Switzerland and a fourth-round draft pick. Nobody could’ve predicted it turning out like this at the time, with some people lauding the Senators for this deal.

At the time, it made sense. The Senators already had Craig Anderson who was leading the league in save percentage. They traded a depth player for a promising rookie in Cory Conacher and a fourth-round draft pick. How did Conacher pan out for the Sens? Well, he had 25 points in two combined seasons including a dreadful 20 in 60 games in 2013-14 before they placed him on waivers. He currently plays for SC Bern out in the Swiss League.

Bishop, meanwhile, had a resurgence in Tampa Bay. In his first full season there, he backstopped the Lightning to second in their division despite missing Steven Stamkos for nearly half the season. He was nominated for the Vezina until he got hurt before the playoffs. The next season, when he was healthy for the playoffs, he brought the Lightning all the way to the Stanley Cup Final and came within two wins of beating the Chicago Blackhawks.

Oh, and that fourth-round pick the Senators received turned into Tobias Lindberg who they were lucky to have fall that far considering his pre-draft numbers. But now they’ve lost him too when he was included in the Dion Phaneuf deal meaning that the Senators have literally nothing left to show for the Ben Bishop trade.

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