Chicago Blackhawks: Five Worst Trades In Recent History

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2. January 25th, 1997 — Ed Belfour to the San Jose Sharks for Chris Terreri, Michal Sykora and Ulf Dahlen
Another one of those genius mid-90s trades that the Blackhawks made that, in hindsight, just gives fans headaches.
In seven-plus seasons with the Blackhawks, Belfour as a five-time All-Star, a three-time Jennings Trophy winner, a Calder Trophy winner and a two-time Vezina Trophy winner. That’s pretty darn hard to top as far as seven-plus-year spans go for goaltenders.
He was having a great season in 1996-97 when he was inexplicably dealt for goaltender Terreri, Sykora and Dahlen.
If a team were to trade a goaltender as accomplished as Belfour, the return on the trade has to be an absolute gold mine, right? Right?!?
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Wrong. Very wrong.
Terreri went on to only play 28 games for the Blackawks and compiled a dinky .904 save percentage in that time. Sykora scored a remarkably lackluster 14 points in only 56 career games with the Blackhawks. Dahlen recorded a decent 14 points in only 30 games with the Hawks. Only 30 games, though? Yikes!
The Blackhawks brass must have legitimately thought that great goaltenders actually grew on trees. I mean, it wasn’t that long before this that the Blackhawks traded away Dominik Hasek. Either that, or they were actively trying to lose.
This trade made and still makes no sense.
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