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OilersNation Top 25 of 2020: #8 — The Mark Messier trade chain continues with Andreas Athanasiou
Andreas Athanasiou
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Zach Laing
Dec 18, 2020, 17:19 ESTUpdated: Dec 18, 2020, 17:38 EST
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Welcome to the yearly wrap up of the top read articles over the last year!
If there’s been one interesting to story to follow over the last few decades in Edmonton it’s the Mark Messier trade tree.
And on Feb. 26, Cam Lewis broke down the latest branch of the tree with it being the eighth most-read article this year.
Messier was dealt at the beginning of the 1991-92 season to the New York Rangers for Bernie Nicholls, Louie DeBrusk and Steven Rice. Over the years it led to the Chris Pronger trade and later the drafting of Jordan Eberle and Oscar Klefbom — the latter now being the only remaining player from that tree.
Here’s some of what Lewis wrote:
So, to recap, we’ve started with Pronger and since Smid and Lupul’s parts of the chain have come to an end, we’re left with Eberle. Eberle was a key member of H.O.P.E during Edmonton’s Oil Change. He would play seven seasons here, recording 382 points. After the 2017 playoff run, Eberle was shipped to the Islanders in exchange for Ryan Strome. After just a few months, Strome was sent to the Rangers for Ryan Spooner, who was flipped to the Canucks for Sam Gagner.
And here we are now. Gagner was added to the deal with Detroit in order to make the salary cap stuff all work out. Andreas Athanasiou wasn’t even born when Messier got dealt to the Rangers, but, through a long, winding series of other trades, that deal has ultimately led to him becoming an Edmonton Oiler.
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