Kovalchuk To Jersey Might Be The Stupidest Hockey Trade Ever - Habs Eyes On The Prize How it looks, is that Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has paid the rental player rate for a player who essentially becomes just that. He's also gone out and gotten the most ill fitting player his team could have in terms of system adherence. The always defensively conscious Devils have now a player who rarely commits himself to his own end.

Sounds like a topic for a poll to me. We have one nomination, Kovalchuk to New Jersey. The comments from the Habs blog (link above) nominate Thornton to the Sharks. But I'm sure we all have our favorites. Dump yours in the comments and I'll put 'em in a poll so we can get to the bottom of this.

Here's what I have so far (alphabetical order, sorted by idiot team), but please fill in the numerous blanks. [UPDATE: lots of great suggestions have been added; thanks! Keep them coming. In a couple of days, we'll roll out the first of four polls, to select the worst trade pre-1979, to be followed by polls for 1980-89, 90-99 and 00-present, and then we'll poll the winners off each other, sort of Sweet 16 style. Then we'll finally know...]

UPDATE 2: The first poll (1962-1979) is here. The second poll (1980-1989) is here.