He enjoyed six seasons in the top 10 in goals and four seasons in the top 10 in points, plus/minus, power play tallies, goals per game, and hat tricks. The full trade: The Flyers receive … Parent was much more polished and determined as he spent the next six seasons in Philadelphia.

This Date in #Habs History: June 5, 1993 – John LeClair scored 34 seconds into OT to beat the @LAKings 4-3 in Los Angeles in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup … Enduring a miserable 40th anniversary season, Paul Holmgren sent his best player, Forsberg, and his lingering foot issues to the Nashville Predators. During this time, he was also a member of the 1998 U.S. Olympic teams.Even though he’d never reach 50 goals again, LeClair continued to be highly productive — he recorded 90 points in 1998-99 and 77 in 1999-2000, his first year as a Flyers’ alternate captain.In the 2000s, LeClair struggled through some injuries and was limited to 16 games in 2000-2001 and 35 in 2002-2003.

Then Flyers GM Bobby Clarke could not, NO, would not be denied again. He was a five-time All-Star, twice an NHL First Team All-Star and thrice an NHL Second Team All-Star. View John LeClair’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Best known for his time with the Philadelphia Flyers on the “Before his days owning opponents with both his skill and size for the Flyers, LeClair was a member of the Montreal Canadiens.Les Habitants drafted the 6-foot-3, 225-pound forward 33rd overall in 1987 after he spent four seasons with the Vermont Catamounts, an NCAA Division 1 Squad. Simmonds has been a rock of consistency, scoring 187 goals in his seven seasons in Philadelphia.

The Kings will be paying Richards until the end of the 2031-32 season for the 12-year contract he signed with the Flyers in 2007. LeClair made his NHL debut on March 9, 1991 against the Vancouver Canucks and scored a goal in a 4-2 win.After splitting 1991-92 between the Canadiens and their AHL affiliate in Fredricton, LeClair broke out the next season, recording 19 goals and 25 assists for 44 points. In fact, Flyers never missed the playoffs in LeClair’s ten seasons. Montreal Canadiens acquire: Date: Philadelphia Flyers acquire: Mark Recchi 1995 3rd round pick (#74-Martin Hohenberger) February 9, 1995: Eric Desjardins Gilbert Dionne John LeClair: About NHL Trade Tracker ; All rights reserved. Both LeClair and Desjardins have been added to the Flyers' Hall of Fame. Parent returned to the Flyers a much different goaltender than the one they traded to the Maple Leafs in January 1971. They don't win back-to-back Stanley Cups without re-acquiring Parent in 1973, and they don't become the first expansion team to win the Cup without their Hall-of-Fame goalie.A former first-round pick, Neely was a tough-nosed defenseman who played just five seasons in Toronto and was out of the league by the age of 24. June 23, 2011: Flyers trade Mike Richards to Kings. Recchi put up three solid seasons in Montreal, scoring 70-plus points but returned to the Flyers in 1998 and spent the next five seasons in Philadelphia, topping the 20-goal mark each year.

© The Hockey Writers 2018. Five months earlier, then-GM Paul Holmgren surrendered a first and second-round pick to the Maple Leafs for Versteeg.

During the 1992-93 Stanley Cup playoffs, LeClair led all skaters with three game-winning talliesLeClair immediately bonded with fellow big-bodied power forward Eric Lindros, who was also just entering his prime and in his fourth NHL campaign LeClair continued being clutch for the Flyers’ team that found sustained success from the mid-1990s on. However, that was bittersweet as the Flyers failed to make the playoffs in both those seasons. The Flyers also acquired one of the franchise’s all-time best defensemen in Desjardins, who scored 93 goals and 396 points in 11 seasons. While Upshall was a decent player that could play up and down the lineup, the key to this deal was the first-round pick the Flyers acquired.

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