Five Best Calgary Flames Trades - From Five to One .
Lanny McDonald and Mikko Makela for Bob MacMillan and Don Lever.
Lanny MacDonald would go on to captain the team to their first and only Stanley Cup in franchise history. His leadership and timely goal scoring would prove invaluable in Calgary for years to come. The Colorado Rockies really blew it on this deal.
4. Joe Mullen, along with Terry Johnson and Rik Wilson, for Eddy Beers, Charlie Bourgeois and Gino Cavallini.
Mullen was brought into the fold in a similar way he was shipped out, through a painfully one-sided deal. Fortunately when the Flames acquired him from the St. Louis Blues they got the better of the deal. Mullen would be instrumental in bringing the cup to Calgary scoring a whopping 110 points in 79 games during the regular season in 88/89. .
3. Miikka Kiprusoff for a 2nd Round Pick (Marc-Edouard Vlasic) .
With an injury to starting goaltender Roman Turek and facing another season without a playoff appearance, GM Daryl Sutter dealt away Calgary's 2nd Round pick for 3rd string goalie Miikka Kiprusoff. Now the only reason 'Kipper' was a third-stringer was because Evgeni Nabokov and Vesa Toskala were also with the San Jose Sharks at the time. The deal would net Calgary a franchise goaltender who led them to a Stanley Cup appearance that very year in 03/04, won a Vezina season in 05/06 and has had numerous other Vezina calibre seasons during his nine year tenure in Calgary.
2. Joe Nieuwendyk for Jarome Iginla and Corey Millen.
In one of the rare cases of a win/win trade, the Flames dealt a franchise player in Joe Nieuwendyk and acquired a new one in Jarome Iginla. Nieuwendyk would help Dallas to their first Stanley Cup and Iginla would become the face of Calgary Flames hockey.
1. Mike Bullard, Craig Coxe and Tim Corkery for Doug Gilmour, Mark Hunter, Steve Bozek and Michael Dark.
The only reason this trade ranks ahead of the Iginla one is because of the ridiculously good value the Flames got.
