Bob Stauffer
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So he gets traded to the Rangers.
The Oilers get Spooner.
Spooner doesn't even last a season.
He, like, wanted to be a DJ.
But Chiarelli knew him from Boston, right?
And...
So I remember I saw Wayne Gretzky at the airport because he was going down with the team to Calgary.
It was an event for something to do with, I don't know if it was a license plates or maybe it was something to do with, it was something to do with the Alberta government because Rachel Notley was there and that was for a presser that Wayne was at.
And we had an animated exchange about the trade and
And I just said, I'm going to tell you right now, Strom is going to bounce back with the Rangers.
And I'm a little concerned about Spooner.
Well, that trade didn't work out.
Well, can you look up what like was Strom even or was Spooner even in the NHL a year later, two years later?
I don't think he was.
And Strom ended up getting a contract extension with the Rangers and then signed a free agency deal with the Anaheim Ducks, and now he goes to Calgary.
So that all happened on a Friday.
The trade came down on a Friday.
The Oilers played the Flames on the Saturday.
They lost.
Four to two.