What assets are on your favorite team today, as the result of a trade they made 10 years ago? or even 25 years ago?

I thought it would be fun to pick a star player, and see what's still around from that trade. I'll admit that I started this exercise using Chris Pronger, but I had to go back to an even bigger name player.

Each time a trade was made, it sometimes meant that more assets, from outside the original deal (or deals) had to be included. I had to keep piling in more and more assets as I went through these deals.

If I put (o) after a player's name, that meant that they were originally an Oilers asset. They either drafted that player, or signed them as a free agent (i.e. they did not move out players or other assets to get them). If I put (n) after a player's name, that means the Oilers got nothing for them. They either retired, or left via free agency with no compensation.

Any name listed below without one of those two letters after it, that player was eventually traded, unless their name is in BOLD, which means they're still with the team. In the case of draft picks being swapped, I've included the name of the player drafted, and the round they were taken in



So here we go.....

Mark Messier (o) & Jeff Beukeboom (o) For David Shaw, Louie DeBrusk (n), Bernie Nicholls, and Steven Rice
Bernie Nicholls for Zdeno Ciger (n), and Kevin Todd
Kevin Todd for Adam Bennett (n)
David Shaw for Brian Glynn
Brian Glynn for Draft Pick - Rob Guinn (8th) (n)
Steven Rice for Bryan Marchment
Jason Bonsignore(o), Steve Kelly(o), Bryan Marchment for Roman Hamrlik, Paul Comrie (n)
Roman Hamrlik for Josh Green (n), Eric Brewer, Draft Pick - Brad Winchester (2nd) (n)
Mike Comrie(o) for Jeff Woywitka and Draft Picks - Rob Schremp (1st) (n), Danny Syvret (3rd)
Danny Syvret for Ryan Potulny (n)
Draft Picks(o) Kris Vernarsky(2nd) and Jonathna Zion (4th) for Jason Smith
Eric Brewer, Jeff Woywitka, Doug Lynch(o) for Chris Pronger
Chris Pronger for Ladislav Smid, Joffrey Lupul, Draft Picks (2x 1st).....

a 2nd Round Pick was packaged with one of those 1st Rounds and traded to move up in the 1st Round (deal with ARI). The result was that the draft picks that became Nick Ross (1st) and Joel Gistedt (2nd) became the pick that turned into Riley Nash(n).

The other 1st round pick from the Pronger Trade turned into Jordan Eberle.

Joffrey Lupul for Joni Pitkanen, Geoff Sanderson (n), Draft Pick - Cam Abney(3rd)
Joni Pitkanen for Erik Cole
Erik Cole for Patrick O'Sullivan and Ales Kotalik (n)
Patrick O'Sullivan for Jim Vandermeer (n)
Ladislav Smid for Laurent Brossoit
Cam Abney and Teemu Hartikanien(o) for Mark Fraser (n)



And that's where the tree stops, for now......

So from what I gather, the original Oiler assets of Mark Messier, Jeff Beukeboom, Jason Bonsignore, Steve Kelly, a 4th Round Pick, a 2nd Round Pick, Doug Lunch, another 2nd Round Pick, and Teemu Hartikanien - Those assets have been (indirectly) turned into Jordan Eberle & Laurent Brossoit when looking at today's organization, along with many games played by various players in between.