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How Trading Martin St. Louis Lead To Back To Back Stanley Cups for The Lightning | Trade Trees

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Steve Dangle breaks down how trading away Martin St. Louis to the New York Rangers hugely benefitted both teams in the deal but, ultimately lead to the Lightning capturing back to back Stanley Cups.
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20 Comments

@M_11_m41n 4 years ago

A lot of people forgot that Martin St. Louis won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in the 2003-04 season, the same year that they won their first Stanley Cup.

@joqim4652 1 year ago

For anyone watching this in 2025, Lucas Edmonds was traded to… NYR in January 2025

@ianstephenson9721 4 years ago

One last killer here: Cirelli was taken with an Islanders draft pick, and he scored the goal to eliminate them from the playoffs in 2020.

@zunkersgaming 4 years ago (edited)

It was a recent trade, but I'll be curious what the Ryan McDonagh trade tree from the Rangers to the Lightning will look like in the future. These two teams sure do like to trade.

@jarmokarila 4 years ago

Tampa with Dvorak, Aho and Demko as a backup sounds like my worst nightmare as a Panthers fan.

@lightsfly 4 years ago

this isn't even the longest trade tree that was vital to those back to back Lightning cups. Trading Dan Boyle to San Jose ultimately led to the pick that they used for Andrei Vasilevskiy.

@Hallowed1126 4 years ago

One correction here. Tampa traded Callahan to Ottawa, not Florida

@Ryanwoito 4 years ago

Callahan was traded to Ottawa not Florida. But always love the trade trees there a lot of fun!

@mathwiz3145 4 years ago

Scoring in the playoffs, on Mother’s Day, shortly after his mother died…..

His mother, in spirit, probably helped him score that goal. I would believe it if that was the case. ❤

@dboot90 4 years ago

As a rangers fan, I got choked up every single time I see the Mother’s Day goal. It brings me right back. The emotion… him banging his stick around and screaming the way he did, I believe he also picked that puck up and kept it.

@waynestell2808 3 years ago (edited)

With the 2023 5th round pick the Jets acquired from the Rangers, they used that pick to select Thomas Milic, a goaltender from the Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL). And the Rangers used that 2023 6th round pick they acquired from Winnipeg to select Dylan Roobroeck, a center from the Oshawa Generals (OHL).

@ArmandoG2013 4 years ago

What a great video Steve. Marty is still beloved here in Tampa and Cally is a great Tampa resident with his foundation. We would have won the triple but we really missed Yanni

@chrisbelos2834 4 years ago

Rejean Houle famously said to Marty after he came to his office to ask to be added to the MTL team: we'll call you back if we ever want to have you play for us. and he never called back. St-Louis, a diehard habs fan, got a chip on his shoulder from day one. the rest is history.

@PolishCarbon 4 years ago

Jason Arnott and Bryan Muir to New Jersey for Bill Guerin and Valeri Zelepukin. Huge trade tree that is still active. Hope you will cover it eventually

@remi-D 4 years ago

Yzerman should’ve gotten fleeced. He had 1 team to deal too. He’s a literal wizard and it’s had me scared for the Red Wings future for awhile now. He’s slowly building them up to be elite.

@jonathanpayne4772 4 years ago

Don’t worry Steve, Jesper WALLstedt is coming to Minnesota!

@ariccua6101 4 years ago

Producer Drew: Video editing is my passion. (Must be hungover from Cup celly.)

@samvakarian 4 years ago

MSL's OT goal at the garden is still one of my favorite clips to watch.

@stentorofsparta3576 4 years ago

Marty St. Louis, the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks flames.

@JPMadden 4 years ago

I always rooted for Martin St. Louis, because he attended my alma mater, the University of Vermont, where he and teammates Eric Perrin and Tim Thomas rewrote the school record book. All struggled to make the NHL, and only Thomas was drafted (217th in 1994). Perrin had only 3 seasons in the NHL, but played professionally until 2019, mostly in Finland. I saw Martin St. Louis play for the Flames early in his career; I hoped he would make it but never imagined the HHOF.