1. Dustin Byfuglien (2010)
The Dustin Byfuglien trade was very questionable to me. I understand that the Chicago Blackhawks were in a salary crunch, but Byfuglien still had one year left on his $3,000,000 AAV salary.
In his Blackhawks career, he played both defense and forward. In 260 games as a Blackhawk, he 55 goals and had 54 assists. Remember, he played defense for half of his time there. 109 points between the two aren’t terrible.
The Blackhawks could have let him play out his contract and worked with him in the summer of 2011 for a new contract.