Today is the four-year anniversary of a trade which would shake the very foundation of the NHL itself.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) February 21, 2012
Ok, maybe not Earth-shattering, but it's the last time Ken Holland parted with a first round pick for a roster player and perhaps the most-aggressive trade he's made in the entire cap era. In the spirit of fair play, our reaction to the trade at the time was very positive. The outcome of the trade has been a bit of a mixed bag. It's hard to say Detroit really "lost" that trade with Tampa Bay, who used Detroit's first round pick that year to take Andrei Vasilevskiy, but I don't think you can call them the winners either.