The National Hockey League is unforgiving when it comes to blunders. If a general manager swings one bad trade, it can define them for the remainder of their time in the sport. Peter Chiarelli is with another organization and still has to live with the trades he made as G.M. of the Bruins. The point being, one bad trade can stick with you forever.
While it is early to call the Derek Stepan trade with the Arizona Coyotes a failure, New York Rangers’ G.M. Jeff Gorton has to be sweating a bit. The trade was Stepan and backup goaltender Antti Raanta for the number seven overall pick in the 2017 draft and DeAngelo.