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How New Jersey Devils Turned Jason Arnott Into Shakir Mukhamadullin

By Charlie Borges Jr.

1 Apr 1998: Jason Arnott #25 of the New Jersey Devils looks on during a game against the Carolina Hurricanes at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Hurricanes defeated the Devils 4-0. Mandatory Credit: Ezra C. Shaw /Allspo
1 Apr 1998: Jason Arnott #25 of the New Jersey Devils looks on during a game against the Carolina Hurricanes at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Hurricanes defeated the Devils 4-0. Mandatory Credit: Ezra C. Shaw /Allspo /
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Rightwinger Bill Guerin #9 of the Edmonton Oilers /

Oilers Side of the Trade Tree and Subsequent Deals Pt. 1

The main piece the Oilers got in return for Arnott was the then 27-year-old Bill Guerin. Guerin would play 211 games with the Oilers and score 161 points. He would hit 30 goals for the first time in his career in the 1998-99 season. The team didn’t find any success as a whole and his Oiler career wasn’t as long as some might of hoped. He only played in two full seasons with the Oilers before being traded to the Boston Bruins. He would win another Stanley Cup later on in his career with the Pittsburgh Penguins and retire at the age of 39.

The other piece of the trade was Zelepukin. The Russian forward started hot in New Jersey but cooled off immediately after the Stanley Cup victory in 1995. Zelepukin had 152 points in his first three seasons. He only played four games in 1994-95 after a freak injury. In the next three seasons, he had only 53 points in 132 games. He was thrown in as a player who needed a change of scenery. Zelepukin played just half of the season with the Oilers before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers. His leg of the trade tree ends quickly. Zelepukin played two seasons in Philadelphia was dealt for Daniel Lacroix. Lacroix played four games with the Oilers and left in free agency in August of 1999.

Guerin has a lot more attached to him. He was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a 1st-round pick, a 2nd-round pick, and Anson Carter. Guerin would set a career high in goals in 2001-02 with 41, then leave in free agency the following season. Meanwhile, the 1st-round pick turned into Ales Hemsky and the 2nd-round pick became Doug Lynch.

Ales Hemsky played 652 games and scored 477 points with the Oilers over the span of ten and a half seasons. He was one of the most well-known Oilers of the decade. He was traded to the Ottawa Senators in 2014 for a 5th-round pick and a 2015 3rd-round pick. The 5th-round pick became Liam Coughlin who spent last season in the ECHL. The 3rd-round pick was packaged along with two other picks to the New York Rangers when the Oilers traded for goaltender Cam Talbot. Talbot was traded to the Flyers in 2019 after three and a half seasons with the Oilers in exchange for another goalie, Anthony Stolarz.

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