Like John LeClair, Eric Desjardins arrived in Philadelphia after winning a Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Montreal Canadiens, and he would anchor their defensive corps for years.

The Philadelphia Flyers are a celebrated franchise in the NHL, and if we are to state (and we are) that Claude Giroux is the best player they have had in a decade (which is the 2010s), that means an awful lot.

John LeClair had already won a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens before he arrived on Broad Street, but when he was traded early in the 1994-95 season, the Habs probably had no idea what they really gave up, as LeClair would emerge as one of the elite power forwards of his time.

When you are the son of Gordie Howe, it can be expected that you are just “Gordie’s son”, but this was not the case for Mark Howe, a Hockey Hall of Famer in his own right and one hell of a blueliner.