When was the last time that a deal involved 8 players?

Eric Lindros in 91 prob

That exactly my point!

This would never happen

Letang might (probably won't) but might leave this Summer so Marino should be pretty much untouchable.

I like where youre coming from, but this trade is trying to accomplish too many things at once, and trading half the room out in one trade would probably create a divide in the room with the new teammates who all know eachother from before sticking together.

Without looking I’d guess one or possibly both of Phaneuf’s notable trades? (To Toronto and to Ottawa)

There's really no reason for the DeSmith/Halak swap. DeSmith has played well over the last few months. Halak doesn't want to move and has played poorly.

Moving Marino in-season just doesn't make sense unless the Penguins are getting back a RHD that can play a shutdown role. And no, that's not Hamonic. He stinks.

If this happened I would immediately hate Rutherford. Basically trading for half his former team haha

Yeah the Ottawa one had 9 players included. That was a really strange deal. The start of Toronto rebuilt. Got a bunch of spare tire 😂. At the end they probably won that trade since they ended up drafting Marner, Matthews and compagnie in those subsequent year.