Sam Gagner already had a bizarre career, starting when the
Edmonton Oilers made him the 6th-overall pick 2007 to five consecutive 40-point seasons with many observers thinking he maybe should have produced 20 points more per, to holding or sharing three team records - most points in a game (8, tied with
Wayne Gretzky and
Paul Coffey), most points in a period (5, tied with
Jari Kurri), and most consecutive points (11) - to 38 points in 48 games in the locked-out season to an underwhelming 10 goals and 37 points in 67 games this past season.
Which might explain why the Oilers felt
sending him to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Teddy Purcell was a good thing, but it's kind of disappointing to see that
sending him to the Phoenix Coyotes for a sixth-rounder also cost Tampa B.J. Crombeen...
At least he gets a fresh start, and a real shot at a #1 center role.
Here he is wearing the Oilers' mid-00s pyjama-like sub-par blue (home) uniform:
It's from
Panini's
2010-11 Luxury Suite set (card #28 in the set, featuring a regular jersey swatch and a ''prime'' one with two colours and stitching, numbered #138/150). It fits well with
this Jason Spezza Prime Jersey card...
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