Bulldogs

Best and Worst Trades All Time for the Quebec Bulldogs (Athletics)/Hamilton Tigers

The list of the best and worst trades for the Quebec Bulldogs/Hamilton Tigers is a little bit like our article on the best and worst trades for the original Ottawa Senators. We’ve had to combine the two lists into one article, because there just aren’t that many trades.

For these two lists, we will be focusing only on NHL trades, even though the franchise was founded in 1878. And we will be relying on Point Shares as our metric. For an explanation, please see our original list, the 25 Best Trades in Toronto Maple Leafs history.

Top 5 Bulldogs/Tigers Trades of All Time

We’ve only picked the top 5 trades because, honestly, there aren’t many good ones.

Does Tommy Dunderdale Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Tommy Dunderdale was a PCHA star and is the career leader in Goals. He wasn’t the greatest player in league history – that’s Cyclone Taylor – but he may have been the forward.

Does a PCHA star belong? Listen to us discuss Tommy Dunderdale’s Hall of Fame case:

Does Tommy Smith Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Tommy Smith is a player we really had never heard of.

Why? Because he played 10 games in the NHL. He scored 1 point.

But Tommy Smith is one of the best players in the history of the NHA.

Additionally, he dominated every amateur and semi-pro and early pro league he was in.

He probably belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Listen to us talk about Tommy Smith:

Harry Mummery

Career

NHL: 1917-23; 6 seasons, 4 quality[1.By Defensive Point Shares]
33G (24th All Time at his retirement), 19A (23rd) for 52P (24th) in 106 games; 10.5 PS (19th)
At his retirement, Mummery was 23rd All Time in GPG, APG and PPG[2. Minimum 82 games, 24 qualifying players]
At his retirement, Mummery was 8th All Time in Defensive Point Shares and 25th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
82-game average: 25G, 15A for 40P; 8.1 PS
3-year peak (1919-22): 24-game average of 10G, 6A for 15P
NHL Playoffs: 1G, 1A for 2P in 2 games
Adjusted: 41G, 81A for 122P
Adjusted 82-game average: 32G, 63A for 94P
Dominance Quotient: Never led a team
Traded twice in his prime and traded out of the NHL at the end of his career.[3. Also, Mummery was the largest player (by weight) and he holds the record for most games as a Goaltender by a skater]

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Thomas McCarthy

Career

NHL: 1919-21; 2 seasons, 1 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
22G (25th All Time when he left the NHL), 7A for 29P in 35 games; 1.9 PS
McCarthy was 17th All Time in GPG and PPG when he left the league[2. With the qualifier set to an absurdly low 35 games]
When he left the league, McCarthy was 24th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
McCarthy didn’t play enough games to project an 82-game average or to have a 3-year peak
No NHL Playoffs
Adjusted: 25G, 29A for 54P
Adjusted 82-game average:[3. This is a joke] 60G, 68A for 127P
Never traded within the NHL.

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Does Joe Malone Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Joe Malone has the highest single season GPG in the history of the NHL. In that season he scored an incredible 44 goals with only 4 assists. Was he the worst puck hog in NHL history or was something else going on?

And where does Malone rank among the early hockey greats?

Listen to us discuss Malone’s incredible career here: