Free agent signings, big trades and legends being born make up this week’s Throwback Thursday! Here’s a look at what happened the week of June 29 – July 5 in hockey history.

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July 4, 1994: The Flames trade Al MacInnis to the St. Louis Blues (along with a 1997 4th round pick) in exchange for Phil Housley (along with a 1996 and 1997 2nd round pick). Both would become Hall of Famers.

June 29, 1968: Theo Fleury was born in Oxbow, Saskatchewan. He was selected 166th overall in the 1987 Draft and would go on to help the Flames win their only Stanley Cup Championship in 1989.