One of the biggest pieces that wasn’t homegrown in the Chicago Blackhawks rebuild to respectability was when the Hawks traded for Martin Havlat in July of 2006 for a bunch of guys you probably have never heard of!
Havlat was a pretty consistent scorer in his youth, and that was exactly what the Hawks needed in trying to get out of their dark ages. Havlat had a pretty good first year with the Hawks scoring 25 times and adding 32 assists, but his second year was a huge wash playing in only 35 games due to shoulder and groin injuries.