Lonsberry, Cowboy and The Jet

The 1st cut is the deepest. 1972 was the Los Angeles Kings 5th season and is still their 2nd worst ever. It was my 3rd season as a royal fan. “We’ve gotta do something!” So they trade Ross Lonsberry, Bill “Cowboy” Flett, Eddie “The Jet” Joyal and Jean Potvin to the Phildelphia Flyers for Jim Johnson, Bill Lesuk and Serge Bernier. (Larry Brown also came to L.A. on waivers)
I remember whining to anyone who would listen, “Oh Man! Lonsberry’s gonna be really good! You can’t trade our 2 guys with nicknames! Serge Bernier better be the next "Rocket" Richard. This is only gonna help the Flyers."
2 years later I was rooting for Lonsberry, Flett and the Philadelphia Flyers to win the Stanley Cup against Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito and the "Big Bad Boston Bruins" while watching the finals in a sun-drenched living room on a 19’’ color TV, trying to pick up a clear signal from the motorized rotatable antenna on the roof of my Laurel Canyon home. 

By 1974 Bernier and Joyal were in the WHA. Bernier had a 122 point season with the Quebec Nordiques in the 1974-75 season. "Rocket Richard my eye!"  This is the trade that made me the hardened trade-aholic I am today.