‘The trade ranks as perhaps the most lopsided ever. The Sabres sent Chicago goalie Stephane Beauregard, who never played for the Blackhawks. Beauregard was out of the NHL after 1993-94, the same year Hasek won the first of his six Vezina Trophies.’
Sabres legend Dominik Hasek almost left North America before Hall of Fame career got going
Source: Olean Times Herald