first-round pick for the Pittsburgh Penguins (played on a line with Forsberg in Sweden), but the Pens kept jerking him back and forth to the minors because this is when they were stacked with Top-6 forwards in the early 90s -- even when he was up, he was usually on the third or fourth line. In 1995-1996, Naslund finally got a chance to play (on a line with Lemieux) and started strong, but tailed off and was back on the third line by the end of the year. With his contract expiring, the Pens dealt him to Vancouver for Stojanov -- also a former first-rounder; an enforcer type who had a scoring touch in the minors but didn't put it together in the NHL. Stojanov had two non-descript half-seasons and then disappeared into the minors for the rest of his career; Naslund went on become a star -- the Canucks captain for a while, and 395 career goals. Yeah, that went well.
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