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Throwback Thursday: This week in 1981, Winnipeg Jets acquire Paul MacLean

By Zach Laing

Jul 9, 2020, 15:56 EDTUpdated: Sep 14, 2020, 13:04 EDT

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Welcome back to another edition of Throwback Thursday!

This week in 1981 (July 3), the Winnipeg Jets acquired Paul MacLean and two other players from the St. Louis Blues.

Drafted by the St. Louis Blues in 1978, MacLean only ever played one game for the club before being traded to the Jets alongside Bryan Maxwell and Ed Staniowski in exchange for Scott Campbell and John Markell.

And in his first season with the Jets, MacLean made St. Louis regret the deal. He scored 36 goals and 61 points in 74 games as a rookie and would go on to be a near point per game player in Winnipeg.

MacLean spent seven seasons with the Jets seeing much success alongside Dale Hawerchuk where he tallied three 30-goal seasons and three 40-goal seasons. He was eventually traded to Detroit in 1988 for Brent Ashton where he spent a season, before two in St. Louis.

He eventually retired in 1991 at 32 years old before moving into coaching.

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MacLEAN’S NHL CAREER

Season	Team	Lge	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1980-81	St. Louis Blues	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1981-82	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	74	36	25	61	106	-9	4	3	2	5	20
1982-83	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	80	32	44	76	121	-5	3	1	2	3	6
1983-84	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	76	40	31	71	155	-15	3	1	0	1	0
1984-85	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	79	41	60	101	119	5	8	3	4	7	4
1985-86	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	69	27	29	56	74	-14	2	1	0	1	7
1986-87	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	72	32	42	74	75	12	10	5	2	7	16
1987-88	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	77	40	39	79	76	-16	5	2	0	2	23
1988-89	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	76	36	35	71	118	7	5	1	1	2	8
1989-90	St. Louis Blues	NHL	78	34	33	67	100	2	12	4	3	7	20
1990-91	St. Louis Blues	NHL	37	6	11	17	24	-2	—	—	—	—	—
	NHL Totals		719	324	349	673	968		53	21	14	35	104