Wild West: Early Trade Effects by Team

Grant Campbell

2022-04-04

It has been two weeks since the trade deadline in the NHL and that is enough time to see how and where new players have been allocated on their new teams and how new teams have filled the gaps with players sent out.

Any stats that are presented below are from Dobber's Frozen Tools and are the games that the traded player has been on his new team.

Anaheim Ducks (1 W, 4 L, 1 OTL 15 GF 20 GA) record since the deadline

The Ducks traded Josh Manson to Colorado and Hampus Lindholm (5-0-3-3, plus four, 11 SOG) to Boston vacating two large spots on defence. They also sent Rickard Rakell (7-3-2-5, minus one, 16 SOG) to Pittsburgh and Nicolas Deslauriers to Minnesota.

New roster players brought in were Urho Vaakanainen (4-0-1-1, five SOG, five hits, three blocks), Dominik Simon (6-0-1-1, six SOG, six hits) and Zach Aston-Reese (6-1-1-2, plus one, 12 SOG, 18 hits).

Vaakanainen will be the most intriguing addition for the Ducks as he is 23-years-old and was a former 18th overall pick in 2017. In the four games for Anaheim, he's averaged just under 20 minutes per game and looks to be getting an audition in the top four with Kevin Shattenkirk (6-1-1-2, minus one, 17 SOG), Cam Fowler (6-1-1-2, minus two, five SOG) and Jamie Drysdale (6-1-1-2, minus two, 14 SOG).

Anaheim has given increased ice time in the forwards to Derek Grant (6-1-2-3, minus one, 12 SOG) and Gerald Mayhew (7-2-0-2, minus two, 12 SOG) who have seen their ice time go from about 12-13 minutes/game to about 14-16 since the deadline. Mayhew was added on waivers from Philadelphia at the deadline.

Arizona Coyotes (2-4-1, 14-25)

The Coyotes traded Johan Larsson (1-0-0-0) to Washington, Riley Nash (0-0-0-0) to Tampa Bay and Scott Wedgewood to Dallas.

The Coyotes have been able to give Jan Jenik (4-2-0-2, minus one, 10 SOG) a look along with Cam Dineen (7-0-2-2, minus two, 16 SOG) on defence. Dineen played 20:50 in Arizona's win against Chicago on Sunday night while paired with Anton Stralman (7-0-3-3, minus seven). It is not ideal when  35-year old Stralman is playing 22 minutes per night.

Calgary Flames (2-3-1, 23-21)

The Flames brought in Calle Jarnkrok (7-0-2-2, plus one, 11 SOG) from Seattle and Ryan Carpenter (2-0-0-0) from Chicago.

With the season-ending injury to Sean Monahan, Jarnkrok was a crucial addition to the team and makes you think the Flames were aware of the possibility.

Chicago Blackhawks (2-3-2, 20-28)

The Blackhawks were busy and traded Marc-Andre Fleury to Minnesota, Ryan Carpenter to Calgary and Brandon Hagel (8-2-0-2, nine SOG) to Tampa Bay.

Chicago added Tayler Raddysh (9-2-3-5, minus one, 18 SOG, 22 hits and playing PP1) and Boris Katchouk (9-0-0-0, minus six, nine SOG). Katchouk has struggled, but Raddysh looks like a solid addition. He gets to play with his junior teammates Alex Debrincat (9-5-7-12, minus one, 27 SOG) and Dylan Strome (9-4-7-11, minus two, 18 SOG) once again.

Collin Delia (1-1-0, 92.2 save %, 1.01 GSAA) has been called back up and is back in the mix in Chicago.

Colorado Avalanche (5-1-1, 21-16)

Colorado was an obvious buyer and added Andrew Cogliano (6-0-1-1, plus one, eight SOG) from San Jose, Artturi Lehkonen (3-0-0-0, 10 SOG) from Montreal, Nico Sturm (8-0-1-1, minus one, 11 SOG) from Minnesota and Josh Manson (9-0-1-1, minus three, 30 hits, 10 blocked shots) from Anaheim. Manson had 10 hits credited to him in his first game with Colorado.

The only roster player they moved out was Tyson Jost to Minnesota.

The Avalanche have needed the extra depth as they have faced a few injuries.

Dallas Stars (5-1-0, 20-18)

The Stars added Scott Wedgewood (2-0-0, 90.7 save %, minus 0.33 GSAA) from Arizona and Vladislav Namestnikov (6-1-1-2, minus one, five SOG) from Detroit. Namestnikov bolsters their third or fourth lines and penalty kill and he can move up the lineup if needed.

No roster players were moved.

Edmonton Oilers (4-2-1, 30-28)

Ken Holland added Derick Brassard (6-2-0-2, minus one, eight SOG, 10 hits) from Philadelphia and Brett Kulak (6-1-3-4, plus seven, eight SOG) from Montreal. Kulak had a monster night on Sunday in the Oiler's 6-1 win over Anaheim. He played 18:11 with a goal and two assists and was a plus-five. He has been paired with Tyson Barrie (6-1-4-5, plus six, 15 SOG).

The team moved William Lagesson (1-0-0-0) to Montreal.

The deadline has ignited Leon Draisaitl (6-8-6-14, 34 SOG) and Connor McDavid (6-5-7-12, plus four, 34 SOG) as they are on fire.

Los Angeles Kings (4-1-2, 22-19)

The Kings were fairly quiet and didn't send any roster players out but did bring in some depth on defence with Troy Stecher (7-0-0-0, plus two, 16 SOG, 10 hits, 11 blocked shots) from Detroit. Stecher has been paired with his old teammate Alexander Edler (5-1-3-4, plus five) and has been averaging over 18 minutes per night. 

Minnesota Wild (7-0-1, 27-13)

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The Wild added Marc-Andre Fleury (3-0-0, 95.8 save %, 4.55 GSAA) from Chicago, Nicolas Deslauriers (8-2-0-2, 24 hits) from Anaheim, Tyson Jost (10-1-2-3, minus one, eight SOG) from Colorado and Jacob Middleton (7-0-0-0, plus two, seven SOG, 12 hits, 14 blocks) from San Jose. Middleton has been paired with Jared Spurgeon (7-1-4-5, plus five, 11 SOG) which won't hurt.

Moved out were Nico Sturm to Colorado and Kaapo Kahkonen to San Jose.

Fleury is an impressive insurance piece to have with Cam Talbot (4-0-1, 94.5 save%, 5.50 GSAA) in goal.

Nashville Predators (3-3-0, 20-24)

The Predators added to their roster without removing anyone and got Jeremy Lauzon (6-1-0-1, plus one, eight SOG, 22 hits, nine blocks) from Seattle. Lauzon has been paired with Mattias Ekholm (5-0-3-3, 16 SOG) so far.

San Jose Sharks (2-4-0, 18-23)

San Jose moved Jacob Middleton to Minnesota and Andrew Cogliano to Colorado.

They added Kaapo Kahkonen (0-2-0, 88.0 save%, minus 3.10 GSAA) from Minnesota who has struggled in San Jose so far.

St. Louis Blues (4-2-1, 28-28)

The Blues traded Oskar Sundqvist (7-2-1-3, minus two, seven SOG) and Jake Walman (7-0-1-1, minus four, 16 SOG, six hits, 15 blocks) to Detroit

They added Nick Leddy (7-1-2-3, minus one, eight SOG, two hits, eight blocks) from Detroit. He appears to be paired with Justin Faulk (7-1-4-5, minus two, 16 SOG, 10 hits, 12 blocks).

Seattle Kraken (2-3-0, 14-15)

To no one’s surprise, the Kraken moved out quite a few players, including Marcus Johansson (5-0-0-0, minus four, five SOG) to Washington, Mason Appleton to Winnipeg, Jeremy Lauzon to Nashville, Mark Giordano (6-1-2-3, plus two, four SOG, 11 hits, 17 blocks) and Colin Blackwell (5-1-0-1, plus two, four SOG, nine hits) to Toronto and Calle Jarnkrok to Calgary

Daniel Sprong (6-3-0-3, 23 SOG) from Washington was the only roster player they received back as they received a boatload of draft picks.

Roles have opened up for Vince Dunn (6-0-3-3, plus four, 13 SOG, 23 min/G), Morgan Geekie (6-2-2-4, plus two, four SOG, 47 FOW), Kole Lind (6-1-2-3, plus one, eight SOG) and Will Borgen (6-0-2-2, plus five, 10 SOG, 28 hits) and so far they are taking advantage.

Vancouver Canucks (2-2-2, 15-16)

The Canucks moved Travis Hamonic (5-0-0-0, plus four, eight SOG, 17 hits, eight blocks) to Ottawa and Travis Motte (7-0-0-0, minus one, 15 SOG, 21 hits) to the NY Rangers.

The one roster player they brought back was Travis Dermott (6-0-0-0, minus two, three SOG, six hits, five blocks) from Toronto.

Vegas Golden Knights (5-2-0, 22-16)

The Golden Knights stood pat leading up to and at the trade deadline this year unintentionally. They tried to trade Evgenii Dadonov (5-2-5-7, plus four, 11 SOG) to Anaheim but the trade was nixed by the league.

Winnipeg Jets (4-3-0, 19-21)

The Jets moved Andrew Copp (7-3-5-8, plus four, 19 SOG) to the NY Rangers and Nathan Beaulieu (IR) to Pittsburgh.

The roster players that they brought in were Mason Appleton (7-1-0-1, plus two, nine SOG,11 hits) from Seattle and Zach Sanford (7-0-2-2, plus one, six SOG, 18 hits) from Ottawa.

Nikolaj Ehlers (7-4-3-7, minus one, 30 SOG) has been the beneficiary of the ice time that Andrew Copp had, as Ehlers has seen his minutes average about 16 to over 18 per night.

On the surface, most of the additions haven't made huge contributions. The biggest addition might be Vegas not being able to trade Dadonov. Some of the better additions in the West have been Taylor Raddysh in Chicago, Marc-Andre Fleury in Minnesota and perhaps Brett Kulak in Edmonton. These are early days and for most of these additions, it will be the playoffs that count.

Thanks for reading, and let me know if you want me to focus on any players or topics by messaging me below or following me on Twitter @gampbler15.

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