The Anaheim Ducks have traded defenseman John Klingberg to the Minnesota Wild for a fourth-round pick in 2025, defenseman Andrej Sustr, and the rights to Nikita Nesterenko. The Wild receive: Klingberg, in a trade that was submitted to the league right before the 3 pm ET horn sounded. Klingberg was signed to a one-year, $7 [...]
The St. Louis Blues have acquired forward Jakub Vrana from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for forward Dylan McLaughlin and a seventh-round draft pick in 2025. The Blues receive: Vrana, a potential top-6 winger who has scored at between 0.7-0.75 PTS/GP over his previous three seasons. More recently, Vrana had been sidelined by shoulder [...]
We’ve gotten so used to boring trade deadlines, so at least you can say this season has been a fun deadline with all the deals that started to flow in last weekend. Although the big names like Patrick Kane, Timo Meier, and Jakob Chychrun have all been moved, I wonder if today will have a [...]
The Pittsburgh Penguins have acquired forward Mikael Granlund from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2023 second-round draft pick. The Penguins receive: Granlund, a playmaking assist-heavy forward who can play either center or wing. He should initially be penciled in on the Penguins’ third line but could move up to one of the top [...]
Jakob Chychrun has finally been traded! The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenseman Chychrun from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a conditional first-round pick in 2023, a conditional second-round pick in 2024 and a second-round pick in 2026. The Senators receive: A potential first-pair defenseman who can bring some offense and size (6-2, 220 lbs.) [...]
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenseman Mattias Ekholm and a sixth-round pick from the Nashville Predators for Tyson Barrie, Reid Schaefer, a first-round pick, and a fourth-round pick. The Oilers receive: Ekholm, the shutdown defenseman that they badly needed in order to be a more legitimate Stanley Cup contender. Ekholm is an effective two-way defenseman [...]
The New Jersey Devils have acquired Timo Meier, Scott Harrington, Timur Ibragimov, Santeri Hatakka, Zachary Emond, and a 2024 fifth-round pick from the San Jose Sharks for a 2023 first-round pick, a 2024 conditional first-round pick, a 2024 seventh-round pick, Fabian Zetterlund, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Nikita Okhotiuk, and Andreas Johnsson. The trade took a while to [...]
The Vegas Golden Knights have acquired forward Ivan Barbashev from the St. Louis Blues for prospect Zach Dean. The Blues continue to clean house, as Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan O’Reilly, and now Barbashev have been traded away. The 27-year-old Barbashev has 29 points (10 G, 19 A) in 59 games this season. His pace is down [...]
On Saturday, Patrick Kane and even Sam Lafferty joined the “roster management” club. Already included in that prestigious group are Jakob Chychrun, Vladislav Gavrikov, and Luke Schenn, while Timo Meier is believed to be recovering from an upper-body injury. If any of these players are on your roster, how do you feel about that? I’m [...]
The Winnipeg Jets have acquired winger Nino Niederreiter from the Nashville Predators for a second-round pick in the 2024 draft. In his first season with the Predators, Niederreiter has 18 goals and 10 assists (28 points) in 56 games, including four goals in his last three games. He has one more season after this one [...]
