After a month of lead up, a sprinkling of trades over the last week or so, and a wild deadline day today, NHL teams are done with transactions for the 2017-18 NHL season. Here are the deals that improved contenders in the Eastern Conference:
Deadline Day
Tampa Bay Lightning receive:
D Ryan McDonagh
F J.T. Miller
New York Rangers receive:
F Vladislav Namestnikov
F Brett Howden
D Libor Hajek
2018 first-round pick
Conditional 2019 second-round pick
Columbus Blue Jackets receive:
F Thomas Vanek
Vancouver Canucks receive:
F Tyler Motte
F Jussi Jokinen
Columbus Blue Jackets receive:
D Ian Cole
Ottawa Senators receive:
F Nick Moutrey
2020 third-round pick
New Jersey Devils receive:
F Patrick Maroon
Edmonton Oilers receive:
F J.D. Dudek
2019 third-round pick
New York Islanders receive:
F Chris Wagner
Anaheim Ducks receive:
F Jason Chimera
Boston Bruins receive:
F Tommy Wingels
Chicago Blackhawks receive:
Conditional 2019 fifth-round pick
Pittsburgh Penguins receive:
F Josh Jooris
Carolina Hurricanes receive:
F Greg McKegg
February 25th
Boston Bruins receive:
F Rick Nash
New York Ranger receive:
F Ryan Spooner
F Matt Beleskey
D Ryan Lindgren
2018 first-round pick
2019 seventh-round pick
Toronto Maple Leafs receive:
F Tomas Plekanec
F Kyle Baun
Montreal Canadiens receive:
F Kerby Rychel
D Rinat Valiev
2018 second-round pick
Columbus Blue Jackets receive:
F Mark Letestu
Edmonton Oilers receive:
F Pontus Aberg
Nashville Predators receive:
2018 fourth-round pick
February 24th
New York Islanders receive:
D Brandon Davidson
Edmonton Oilers receive:
2019 third-round pick
February 23rd
Pittsburgh Penguins receive:
F Derick Brassard
F Tobias Lindberg
F Vincent Dunn
2018 third-round pick
Vegas Golden Knights receive:
F Ryan Reaves
2018 fourth-round pick
Ottawa Senators receive:
D Ian Cole
G Filip Gustavsson
2018 first-round pick
2019 third-round pick
February 22nd
New Jersey Devils receive:
F Michael Grabner
New York Rangers receive:
D Igor Rykov
2018 second-round pick
Florida Panthers receive:
F Frank Vatrano
Boston Bruins receive:
2018 third-round pick
February 21st
Washington Capitals receive:
D Jakub Jerabek
Montreal Canadiens receive:
2019 fifth-round pick
February 20th
Boston Bruins receive:
D Nick Holden
New York Rangers receive:
D Rob O’Gara
2018 third-round pick
February 19th
Philadelphia Flyers receive:
G Petr Mrazek
Detroit Red Wings receive:
Conditional 2019 third-round pick
Conditional 2018 fourth-round pick
Washington Capitals receive:
D Michal Kempny
Chicago Blackhawks receive:
2018 third-round pick
Anyone have an issue with Leafs standing pat?
Which player that got moved do you think they should have gotten?
I didn’t see anyone who changed teams who was an obviously fit for the Leafs.
Only one I was thinking was Mcdonagh
Could Toronto have matched that package?
Marner and Nylander are much better than Namestnikov but Leafs wouldn’t trade either, so you’d have to build a package around Kapanen, who isn’t worth as much as Namestnikov (more proven) so you’d have to give up even more pieces.
Plus they already have similar players in Reilly and Gardiner and really need a right shot D.
I think they were smart to wait. Not many teams will have the pieces to get Erik Karlsson. The Leafs will be one of them.
Standing pat? They acquired Plekanic….
So much for Canadians knowing hockey anymore… Pittsburgh Proud
Blue Jackets, Rangers, and Lightning all did really well. I don’t think the pieces that the Blue Jackets acquired push them past the Penguins, Lightning, or Bruins but they acquired three decent-to-good players for a pretty cheap price. Rangers are setting themselves up for a good rebuild and have a ton of picks in this upcoming draft (hopefully they draft well again). And Lightning stole the night with the McDonagh/Miller trade. Acquired a second shutdown defensemen which really lengthens out their blueline and Miller should have success in a top 6 role. Moving Namestnikov is doable since they got Miller back, and trading away those prospects/picks will be worth it if the Lightning win the Stanley Cup. Plus they were able to keep Sergachev, Foote, and Point so they still have some good young players around.
Bruins would be up there too, but it all depends on how Nash plays…but moving Belesky was a good thing. Moving that first rounder is probably a little tough to stomach, but they have some good young players in the farm/already up at the NHL level and getting rid of half of Belesky’s cap hit should help them going forward as well.