While we will be calling on the newest member of our crew here to give you the winners and losers of today's deadline and this seasons NHL trading, i will be providing you a brief overview of what went down today....
Number of Trades: 16. While most people in the industry expected this to be a slow deadline day because of the amount of trades that were made before today, TSN the Canadian hockey follower put the over/ under at 20 for the day. So just a little bit under and that includes some minor league deals as well.
Biggest Name Moved: While some people may argue about this i feel like the biggest name moved was Dustin Penner of the Edmonton Oilers and he went to the Kings for a d-man, a first rounder and a conditional second round pick. Penner is a very skilled forward who will most likely be a top line forward for the Kings.
Biggest Name not Moved: Probably Brad Richards of the Dallas Stars, there were a few other names like Phil Kessel, Zach Bogosian, Michael Del Zotto and others that had there named thrown around a few times but Richards is a game changing center man playing on a bad Dallas team, Dallas really could've used a nice package for the future
Best Move: In my opinion it was the Capitals acquiring Jason Arnott from the Devils. It provides the Capitals with a little more veteran leadership and a guy who has played successful playoff hockey before. He will also make them an even scarier team offensively.
Worst Trade: The Blue Jackets giving up Rostislav Klesla. Granted they got Scottie Upshall back for him but i feel like in the current market they probably could've gotten at least a little bit more.
All in all a very quiet day that had more trades that didn't happen than trades that actually came to fruition. Be on the look out for Kevin's analysis of all the trades made so far this season and who are some of the winners and losers overall in the trade market.
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