Louis in a swap that sees the Red Wings retain 50 per cent of the winger's salary, Pittsburgh reacquired centre Nick Bonino from San Jose, and the Canucks shipped forward Curtis Lazar to New Jersey for a fourth-round draft pick in 2024.
We'll see what the future holds."ĭeadline day itself mostly featured depth moves, reclamation projects, and rolls of the dice as GMs largely looked for value in the league's bargain bin.ĭetroit traded Jakub Vrana to St. "I think that put a lot of teams saying, 'You know what? If we're gonna make a move, let's get going now.' There was some sellers out there pretty quick after that. "(Earlier) this year than normal for a big guy to get moved," Waddell said of Horvat. Today was quieter, but I don't really know why."Ĭarolina GM Don Waddell said the New York Islanders getting centre Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks in late January, along with salary cap concerns when acquiring big contracts, forced some hands. "Usually there's 30 trades, and 25 happen on trade deadline day. "I don't know if this is the way it's going to be next year, or if next year it's going to go back." "If you would have asked me a month ago, I'd have thought every trade was going to take place March 1, 2, 3," said Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland, who tooki his big swing Tuesday when he sent underperforming forward Jesse Puljujarvi to the Carolina Hurricanes and acquired defenceman Mattias Ekholm from the Nashville Predators. ET cutoff.Īfter the dust settled following a wild stretch that saw contenders load up, needs addressed and franchise icons wave goodbye, the stage was set for an anti-climatic, underwhelming main event. Teams made more than 40 swaps - featuring most of the big names thought to be available - in the weeks leading up to the league's 3 p.m.
NHL general managers swung a boatload of deals ahead of Friday's trade deadline.
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