Date TEAM PLAYERS / ASSETS PLAYERS / ASSETS TEAM INSTANT ANALYSIS

2/29 F David Jones G Niklas Backstrom, 2016 6th Round Pick The Wild acquires a forward who has multiple 20-goal seasons and can help provide depth scoring during its push toward the playoffs.

2/29 D Corey Potter

Future Considerations

The Predators add a defenseman with some size and 129 games of NHL experience who has spent this season with Springfield of the American Hockey League.

2/29 D James Melindy, F Dan O'Donoghue, F Dustin Jeffrey F Matia Marcantuoni

In a minor league swap, the Coyotes acquire a 22-year-old center in Marcantuoni, while the Penguins receive a defenseman with some NHL experience in Jeffrey, and two career minor league skaters.

2/29 F Tim Jackman, 2017 7th Round Pick

F Corey Tropp

The Ducks ship and experienced defenseman in Jackman who was in the AHL this season, and a late-round pick, for a former third-round pick in Tropp who has spent time in both the NHL and AHL the past six years.

2/29 D Conor Allen F Michael Keranen The Wild and Senators swap minor league players, with Allen, who signed as a free agent out of UMass Amherst in 2013, coming to Minnesota.

2/29 F Scott Sabourin F Brett Sutter

The Wild acquires a 23-year-old forward in Sabourin who had a strong finish to his Junior career in Oshawa, and has spent the past two seasons in the American Hockey League.

2/29 F Patrick Maroon

D Martin Gernat, 2016 4th Round Pick

The Oilers add another big forward with Maroon (6-foot-3, 225 pounds) into the mix, while the Ducks get back a fourth-round pick and a 22-year-old defensive prospect in Gernat.

2/29 F Taylor Beck

F Marc-Andre Cliche

The Islanders and Avalanche exchange minor league players with NHL resumes, with 71 games of service for Beck, and 151 for Cliche, a former second-round pick.

2/29 F Jamie McGinn

Conditional 3rd Round Pick

The Ducks make a late move to acquire a two-way forward that can fill multiple roles, while the Sabres move an impending unrestricted free agent for a conditional third round pick that could become a second.

2/29 F Lee Stempniak

2017 2nd Round Pick, 2016 4th Round Pick

The Bruins acquire the Devils leading scorer and a solid two-way forward in Stempniak, while New Jersey gets two draft picks in return for a player that came to the Devils on a professional tryout.

2/29 F STEFAN MATTEAU F DEVANTE SMITH-PELLEY The Devils and Canadiens exchange young forwards with NHL experience who will each get a shot to become roster mainstays on a team team. new organizations.

2/29 D John-Michael Liles F Anthony Camara, 3rd Round Pick, 5th Round Pick IN THE THICK OF THE ATLANTIC RACE, THE BRUINS BOLSTER UP THEIR BLUE LINE WITH AN EXPERIENCED DEFENSEMAN. THE HURRICANES GET TWO DRAFT PICKS AND A PROSPECT WITH A SCORING TOUCH IN CAMARA FOR AN EXPIRING CONTRACT.

2/29 F SHANE PRINCE, 2016 7TH ROUND PICK 2016 3RD ROUND PICK THE ISLANDERS GET A YOUNG FORWARD AND A FORMER SECOND-ROUND PICK WHO HAS BEEN A GOOD AHL SCORER AND CAN PROVIDE NEW YORK WITH MORE DEPTH WITH A LATE-ROUND PICK. OTTAWA ADDS ANOTHER PICK HIGHER UP TO ITS STOCK.

2/29 F Brandon Pirri

2016 6th Round Pick

THE DUCKS ADD A 20-GOAL SCORER AND AN EFFECTIVE EVEN-STRENGTH PLAYER AT A PRETTY FAIR COST, SENDING A LATE-ROUND PICK BACK TO THE PANTHERS, WHO WERE DEALING FROM A POSITION OF SURPLUS.

2/29 D Kris Russell

D JYRKI JOKIPAKKA, F BRETT POLLOCK, CONDITIONAL 2ND ROUND PICK THE FLAMES FLIP ANOTHER EXPIRING CONTRACT FOR A HIGH, CONDITIONAL DRAFT PICK, AND TWO PROSPECTS.

2/29 D ERIC GELINAS 3RD ROUND PICK THE AVALANCHE ACQUIRES MORE DEPTH FOR ITS BLUE LINE, AND A DURABLE VETERAN PLAYER, WITH ANOTHER YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT. THE DEVILS ADD ANOTHER PICK TO THEIR DRAFT BOARD FOR JUNE.

2/29 F MIKKEL BOEDKER F ALEX TANGUAY, F CONNER BLEACKLEY, D KYLE WOOD THE AVALANCHE ADDS ANOTHER FORWARD, GIVING THEM MORE DEPTH UP FRONT IN THE MIDST OF A PLAYOFF RUN, AND REPLACES TANGUAY WITH A FASTER SKATER. THE COYOTES FLIP AN IMPENDING UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT FOR ANOTHER EXPIRING CONTRACT AND TWO PROSPECTS, INCLUDING A FORMER FIRST-ROUND PICK IN BLEAKLEY.

2/29 D DENNIS ROBERTSON G DREW MACINTYRE THE BLACKHAWKS ADD ANOTHER GOALIE TO THEIR MINOR LEAGUE TEAM, WHILE THE HURRICANES ADD A YOUNGER DEFENSEMAN WHO PLAYED FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE HOCKEY.

2/29 F SERGEI PLOTNIKOV F MATTHIA PLACHTA, 2017 CONDITONAL 7TH ROUND PICK A HEALTHY SCRATCH IN HIS PAST 19 GAMES, PLOTNIKOV CLEARS SOME CAP FOR THE PENGUINS, AND GETS A FRESH START ON A YOUNG ARIZONA TEAM WITH LOTS OF SKILL UP FRONT.

2/28 F DANIEL WINNIK, 2016 5TH ROUND PICK F BROOKS LAICH, D CONNOR CARRICK, 2016 2ND ROUND PICK THE CAPITALS ADD A FORWARD THE PROVIDES THEM WITH MORE DEPTH, WHILE THE MAPLE LEAFS ACQUIRE A YOUNGER DEFENSEMAN IN CONNOR CARRICK, AND ANOTHER SECOND-ROUND PICK.

2/28 F CHRIS BROWN F RYAN BOURQUE A SWAP OF TWO MINOR-LEAGUE FORWARDS, AND GEORGE MCPHEE AND THE CAPITALS ACQUIRE A FORWARD THAT THEY THINK CAN GO UP-AND-DOWN FROM THE AHL TO THE NHL.

2/28 F KRIS VERSTEEG F VALENTIN ZYKOV, CONDITIONAL 5TH ROUND PICK DEAN LOMBARDI STAYS BUSY, ADDING IN AN EXPERIENCED FORWARD WITH A GOAL-SCORING TOUCH. THE HURRICANES FLIP ANOTHER EXPIRING CONTRACT FOR A PROSPECT AND A DRAFT PICK.

2/28 F ERIC STAAL F ALEKSI SAARELA, 2016 2ND ROUND PICK, 2017 2ND ROUND PICK THE RANGERS GET DEEPER DOWN THE MIDDLE, AND ACQUIRE A PLAYER WHO HAS WON A STANLEY CUP. THE HURRICANES GET TWO SECOND-ROUND PICKS AND A PROSPECT WITH A LOT OF UPSIDE IN ALESKI SAARELA FOR AN EXPIRING CONTRACT.

2/27 F JASON AKESON, F PHIL VARONE, D JEROME GAUTHIER-LEDUC, CONDITIONAL DRAFT PICK D MICHAEL SDAO, F ALEX GUPTILL, F COLE SCHNEIDER, F ERIC O'DELL A SEVEN-PLAYER, MINOR LEAGUE TRADE THAT SAW EACH TEAM TRADE ITS LEADING AHL-SCORERS (JAKE AKESON AND PHIL VARONE OF BUFFALO, AND ERIC O'DELL AND COLE SCHNEIDER OF OTTAWA).

2/27 D JUSTIN SCHULTZ 2016 3RD ROUND DRAFT PICK AFTER MISSING OUT ON ROMAN POLAK, THE PENGUINS ACQUIRE A YOUNGER DEFENSEMAN WHO HAS SHOWN PROMISE AND GETS A FRESH START IN PITTSBURGH. THE OILERS GET A THIRD-ROUND PICK FOR AN IMPENDING RESTRICTED FREE AGENT.

2/27 D JAKUB KINDL 2017 6TH ROUND DRAFT PICK THE LAST MOVE OF THE DAY BY THE PANTHERS, KINDL, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF 30, BRINGS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE TO A YOUNGER FLORIDA DRESSING ROOM, AND A YOUNGER BLUE LINE. WITH A SURPLUS OF DEFENSEMEN, THE RED WINGS GET A LATE-ROUND DRAFT PICK BACK.

2/27 F TEDDY PURCELL 2016 3RD ROUND DRAFT PICK MORE OF A DEPTH ADDITION, THE PANTHERS ADDED ANOTHER FORWARD IN PURCELL, WHILE THE OILERS TURNED AN EXPIRING CONTRACT INTO A DRAFT PICK.

2/27 F JIRI HUDLER 2016 2ND ROUND DRAFT PICK, 2018 4TH ROUND DRAFT PICK IN WHAT AMOUNTED TO A VERY BUSY DAY FOR GM DALE TALLON, THE PANTHERS ADDED A PROVEN GOAL-SCORER IN HUDLER, WHILE THE FLAMES ACQUIRED TWO DRAFT PICKS.

2/27 G JAMES REIMER, F JEREMY MORIN G ALEX STALOCK, F BEN SMITH, 2018 CONDITIONAL 4TH ROUND DRAFT PICK WITH HIS CONTRACT EXPIRING THIS SUMMER, THE SHARKS ADD REIMER INTO THEIR GOALTENDING FOLD WITH MARTIN JONES, AND A YOUNG FORWARD IN MORIN WHO HAS HAD SCORING SUCCESS IN THE AHL. THE LEAFS ADD ANOTHER DRAFT PICK AND A GOALIE IN ALEX STALOCK WHO HAS SHOWN GOOD FLASHES AT THE NHL LEVEL.

2/27 G ANDERS NILSSON G NIKLAS LUNDSTROM, 2016 5TH ROUND PICK WITH BRIAN ELLIOTT ON LONG-TERM INJURED RESERVE DUE TO A LOWER-BODY INJURY, THE BLUES COMPLEMENT THEIR GOALTENDING SITUATION BY ADDING NILSSON. IN RETURN, THE OILERS GET A YOUNGER GOALIE AND A LATE DRAFT PICK.

2/26 F TOMAS FLEISCHMANN, F DALE WEISE F PHILIP DANAULT, 2018 2ND ROUND PICK WITH ITS TOP-SIX ROUNDED OUT, CHICAGO ADDS TO DEPTH FORWARDS ON EXPIRING CONTRACTS, BUT PIECES TO HELP WIN IT ANOTHER CUP. MONTREAL ACQUIRES A FORMER FIRST ROUND PICK IN DENAULT, AND GETS A SECOND-ROUND PICK.

2/25 D CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF D ROB SCUDERI THE BLACKHAWKS ADD AN EXPERIENCED DEFENSEMAN WHO DRIVES PUCK POSSESSION. THE KINGS GET BACK A PLAYER WITH PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE THAT THEY LIKE IN THEIR LOCKER ROOM, HOPING TO MAKE ANOTHER DEEP PLAYOFF RUN.

2/25 F ANDREW LADD, D JAY HARRISON, F MATT FRASER F MARKO DANO, 2016 1ST ROUND PICK, 2018 CONDITIONAL 3RD ROUND DRAFT PICK BLACKHAWKS GM STAN BOWMAN GETS HIS GUY AGAIN, AS CHICAGO EXECUTES ANOTHER DEADLINE DEAL TO GEAR UP FOR A PLAYOFF RUN, WHILE THE JETS GET ASSETS FOR A PLAYER LIKELY ON THE WAY OUT AS A FREE AGENT. LADD WILL ROUND OUT A POTENT TOP-SIX FOR CHICAGO.

2/24 D PHILIP LARSEN 2017 5TH ROUND PICK LARSEN HAS SPENT HIS PAST TWO SEASONS IN THE KHL, AND SHOULD HE RETURN, VANCOUVER NOW HAS HIS RIGHTS. EDMONTON ADDS ANOTHER DRAFT PICK TO ITS 2016 BOARD.

2/23 D MIKE WEBER 2017 3RD ROUND PICK THE CAPITALS BOLSTER THEIR BLUE LINE, GIVING UP A THIRD-ROUND PICK TO ADD DEFENSIVE DEPTH TO ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S TOP TEAMS.

2/22 F HUNTER SHINKARUK F MARKUS GRANLUND A 2013 FIRST ROUND PICK WHO HAS BEEN A PROVEN AHL GOAL SCORER, HUNTER SHINKARUK GOES TO A YOUNG FLAMES TEAM, WHILE MARKUS GRANLUND FACTORS IN RIGHT AWAY FOR THE CANUCKS.

2/22 D ROMAN POLAK, F NICK SPALING F RAFFI TORRES, 2017 2ND ROUND PICK, 2018 2ND ROUND PICK THE SHARKS POUCH ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT DEFENSEMAN AVAILABLE IN ROMAN POLAK, AND A VERSATILE FORWARD IN NICK SPALING, WHILE THE LEAFS CONTINUE TO CLEAR CAP AND STOCKPILE DRAFT PICKS.

2/21 F SHAWN MATTHIAS F COLIN SMITH, 2016 4TH ROUND PICK IN THE THICK OF THE WILD CARD RACE, THE AVALANCHE ADDS SOME DEPTH TO ITS FORWARD GROUP, WHILE TORONTO ACQUIRES ANOTHER DRAFT PICK, AND A 23-YEAR-OLD FORWARD WHO HAS BEEN A DECENT AHL GOAL SCORER.