The point of this blog will be pretty simple. From “now” till the deadline on Wednesday BNZ will keep you up to date on all the trade happenings. Be sure to also check out our Blues buddies over at Frozen Notes, they have a Live Deadline Blog as well. Hockey Independent also has a Live Chat with some well known names going as well. Puck Daddy @ Yahoo has a Live Chat and Blog as well.
Deals Done March 3rd
to Colorado: F Stephane Yelle & Harrison Reed
to Carolina: F Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll & 6th Rd Pick
to Nashville: F Dustin Boyd
to Calgary: 4th Rd Pick
to Edmonton: Aaron Johnson & 2010 3rd Rd Pick
to Calgary: D Steve Staios
to Vancouver: Andrew Alberts
to Carolina: 3rd Rd Pick
to Anaheim: D Lubomir Vishnovsky
to Edmonton: D Ryan Whitney
*BNZ Analysis – Big upgrade for the Ducks. Whitney just wasn’t the right guy for Anaheim. Ray (S)hero wins another trade.
to LA: F Fredrick Modin
to Columbus: Future Considerations
*BNZ Analysis – LA ended up not taking Whitney, Poni, Torres, Kariya or any other impact forward. Instead they take an aging Swede and Jeff Halpern. GOod moves for depth, but doesn’t really help THAT much in my opinion.
to Washington: D Joe Corvo
to Carolina: F Oskar Osala, D Brian Pothier & 2nd Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis -This is a good deal for the Caps in their “win now, at all else” attitude. Osala could have been important since they could lose soem forwards while trying to find money to lock down Backstrom long term. I’m a Corvo fan (not just because he is on my keeper league team), he should do well pounding shots from the point in the nation’s capital.
to Phoenix: F Lee Stempniak
to Toronto: 4th & 7th Rd Picks
*BNZ Analysis – Phoenix adds another experienced player to their roster with former St. Louis favorite Lee Stempniak. I am honestly happy for Lee. After getting dumped in Toronto he gets to move to a playoff contender where he can contribute and not have too much expected of him.
to Washington: D Milan Jurcina
to Columbus: 6th Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – Not sure what is up here. The Caps can’t take on too much salary. Something else has to be coming for them to absorb Belanger, Walker and Jurcina.
to Atlanta: Clarke MacArthur
to Buffalo: 3rd & 4th Rd Picks
*BNZ Analysis – MacArthur helsp bolster the credentials of the Thrashers forwards. He adds size and a scoring touch. Replacement for Kozlov if he is moved?
to Buffalo : F Raffi Torres
to Columbus: D Nathan Paetsch & 2nd Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – The rumored 1st Rd pick for Torres was way too much. A depth player and 2nd rd pick isn’t too bad. Torres replaces MacArthur
to Calgary: G Vesa Toskala
to Anaheim: G Curtis McElhinney
*BNZ Analysis -Why? A more “capable” back up for Mikka?
to Washington: F Eric Belanger
to Minnesota: 2010 2nd Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – Given the history between Belanger and current Cap Chimera, its an interesting deal. Not sure if the CAps need another forward, unless another is moving out.
to LA: F Jeff Halpern
to Tampa Bay: F Teddy Purcell & 3rd Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – Sounds like an even swap of bottom 6 forwards with Tampa geting a draft pick.
to Phoenix: D Mathieu Schneider
to Vancouver: Sean Zimmerman & Conditional 6th Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – Phoenix adds another defensemen to their corps of blue liners. What’s important here is power play help and experience. Phoenix is trying to make sure they stay in the Top 8 teams in the West.
to St. Louis: F Pierre-Cedric Labrie
to Vancouver: F Yan Stastny
*BNZ Analysis – Randall has a blog up and will provide more thoughts. Vancouver got it’s depth Forward as Yan can be a good energy, 4th line guy who kills penalties. Too bad Cory Schneider wasn’t the Canuck to come back…as so many Blues fans were hoping to see come from Vancouver.
to Phoenix: F Wojtek Wolski
to Colorado: F Peter Mueller & F Kevin Porter
*BNZ Analysis – Good deal for the Avs as they move out an inconsistent forward for a younger and cheaper inconsistent forward. Rumor is that the Avs had interest in Boyes, but were not interested in a straight swap for Wolski or JM Liles.
to Washington: F Scott Walker
to Carolina: 7th Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – CAps add more grit and toughness to their forward depth. I heard this likened to the Pens picking up Roberts.
to Edmonton: F Ryan Jones has been claimed off waivers from the Nashville Predators
*BNZ Analysis – Edmonton wants to obtain young players with upside to kick off their rebuild. Take Jones off waivers is a low risk acquisition.
to Anaheim: D Aaron Ward
to Carolina: G Justin Pogge & 2010 4th Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – Anaheim gets a little physical and defensive toughness on their blue line for a stretch run. Also gives them a warm body to replace Whitney or Wisniewski.
to Florida: F Craig Weller, F Byron Bitz, & 2nd Rd Pick
to Boston: D Denis Seidenberg & D Matthew Bartowski
*BNZ Analysis – Boston gets a “better” player in Seidenberg than what they had in Morris. Boston is still trying to find a scorer up front. Trading their 2nd Rd pick makes their second 1st Rd pick too valuable to trade?
to New Jersey: D Martin Skoula
to Toronto: 2010 5th Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – Not a shcoking trade. Burke is doing whatever he can to acquire young assets. Skoula had to come with Caputi to make the Poni deal work. NJ likes adding defensemen depth at the deadling (remember Salvador?). Burke gets another pick to play with.
to Phoenix: D Derek Morris
to Boston: 2011 4th Rd Pick
*BNZ Analysis – The deal opens up cap space for Boston to add a scorer. This also gives Phoenix depth on their blueline. However, Phoenix still needs to address their gap in the Top 6 with Upshall out. The lack of scoring was apparent against the Blues last night. Soem early thoughts are that Boston will run at Torres now. Might over pay as the rumor mill has indicated and use their 1st Rd pick and hold on to Toronto’s.
to St. Louis: F Matt D’Agostini
to Montreal: F AAron Palushaj
*BNZ Analysis – Blog Here. If Keith Tkachuk wasn’t injured, I would think this deal would signal his movement. D’Agostini is a guy with a scoring touch who could help now with a change of scenery. He is 6′0+ and around 200 lbs. Size the Blues need on their roster. Matt is a RFA at season’s end and give the Blues a cheap, internal option to fill an open roster spot for a UFA like Tkachuk or Winchester. It’s a good deal for Montreal adding an offensive upside winger who has a fair amount of skill. Aaron was pretty good at camp for basically coming straight out of College (Michigan). However, his size is an issue. He looked like a soccer player this summer, not a hockey player. With that said, Aaron has a lot of raw skill and could turn in to a productive player with size and experience. Something else is likely in the works if they are moving a touted player with some upside.
Deals Done March 2nd
to Toronto: F Luca Caputi & D Martin Skoula
to Pittsburgh: F Alex Ponikarovsky
to Ottawa: D Andy Sutton
to New York Islanders: 2010 2nd Rd Pick
to Chicago: D Nick Boynton
top Anaheim: Future Considerations
Deals Done March 1st
to Atlanta: F Evgeny Artyukhin
to Anaheim: D Nathan Oystrick & 2011 Conditional Draft Pick
to Pittsburgh: D Jordan Leopold
to Florida: 2010 2nd Rd Pick
to Edmonton: 2010 2nd Rd Pick
to Nashville: D Denis Grebeshkov
to St. Louis: G Joe Fallon
to Chicago: G Hannu Toivonen & D Danny Richmond
Deals Done before March 1st
to Minnesota: D – Cam Barker
to Chicago: D – Kim Johnsson & D – Nick Leddy
to Ottawa: F – Matt Cullen
to Carolina: D – Alex Picard & 2nd Rd Pick
to Montreal: Dominic Moore
to Florida: 2011 2nd Rd Pick
to Pittsburgh: D Steve Wagner
to St. Louis: D Nate Guenin
to Dallas: G Kari Lehtonen
to Atlanta: D Ivan Vishnevskiy & 2011 4th RdPick
to San Jose: D Niclas Wallin & 2010 5th Rd Pick
to Carolina: 2010 2nd Rd Pick
to Atlanta: D John Oduya, F Niclas Bergfors, F Patrice Cormier, 2010 1st Rd Pick, 2010 2nd Rd Pick
to New Jersey: F Ilya Kovalchuk, D Anssi Salmela, 2010 2nd Rd Pick
to Calgary: F Ales Kotalik & F Christopher Higgins
to New York Rangers: F Olli Jokinen & F Brandon Prust
to Toronto: D Dion Phaneuf, D Keith Aulie, F Fredrik Sjostrom
to Calgary: D Ian White, F Matt Stajan, F Niklas Hagman. F Jamal Mayers
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to Toronto: G Jean-Sebastien Giguere
to Anaheim: G Vesa Toskala & F Jason Blake
to Washington: F Jason Chimera
to Columbus: D Milan Jurcina & F Chris Clark