After a whirlwind start to the trade deadline, TSN has released a new and improved trade bait list leading up to the last day of action. Shortly thereafter, number seven on the list, Max Domi, appears headed to the Dallas Stars. Pending unrestricted free agents on the list include James van Riemsdyk, Dmitry Kulikov, and John Klingberg, among others. Notably, there are a couple of Vancouver Canucks still on the board, J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser, both with term remaining on their contract.
Although many contending teams have already improved, these players could still provide reasonable depth for a playoff pursuit. Because the activity leading up to the deadline has been hectic, many might think that tomorrow’s activity will not live up to recent years’ official deadline day. However, with the ensuing arms race seemingly across the entirety of the league, teams could still look to push themselves even further over the edge.
Other notes:
- After adding Mattias Ekholm and Nick Bjugstad, Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic reports the Oilers appear finished with their deadline activity. Adding a bonafide top-four defenseman, as well as making their bottom six harder to play against, the Oilers addressed two large needs this trade deadline. Already employing the sport’s most dynamic duo in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, this looks to be the group the Oilers will take into the playoffs. After losing to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference Final last year, the door is wide open in the west for the Oilers to go to their first Stanley Cup Final since the 2005-06 season.
- Earlier today, disgruntled forward Anders Bjork was traded by the Buffalo Sabres to the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations. As the future came to pass, both teams announced that forward Carson Gicewicz will be sent from the Rockford IceHogs to the Rochester Americans, thus completing the trade. In his second full season in the AHL, Gicewicz has scored six points in 43 games this year.
There’s almost no-one left! Just Boeser of note as a potential needle tipper. I don’t remember a trade deadline that went this hard, this early. So much activity yet no majors left for the deadline itself. It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks. Hopefully something mental happens like a Karlsson trade just to make the deadline itself have a real twist in the tail.
Wish the blues would trade Krug, scandella and or parayko. One of their better young dmen Calle Rosen healthy scratching every night, a shame. Wouldn’t mind binnington going bye bye and greiss too. Start this massive retool now
Blues should trade krug to Winnipeg for Stanley. They should have never signed that tiny turd and need to get back their team size that they had when they won the cup.
Keep that size thing in mind once jimmy Snuggarud(aka jimmy snipes) gets there because he isn’t all that big but has one hell of a shot and lead the gophers to back to back regular season titles along with Mathew knies(Toronto) and Logan Cooley (Arizona)
Snipes is 6”2