This is a four-part division by division look at what each team did at Wednesday’s trade deadline. Who did good and who did bad?
The Red Wings sold for the first time in 25 years, the Leafs, Panthers, Bruins, and Canadiens are all trying to capitalize on a weak division but didn’t go all in like the Senators did, and the Lightning did what they could to try to manage a cap situation that’s going to make this offseason stressful.
Boston Bruins
- A conditional sixth round pick to the Winnipeg Jets for Drew Stafford.
- IN: Drew Stafford.
- OUT: A conditional sixth.
Buffalo Sabres
- Daniel Catenacci to the New York Rangers for Mat Bodie.
- IN: Daniel Catenacci.
- OUT: Mat Bodie.
Detroit Red Wings
- Tomas Jurco to the Chicago Blackhawks for a 2017 third round pick.
- Brendan Smith to the New York Rangers for a 2017 second round pick and 2018 third round pick.
- Steve Ott to the Montreal Canadiens for a 2018 sixth round pick.
- Thomas Vanek to the Florida Panthers for Dylan McIlrath and a 2017 third round pick.
- IN: Dylan McIlrath, a 2017 second and two thirds, a 2018 third and sixth.
- OUT: Tomas Jurco, Brendan Smith, Steve ott, Thomas Vanek.
Florida Panthers
- Dylan McIlrath to the Florida Panthers and a 2017 third round pick for Thomas Vanek.
- Mike McKenna to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Adam Wilcox.
- IN: Thomas Vanek and Adam Wilcox.
- OUT: Dylan McIlrath, Mike McKenna, a 2017 third.
Montreal Canadiens
- Greg Pateryn and a 2017 fourth round pick to the Dallas Stars for Jordie Benn.
- David Desharnais to the Edmonton Oilers for Brandon Davidson.
- A 2018 sixth round pick to the Detroit Red Wings for Steve Ott.
- A conditional 2018 fourth round pick to the Los Angeles Kings for Dwight King.
- Sven Andrighetto to the Colorado Avalanche for Andreas Martinsen.
- IN: Jordie Benn, Brandon Davidson, Steve Ott, Dwight King, and Andreas Martinsen.
- OUT: Greg Pateryn, David Desharnais, Sven Andrighetto, a 2018 sixth.
Ottawa Senators
- Jonathan Dahlen to the Vancouver Canucks for Alex Burrows.
- A 2017 third round pick to the Carolina Hurricanes for Viktor Stalberg.
- Curtis Lazar and Michael Kostka to the Calgary Flames for Jyrki Jokipakka and a 2017 second round pick.
- IN: Alex Burrows, Viktor Stalberg, Jyrki Jokipakka, a 2017 second.
- OUT: Jonathan Dahlen, Curtis Lazar, Michael Kostka, a 2017 third.
Tampa Bay Lightning
- Ben Bishop and a 2017 fifth round pick to the Los Angeles Kings for Peter Budaj, Eric Cernak, a 2017 conditional pick, and a 2017 seventh round pick.
- Brian Boyle to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Byron Froese and a 2017 second round pick.
- Valtteri Filppula and a 2017 fourth and conditional seventh round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for Mark Streit.
- Mark Streit to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2018 fourth round pick.
- Adam Wilcox to the Florida Panthers for Mike McKenna.
- Jeremy Morin to the Arizona Coyotes for Stefan Fournier.
- IN: Peter Budaj, Eric Cernak, Byron Froese, Mark Streit, Mike McKenna, Stefan Fournier, a 2017 second, seventh, and conditional pick, a 2018 fourth.
- OUT: Ben Bishop, Brian Boyle, Valtteri Filppula, Mark Streit, Adam Wilcox, Jeremy Morin, and a 2017 fourth.
Steve Yzerman had himself a hell of a deadline. Facing the reality of not being able to afford one of his three key restricted free agents, Jonathan Drouin, Ondrej Palat, and Tyler Johnson, this summer due to a tight cap crunch, Yzerman unloaded the entirety of Valtteri Filppula’s $5 million cap hit next season on the Flyers. All they had to do was take on Mark Streit and sweeten the pot with a fourth and seventh round pick, and that fourth was immediately replaced when Streit was flipped to Pittsburgh. Yzerman also got what he could from soon-to-be free agents Brian Boyle and Ben Bishop, though neither returned what you would have expected a few weeks ago. Overall, it was a good deadline for the selling Lightning, who made strides in mitigating their cap difficulties and gained assets for players who weren’t part of the long-term plan.
Toronto Maple Leafs
- Byron Froese and a 2017 second round pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Brian Boyle.
- Frank Corrado to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Eric Fehr, Steve Olesky, and a 2017 fourth round pick.
- IN: Brian Boyle, Eric Fehr, Steve Olesky, and a 2017 fourth.
- OUT: Byron Froese, Frank Corrado, and a 2017 second.
The Leafs are in a position they probably didn’t expect to be at the deadline: Pushing for a playoff spot. The rebuild has accelerated quicker than most imagined in Toronto, so Lou Lamoriello made an upgrade to the team without deviating far from the build for the future model. They sent one of their three second round picks to Tampa Bay for Brian Boyle, who will be a welcomed upgrade over Ben Smith in the fourth line centre role. They also re-gained some draft pick capital by taking on Eric Fehr’s contract from the Penguins, though a fourth rounder isn’t much of a prize for doing the handling.
Thanks Great article,
I would have to say that the Wings and Tampa did quite well considering no real big time players or high draft picks were involved, one needed cap space and the other recived draft picks for marginal players.
Great post, Cam!