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Morning Skate: Wrapping up an interesting 2017 NHL trade deadline
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WHOA.
Yes, that is the visual representation of the NHL trade deadline. Were all of those lines interesting? Not really, but the volume! GMs are already talking about how quiet the deadline was compared to recent years, but that doesn’t mean a lot of intriguing moves weren’t made.
GMs got creative this year. Let’s discuss.
TIME FOR GRADES
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A lot of teams got high marks! There were more reasonable trades than we expected, so there were plenty of high grades to go around.
Oh, and we graded every single trade made since January. You can probably spot the parts where we got bored/tired/hungry.
SO WHO MOVED? NOT THESE GUYS.
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As for the guys who did ...
- The Lightning basically laundered Mark Streit for the Penguins. Poor Flyers.
- Calgary traded for Curtis Lazar, a 2013 first-round pick of the Senators. He needed a fresh start and could be really good.
- Colorado traded Jarome Iginla to the Kings.
- Montreal gets Steve Ott and a ton of other large humans.
- Jannik Hansen is now a Shark.
MORE DEADLINE FALLOUT FROM SB NATION
Anyway, here’s some reaction from our team blogs:
- The Canadiens’ moves were underwhelming.
- Sens fans are sad to see Lazar go.
- Bruins fans think Drew Stafford could be a big add.
- Wings fans are thrilled with the start of the rebuild.
- How does one trade help the Ducks this season?
- The Devils had a disappointing day.
- What does Valtteri Filppula bring to the Flyers?
- Carolina’s deadline was a dud. Time to make a big move in the offseason.
- The Capitals are now special.
- The Islanders disappeared.
- Avs fans take Joe Sakic to task.
- Blues fans are still disappointed in the Shattenkirk trade.
- Chicago did well!
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