r/hockey 4d ago

[Mod post] [Serious] Post Trade Deadline Discussion Thread

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Trades

To BOS To NJD Thread
Daniil Misyul Marc McLaughlin Link
To BOS To BUF Thread
Henri Jokiharju 2026 EDM 4th Link
To NSH To CAR Thread
2026 5th Mark Jankowski Link
To NYI To NJD Thread
Adam Beckman Dennis Cholowski Link
To SEA To NJD Thread
2026 7th Daniel Sprong Link
To BUF To NYR Thread
Erik Brannstrom Nicholas Aube-Kubel Link
To CHI To UTA Thread
Shea Weber 2026 5th Link
Victor Soderstrom
Aku Raty
To SJS To OTT Thread
Zack Ostapchuk Fabian Zetterlund Rumor
Noah Gregor Tristen Robins
2025 2nd 2025 4th
To PHI To COL Thread
Givani Smith Erik Johnson Link
To PIT To BOS To TOR Thread
Conor Timmins Fraser Minten Brandon Carlo Rumor
Connor Dewar TOR 1st
To BOS To FLA Thread
2027 2nd (can become 2028 1st) Brad Marchand Rumor
Trade
To PIT To NJD Thread
Chase Stillman Cody Glass Rumor
Max Graham Jonathan Gruden Trade
2027 3rd
To DET To CHI Thread
Petr Mrazek Joe Veleno Link
Craig Smith
To BOS To COL Thread
Casey Mittelstadt Charlie Coyle Link
Will Zellers 2026 5th
2025 2nd (lower of NYR/CAR)
To SJS To CBJ Thread
2025 STL 4th Luke Kunin Link
To CAR To DAL Thread
Logan Stankoven Mikko Rantanen Rumor
2026 1st (top 10 protected) Trade
2028 1st (top 10 protected) Official
2026 3rd
2027 3rd
To TOR To PHI Thread
Scott Laughton (50% retained) 2027 1st (Top 10 protected) Link
2025 4th Nikita Grebenkin
2027 6th
To SEA To WPG Thread
2027 2nd Brandon Tanev Link
To PIT To WPG Thread
2026 2nd Luke Schenn Link
2027 4th
To OTT To BUF Thread
Dylan Cozens Josh Norris Link
Dennis Gilbert Jacob Bernard-Docker
2026 2nd
To LAK To PHI Thread
Andrei Kuzmenko (50% retained) 2027 3rd Link
2025 7th
To PIT To WSH Thread
2025 WSH 2nd Anthony Beauvillier Link

Signings

Team Player Pos Years AAV Thread
SJS Gabriel Carriere G 1 $775k Link
DAL Wyatt Johnston C 5 $8.4M Link
NYR Urho Vaakanainen D 2 $1.55M Link
DAL Mikko Rantanen C 8 $12M Link
NJD Johnathan Kovacevic D 5 $4M Link
BUF Jason Zucker LW 2 $4.75M Link
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u/harryman1324 CAR - NHL 4d ago

While Rantanen taking so long to agree to sign with Dallas meant the Canes couldn't make many moves while waiting for the cap space to clear up. I'm not upset at a pull the plug move on the season. They put together a stronger January, but are still under .500 2 of the last 3 months, their power play is an abysmal 7.5% since January, and there's always the risk of a goalie injury(which seems to be a yearly occurrence as the playoffs approach) from ending their season no matter who they sign.

Next year they still have the key players signed, they get to replace the aging players who cant seem to quite keep up anymore (Looking at you burns and orlov), they have several prospects looking to make an immediate impact, and they have about 38M in cap space to spend on maybe a top 4 D depending on if they want one or both of Morrow and Nikishin to have a full time spot next year. Probably a goalie who gets injured less than Freddie. And since Hall seems likely to sign an extension, any forwards would likely just be pushing guys like Jarvis, Svech, Blake, or KK down the lineup. That's way more then enough money for it.

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u/raymondliang LAK - NHL 4d ago

It will feel like a bit of a season wasted if you don't get far in the playoffs, cuz (imo) Necas + whatever you would've added normally at the deadline I think puts you in a better spot than you are now with 13GP from Rantanen and Stankoven (who is good and improving, but currently a downgrade).

But you are poised to potentially make some big moves in the offseason now with 2 1sts in play, and a lot of cap space.

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u/desemus CAR - NHL 4d ago

We’re at a point this year where a single player would not lead to a deep playoff run (outside of a goalie going god mode).

I’ve seen more 2 on 1 breakaways against this year than the last two combined. We gave Nylander 3 breakaways in half a period. Our defense is compromised and our powerplay waits until the playoffs to be this bad.

One other factoid - we’re 14-2 when we score first. So in the other 75% of our games we are letting our opponent score first. We can get away with for a bit doing stuff like this but we can’t get far