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Trade deadline winners?

March 2, 2017, 10:25 AM ET [79 Comments]
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In this edition of the hotstove, we share our thoughts on the winners at and leading up to this year's trade deadline.

Todd Cordell

I absolutely love what the Vancouver Canucks were able to accomplish.

They converted 35-year-old winger Alex Burrows, a guy who was on an expiring contract, into a very promising prospect in Jonathan Dahlen. The 19-year-old is lighting it up in Sweden and offers the potential not many currently in the organization do.

The Canucks then traded 30-year-old Jannik Hansen, someone they felt they may lose in the expansion draft, to San Jose in exchange for Nikolay Goldobin and a conditional 4th.

I was sky-high on Goldobin heading into the draft and am completely in love with his puck skills. He alone would have been enough for me to make the deal. There's more, though!

The 4th​ ​the Sharks are giving up turns into a 1st if they win the Cup. Considering they made it to the Stanley Cup Final a year ago, and with arguably a lesser roster, that condition isn't exactly far fetched.

So, if the Sharks manage to win the Cup, the Canucks will have turned declining middle-6 players in Burrows and Hansen into a couple highly skilled prospects (Dahlen/Goldobin) and a 1st round pick. It doesn't get much better than that.

Adam French

I'm of a few minds on this.

I think Washington getting Shattenkirk and essentially upgrading their defense to be the best right side in the NHL was significant. When the top team in the league gets the best player available it's always hard to go against the logic that they won the day. Especially because the cost was ludicrously low in terms of what people thought it would take. The 1st rounder + top prospect +++++ was bantered about in the media, yet at the end of the day it's a very low first, a second in 2065 and marginal prospect that has never showed much signs of scoring throughout his career. They managed to get the big fish whilst retaining their top prospects Bowey, Vrana, Samsonov and Johansen. Heck, they even kept the tier below with Venecek, Siegenthaler and Barber. That's a good move.

I also think Yzerman had a good deadline. Moving Filppula's salary for essentially a 7th rounder was very savvy. Despite how good of a player he is; his sheer presence on the team might have cost them Johnson/Drouin/Palat. He has to think of the team next year with a "hopefully" fully healed Stamkos. Also getting maximum value for Boyle before he is an UFA.


Lastly I thought Benning in Vancouver did well. Goldobin is a very good prospect still and the Sharks are seriously going for it this year. With the Conditional Fourth potentially becoming a 1st...I mean, a potential first and a top prospect for a 3rd/4th liner...come on. I can't recall such a premium being paid since Paul Gaustad.

Before that he got Dahlen, who has scored the most goals in a single season by an U20 player in Allsvenskan history and is coming off a very promising World Juniors, for yet another 3rd liner. To get two such strong prospects for spare parts that aren't going to help their team is pretty significant business, especially as we saw a lot of 3rd and 4th rounders being thrown away for similar players.

They deal two players who are 30+ for premium pieces. Or at least more premium than their ilk should return. Vancouver is going to fight for last next year and hopefully reap some Svechnikov rewards.

James Tanner

Don't think there can be any question it's the Capitals. No one even came close to getting an impact player besides them.

Nearly all the moves leading up and/or on deadline day were depth moves and contract related shuffles.

Shattenkirk is so far ahead of the next best player to get traded it's kind of sad. The NHL trade deadline has devolved from spectacle to joke.

Peter Tessier

This is an easy one, yet totally surprising: the Canucks. It's not even close really.

While they gave up two long-time players, favourites of fans and team mates, Jim Benning greatly increased his chances of having some top tier talent develop to the professional level. That is exactly what the Canucks need as they truly begin the rebuild era from the re-tool model they have tried. There is no guarantee with any prospect but for where the Canucks are as an organization what they will likely be for the near-term they did the right thing and got arguably the best future assets of any team this year. Hard to believe it was Jim Benning who pulled it off.

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