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The Buzzer sounds on Deadline Day 2015 with word that perhaps a few more items may trickle through as confirmation notices are delivered for the last minute moves.
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Chris Stewart is on his to Minnesota as the Sabres and Wild work a deal ( NHL Trade Alert )
Stewart learns of his fate from the TSN panel which have reached him on the phone, over at Sportsent there is some discussion on the relief that he will be feeling at finally having all the trade speculation at an end for him.
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The Penguins and Anaheim make a swap with Ben Lovejoy heading back to the Penguins where he first broke into the league, Simon Depres will be moving to the Ducks ( NHL Trade Alert )
The TSN team offer up some thoughts on what this may mean for Depres as he gains a bit of extra attention in Anaheim.
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It's unusual to see the Canucks and Flames talking about much of anything, such is the long running rivalry between the two teams, but on deadline day, even old feuds can take a break. Towards a more harmonious era, the Flames are sending Sven Baertschi to the Canucks in exchange for a second round draft pick ( NHL Trade Alert )
As they wait for more deadline notices to arrive, the TSN panel weighs in on Boston and their lack of movement and how that may play out as the season winds down.
The parade of the Canadian GM's begins in Ottawa as Bryan Murray outlined how he was looking to make a deal, but that none of the prospective opportunities provided enough value for Ottawa to make a trade. The Senators will now turn their thoughts to Draft Day and by June may move one of their defence men. He observes that while its unusual not to make any moves on deadline day, he did offer up to the Senators scouts and trade day team that there may not be much action on the day.
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Boston finally makes it to the trading listings, as a last minute move sends Maxim Talbot off to Colorado in exchange for Jordan Caron ( NHL Trade Alert )
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Columbus continues to make some moves with James Wisniewski off to the Ducks in exchange for Rene Bourque, William Karlsson and and a second Round pick in the 2015 draft ( NHL Trade Alert )
Kevin Cheveldayoff is next up on the tour of the GM's as he outlines the moves made by the Winnipeg Jets on deadline day and where Winnipeg is at heading down the playoff stretch. He offered up how he was trying to address some of the holes that had started to appear and that he believes that the jets are a better team today than they were a few days ago. Chevaldayoff commented on the early trades of February and how they perhaps provided the Jets with a bit of an advantage in swinging deals.
From Winnipeg the Edmonton Oilers were next up on the review of Canadian cities. With Craig MacTavish offering up his thoughts on where the Oilers sit after deadline day and heading into the June draft period. He noted that it's never a great day as a team when you're seller and not a buyer, but that the Oilers need to keep their mind on the fact that they are the 29th team in the league. MacTavish counselled patience for the Oilers fans suggesting that the team is getting closer to their goal,while at the same time highlighting many of their shortcomings. He made mention as to how the players still want to play in Edmonton,
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The Leafs make one more move on deadline day sending Korbinian Holzer to Anaheim, adding more to the Ducks blue line moves in the trading period. ( NHL Trade Alert )
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Anaheim kept up their pace past the trade buzzer, advising of a deal with Anaheim that sees Michal Sgarbossa coming to the Avalanche while Matt Clark heads to Colorado ( NHL Trade Alert )
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Boston makes another late entry to the listings, with word of a deal with Minnesota as Jared Knight suits up for the Wild, and Zack Phillips moves to the Bruins for their playoff push ( NHL Trade Alert)
The Maple Leafs were next up on the press conference circuit as Dave Nonis passed along some of his thoughts on the day. Making note of the long day that deadline becomes and how the Leafs now will move forward with the remaining games of the schedule. On the day he offered up that he did as much as he could and had hoped to make a few deals but there was no value available at deadline time. With no good fits and only small adjustments for the team on the day. The focus on the future will look to build the Leafs into a competitive group, with an eye on the summer and the opportunity that summer brings these days to move large contracts. As to how the current roster of Leafs should approach the rest of the season, that he said was a conversation he will hold with the team only.
Vancouver's turn at the microphone found GM Jim Benning offering up that he didn't really want to give up on his young picks, which set the balance in place for the Canucks as they made their trade day decisions. Expressing confidence in the current roster players, he further reviewed that they weren't shopping any of their Unrestricted players as there just wasn't good value available for them. On the Sven Baertschi trade, he reviewed that he didn't know what had change for the player in Calgary, but that he projects him to be a top six in the future, adding that Baertschi fits the Canucks profile of fast and skilled players. He also acknowledged that there were some inquiries made about Zach Kassian, but that his play in recent weeks has been noted, advising that Kassian has made some contributions and that nothing that was offered made any trade of the player of much sense. The same concept was put forward about Chris Higgins who Benning described as the glue in the room and that the thought of moving him was never really something the Canucks had considered.
Calgary dropped the biggest bombshell of the day and it had nothing to do with trading players, as GM Brad Treliving advised that captain Mark Giordano was to have surgery this week and will be out for the remainder of the season. As for the trade day developments he offered up some background on the Baertschi trade, advising that the player had requested a trade and advised he would not resign when his entry level contract expires. He expressed confidence in the current group and while they received lots of calls on the day, the Flames just couldn't find a fit that they liked.
Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin never quite made it to a microphone for the TSN rolling revue, but a short overview of their trade day developments highlighted the nature of the depth positions that Montreal filled, while not making any changes to the key players of the roster that have put Montreal in the playoff hunt this year. And while the trades weren't of a blockbuster nature, the Habs GM did indeed provide for some key moves that should serve the Canadiens well down the stretch and into the playoffs.
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