I will be running a continuous live update of the NHL Trade Deadline Today (All times are Mountain Time). Trade posts will be headlined with asterisks and bolded, so if you just want to see the trades, look for those by the times. So here goes!!
- 12:07 AM >> Okay, so honestly I am right about to go to bed, but I thought I would kick start it with the few little things that have happened thus far today.
- F Vaclav Prospal traded to PHI for D Alexandre Picard, and a conditional pick. (Condition is that, if the Flyers make the post-season, it is their 2nd round pick, if not, the pick is CGY’s 3rd pick.)
- F Mike Comrie has signed an extension with NYI, essentially taking his name off of the trade list.
- D Dan Boyle has also re-signed a big extension with TB, which to me opens the door for a F Brad Richards deal.
- D Barret Jackman has extended his deal with STL, so he shouldn’t have to pack his bags tonight.
- 8:01 AM >> Bob McKenzie just said the it is known that F Marian Hossa will not be taking the game-day skate with ATL, instead he is going to wait and hear until a trade falls. Apparently the team told him to stay at the hotel.
- **8:32 AM** >> FIRST TRADE OF THE DAY:
- D Bryce Salvador goes to NJ while F Cam Janssen goes the other way to STL.
- **9:15 AM** >> MAPLE LEAFS MAKE TRADE:
- F Wade Belak has been shipped to FLO for a 5th rounder. Nothing major, but realistically Belak isn’t going to really matter to the Leafs, so I think this is a start.
- **9:26 AM** >> Another Breaking Trade, this is a BIGGIE:
- D Brian Campbell and a 7th round pick has been traded to SJ, BUF gets F Steve Bernier and a 1st round pick.
- **9:36 AM** >> DAL and TB have agreed to a deal, they just need the go ahead from Richards. This is a huge:
- F Brad Richards, G Johan Holmqvist are gone to DAL, in return TB gets G Mike Smith, F Jussi Jokinen, and F Jeff Halpern.
- **9:49 AM** >> The Trade out of MON just happened, and its a shocker:
- G Cristobal Huet has been traded to WAS, for a 2nd round pick in 2009. WOW! G Carey Price has just been thrown into the spotlight!
- ** 10:15 AM** >> Trade just came out of FLO:
- FLO D Ruslan Salei is traded to COL for D Karlis Skrastins and a 3rd rounder. Keith Jones joked that this deal would have been done hours ago, but both guys took forever to get off the ice because they skate so slow. Truth hurts!
- **10:21 AM** >> CHI and CAR make deal:
- CAR F Andrew Ladd has been traded to CHI for F Tuomo Ruutu. Ladd was supposed to be a key player in the NHL, but hasn’t quite developed the way he was expected. Ruutu has just had a lot of injury issues, which slowed his development too.
- **10:36 AM** >> OTT makes trade:
- CHI F Martin Lapointe has been acquired by OTT for a 6th round pick. The panel loves this trade for the Sens, figures he will be a leader in the dressing room. Dutchie makes a crack about Lapointe talking to Emery and shaping him up.
- **10 :59 AM** >> Deal for CBJ Done:
- CBJ D Adam Foote has been traded to COL. The return is a conditional 1st round pick, if the Avs make the post-season, it will be an 08 pick, if they don’t, its their 09 pick. Als, there is another conditional draft pick if Foote re-signs with the Avs.
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**11:12 AM** >> CBJ Makes another deal:
- CBJ F Sergei Federov has been sent off to WSH for D Ted Ruth. Are the Caps making a push for the post-season? It appears like they are!
- **11:36 AM** >> VAN is alive!:
- VAN F Matt Cooke has been dealt to WAS for F Matt Pettinger. Washington is making a serious push, they are not kidding around folks.
- **11:46 AM** >> Small Trade that happened awhile ago:
- Rob Davison has been traded to NYI while a 7th round pick goes back to SJ. Whoopie…
- **12:52 PM** >> Leafs Make Another and Blues Deal too:
- TOR D Hal Gill sent to PIT for a 2nd and 5th round pick. That’s good, decent return for an older, slower defenseman.
- STL D Christian Backman has been traded to the NYR for a 4th round pick. Finally the Rangers make a move, this is a positive for the Blue Shirts.
- **12:58** >> Hossa Finally Traded:
- ATL unloads F Marian Hossa and F Pascal Dupius to PIT for F Erik Christensen, F Colby Armstrong, F Angelo Esposito, and a 1st rounder. Pierre McGuire is upset about this deal, he thinks the Pens gave up way, way too much for Hossa. He figures there is no way they can afford this guy at the end of the season.
- **1:10 PM** >> Wild make some late noise:
- MIN sends a 6th round pick to NYI for F Chris Simon. Wild now have Simon, Fedoruk, and Boogard, I don’t know what they are trying to prove.
- **1:15 PM** >> LA unloads Defense:
- LA has sent D Brad Stuart to DET for an 08 2nd and an 09 4th round pick. Wings will look solid when D Lidstrom, D Chelios, and D Rafalski come back.
- ** 1:18 PM** >> TOR and PHO make some late deals:
- TOR F Chad Kilger has been sent to FLO for a 3rd round pick.
- PHO get G Al Montoya, and F Marcel Hossa from NYR for F Fredrick Sjostrom, G David Leveneau and F Josh Gratton.
- ** 1:21 PM** >> ANA does a little tinker:
- ANA has acquired D Marc-Andre Bergeron from NYI for a 3rd round pick.
- **1:29 PM** >> ANA doing more tinkering:
- ANA picked up G J.S. Aubin from LA for a 7th round pick.
- **1:34 PM** >>One Last Trade?:
- WSH F Joe Motzko has been dealt to ATL for F Alexandre Giroux.
- **1:49 PM** >> Another Late One:
- TB deals F Yan Hlavak to NAS for a 7th round pick.
- **2:35 PM** >> ANA pulls one last move:
- ANA F Brandon Bochenski has been dealt to NAS I believe it was
