We’re still 41 days away from the NHL’s trade deadline, but there are tons of players with uncertain futures that could find their way to new teams over the course of the next few weeks. Here’s a list of 58 players we could see moved, along with where I could see them going, in my opinion:
- John Klingberg – CAR, TOR, BOS
- Ben Chiarot – TOR, FLA, NYR, STL, LAK
- Claude Giroux – COL, TOR, BOS
- Marc-Andre Fleury – MIN, WSH, EDM
- Artturi Lehkonen – CAR, NYR
- Phil Kessel – NYR, MIN, BOS, EDM
- Jakob Chychrun – FLA, STL, BOS, LAK, ANA
- Rasmus Ristolainen – TOR, WSH
- Jeff Petry – STL, DAL, DET, NJD
- Calle Jarnkrok – NYR, NSH, CGY
- Mark Giordano – NYR, CGY, LAK, BOS
- Joonas Korpisalo – PIT, WSH, EDM
- Tanner Pearson – CGY, BOS
- Calvin de Haan – TOR, FLA, NYR
- Reilly Smith – NYR, BOS, CAR
- Josh Manson – TOR, BOS, CGY
- Justin Braun – STL, TOR, FLA
- Jake DeBrusk – EDM, NYR, NSH, PIT, CGY, VAN, DET, SEA
- Travis Boyd – TBL, WSH, STL, CGY, VGK
- Kevin Stenlund – EDM
- Colin Miller – TOR, CGY, FLA, STL
- Martin Jones – EDM, NSH
- Nick Leddy – FLA, NYR, TOR, STL
- JT Miller – NYR, CGY, MIN, STL
- Frank Vatrano – CGY, BOS
- Hampus Lindholm – STL, CAR, BOS, CGY, EDM
- Owen Tippett – MTL, SEA, CHI, CBJ, DET, DAL, BOS
- Max Domi – CAR, NYR, BOS, CGY
- Vitali Kravtsov – MTL, ARZ, SEA, OTT, BUF, CHI, CBJ, DET, VAN, ANA, VGK
- Dylan Strome – NYR, ANA, BOS, CGY, EDM, DET
- Dominik Kubalik – BOS, VAN, DAL, CGY
- Anton Forsberg – FLA, TOR, PIT, NSH, EDM
- Jack Roslovic – VAN, DET, CHI, BUF, ANA, NYR
- Nick Paul – TBL, MIN, VGK, BOS, CGY
- Brett Kulak – TOR, NYR, BOS, LAK, CGY, EDM
- Ryan Dzingel – BOS, CGY
- Chris Tierney – BOS
- Semyon Varlamov – EDM, WSH, CHI
- Anton Khudobin – EDM
- Tomas Hertl – NYR, CAR, BOS, CGY
- Joe Pavelski – NYR, CAR, EDM, CGY
- Travis Konecny – OTT, NJD, BUF, DET, CGY, BOS, MIN, NYR, CAR
- Evgenii Dadonov – ARZ, BUF, SEA
- Tyler Toffoli – CAR, NYR, TOR, PIT, NSH, MIN, BOS, CGY, EDM
- Brock Boeser – CAR, MIN, BOS, ANA, DET, CBJ
- Kevin Fiala – CAR, BOS, CGY, VAN
- Alexandar Georgiev – EDM, FLA, PIT, NSH, WSH
- PK Subban – TOR, WSH, EDM
- Jonathan Drouin – NSH, BOS, CGY, DET, OTT
- Conor Garland – BOS, MIN, CBJ, DET, CGY, CAR, NYR
- Travis Dermott – LAK, STL, BOS, CGY, EDM
- Zachary Senyshyn – ARZ, BUF, DET
- Juuso Valimaki – SEA, MTL, NSH, VGK
- Petr Mrazek – EDM, SJS, CHI, NJD
- Filip Zadina – MTL, ARZ, SEA, BUF, CBJ, VAN, EDM, BOS
- Nick Ritchie – ARZ, SEA, MTL
- Brendan Gallagher – CAR, NSH, MIN, WSH, BOS, CGY, EDM, VAN, DET
- Tyler Myers – NJD, MTL, NYI
I believe Reilly Smith’s deadline cap hit will be around $1.1M ($5M/82 games * 18 games remaining by March 21). But let’s assume Eichel returns earlier since he’s already in contact. Let’s say March 1. The adjusted cap hit would be around $5M/82 games * 29 games remaining = $1.77M (currently it’s $2M as of today). If he progresses it’ll likely be even higher since he’ll be returning earlier.
I don’t think they can take any money back and will try to make it a pure cap dump like Fleury.
Carolina only has $1.05M for today and the deadline, along with a full roster (23/23). Idk if they can or will make it happen.
Rangers have plenty of space and assets so he can be added.
Boston it would be tight. They have $2.35M for today and $4.8M for the deadline, but again he’ll be moved almost a month prior. They also have $1.775M on IR, and Rask at $1M has an NMC taking up a roster spot (unless put on LTIR).
I think some under-the-radar teams to pick him up could be LA, Anaheim, Nashville, maybe Minnesota. Simply because he’d be an easy player for them to add financially and roster wise to bolster their playoff push at a relatively low cost (since it’s a cap dump). Granted these are Western teams Vegas might be competing against, but their ability to facilitate a trade quickly gives them leverage.
End rant. 😂
Oh dear… why is STL on the Petry, Braun, Miller and (oh good heavens) Dermott lists? Parayko and Faulk literally eat up 47 RD minutes every night and they just re-upped Bortuzzo. There’s also no cap or use for Miller, and even less of both for Leddy.
I could go on, but this whole page is an abject mess.