Wednesday, March 4, 2009

NHL Trade Deadline Live Blog

Hello there, and welcome to the 2009 NHL Trade Deadline. Today, we were liveblogging all of the moves made around the National Hockey League. The deadline past at 3:00 PM EST, and there were some deals that weren't announced until up to 1-2 hours after that as well. Thanks for joining us today! My commentary will be in italics.

4:52PM: WINNERS today: Boston, Calgary, NY Rangers, and Pittsburgh.
4:51PM: LOSERS today: Anaheim, Florida, and Phoenix
4:50PM: Looks like we've reached the end of the roads: 22 trades completed involving 45 players and 21 draft picks.
4:39PM: No deals announced in last 20 minutes; we may have reached then end of the deals today.
4:19PM: TORONTO acquires Olaf Kolzig, Jamie Heward, Andy Rogers, and a 4th Round pick from TAMPA BAY for Richard Petiot.
4:18PM: EDMONTON acquires Ales Kotalik from BUFFALO for a 2nd Round pick. Word coming down of a possible deal involving Olaf Kolzig to Toronto we are following.
4:00PM: CAROLINA acquired Patrick O'Sullivan from LOS ANGELES for Justin Williams. O'Sullivan was then dealt to EDMONTON for Erik Cole.
3:50PM: SAN JOSE acquires Travis Moen and Kent Huskins from ANAHEIM for Nick Bonnino, Tim Pielmeier, and a conditional draft pick.
3:46PM: COLUMBUS acquired Daniel Carcillo from CALGARY for a 4th Round Draft pick.
3:45PM: Awaiting word on Travis Moen being dealt to San Jose by the Ducks...
3:38PM: CHICAGO acquires Samuel Pahlsson from ANAHEIM for James Wisniewski. Word coming down that a potential Edmonton deal involving Erik Cole is still being finalized.
3:37PM: PHILADELPHIA acquires Kyle McLaren from SAN JOSE for a 6th Round pick.
3:35PM: COLUMBUS acquires Kevin Lalande from CALGARY for a 4th Round pick. Awaiting word of a deal involving Samuel Pahlsson of Anaheim.
3:30PM: FLORIDA acquires Steve Eminger from TAMPA BAY for Noah Welch and a 3rd Round pick.
3:20PM: No other moves in the last 10 minutes, but we are monitoring several potential moves.
3:13PM: ANAHEIM acquires Erik Christensen from ATLANTA for Eric O'Dell.
3:08PM: The Dominic Moore deal has been concluded, but instead of Chicago, he has been traded by TORONTO to BUFFALO for a 2nd Round pick.
3:04PM: NY RANGERS acquired Derek Morris from PHOENIX in exchange for Dmitri Kalinin, Nigel Dawes, and Petr Prucha.
3:01PM: Rumors from CBC feature: Jay Bouwmeester going from FLORIDA to EDMONTON and Derek Morris going from PHOENIX to the NY RANGERS. Awaiting official word...
3:00PM DEADLINE HAS OFFICIALLY PASSED
2:53PM: Rangers get Antropov and yesterday reacquired Sean Avery through waivers from Dallas. We'll see if this stops the bleeding for the Rangers.
2:48PM: NY RANGERS acquired Nik Antropov from TORONTO for a 2nd Round Draft pick and future conditional pick. PHOENIX has acquired Scottie Upshall and a 2nd Round pick from PHILADELPHIA for Daniel Carcillo. Awaiting word on what the Rangers are sending to Toronto, but that is a good move for the Broadway Blues.
2:44PM: Word is that Gary Roberts will be dealt by TAMPA BAY today to a contending team.
2:39PM: A lot of talk on CBC that there are deals being still worked out involving Derek Morris and Marian Gaborik, but nothing official still. Watch for the moves to come right at the deadline itself.
2:32PM: Still no activity at this time...
2:21PM: So far, the winners today are Pittsburgh, for acquiring Chris Kunitz a few days ago from Anaheim as well as Bill Guerin, and Calgary for acquiring Jordan Leopold and Olli Jokinen, who played the best hockey of his career for his new coach Mike Keenan when they were together in Florida.
2:17PM: Rumored trade between OTTAWA and FLORIDA being rumored; is this where Jay Bouwmeester is going?
2:11PM: The Dominic Moore deal is in limbo, but CBC is reporting that Bill Guerin has been dealt from the NY ISLANDERS to PITTSBURGH in exchange for a 5th Round Draft choice in 2009, and could go as high as a 3rd Round pick if the Pens advance far in the playoffs.
2:05PM: The Pittsburgh Penguins are reportedly the team set to acquire Bill Guerin; awaiting confirmation.
1:58PM: Two players who were signed before today's activities began, thereby effectively removing them from trade consideration, were Tim Connolly in BUFFALO and Filip Kuba in OTTAWA.
1:52PM: LOS ANGELES announced they have signed Sean O'Donnell and Erik Ersberg to contract extensions.
1:45PM: There haven't been any other deals confirmed in the last few minutes, which indicates to me that there could be a flurry of activity around the deadline itself.
1:35PM: Word is the NY ISLANDERS are moving Bill Guerin - awaiting details...
1:27PM: BOSTON acquired Mark Recchi from TAMPA BAY in exchange for future considerations.
1:18PM: TORONTO acquires Martin Gerber from OTTAWA off of waivers. DALLAS acquires Brendan Morrison off waivers from ANAHEIM. BOSTON acquires Steve Montador from ANAHEIM for Petteri Nokelainen.
1:15PM: Here we go - big trade: CALGARY acquires Olli Jokinen and a 3rd round pick from PHOENIX for Matthew Lombardi, Brandon Prust, and a 1st Round pick. Jokinen was going to be moved because the Coyotes are in money trouble.
1:10PM: Here are the deals done so far as I come "on the web" today: COLUMBUS acquired Antoine Vermette from OTTAWA for Pascal Leclaire and a 2009 2nd Round Pick. CALGARY acquired Jordan Leopold from COLORADO for Ryan Wilson, Lawrence Nycholat, and a 2009 2nd Round pick. BUFFALO has acquired Mikael Tellqvist from PHOENIX for a 2010 4th Round pick. PITTSBURGH acquired Andy Wozniewski from ST. LOUIS for Danny Richmond. No big moves yet.

1 comment:

Susan said...

Great job, Jon - on both the facts and the commentary!