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Holy shit that's nothing...

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Especially with the prices we've seen on other forwards.

This thing seemed to flip from a sellers to a buyers market REAL fast.

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OK, and Dylan McIlrath. That's something.

Edit: Not much, but something.

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Unless your a Caps fan.

As for the Rangers: I love Hank, but even I believe the days of him putting the team on his back and lifting them to the eastern conference finals are over. He can be a rock, but if the team continues to go 3 for 48 on the power play and has issues on the blueline, we are not going too far.

The Hawks are a great example of goaltending not meaning as much as we think. I like Crawford, but I don't consider him to be elite. Doesn't matter though, he is good enough because he has a great team in front of him. The Rangers have had a great goalie with an okay team. That formula just doesn't work as well.

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Mediocre prospect and a 3rd this year. Again so weird that he got a 2nd and a 3rd for Smith but a guy who has had a pretty good year gets that....I wish I knew what was going on behind the scenes so I could know if I should have outrage or just accept that they market wasn't much.

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Guess the 3rd pick goes from FLA's to ARZ (which FLA owns) if Panthers make playoffs so I guess...Go Panthers?

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Crawford is borderline-elite. I think he's as close to elite as you can get without actually being elite. He's underrated quite a bit. He's no Carey Price or Hank, but he's right in that next tier.

But I get what you're saying.

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You may have just gotten your answer.

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I really wish I knew whether to be pissed or just shrug and say "That's what they could get." Of course Wings fans on twitter are losing their shit but none of us have any idea what the market was and what offers he was getting. Something is better than nothing for a UFA who probably isn't coming back and wasn't even on your team a year ago. Smart ass responses out there are Holland's never had to sell but he did well yesterday. A 2nd and a 3rd for essentially a #5 D-man so makes me wonder if that's just the best they could get. Listening to the TSN guys they seemed shocked it was only that but at the same time dogged his playoff performances in the past. He was traded for a 2nd rounder in 2014 and that was before the really crappy playoff performances. I dunno....Now I expect the Wings to go on a run and and end up picking 12th anyway.

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Still no trade call for FLA-DET.

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Not sure how that makes LA better, but ok...

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Totally agree. In a vacuum, moving King out to replace with Iginla makes no sense. It could be that they were planning on moving King anyways and want a veteran to fill his spot to finish out the season. Iginla could basically step right into King's place in the lineup. Who knows?

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Also wtf Montreal doing though? Can't score so...lets add some enforcers?

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There was a tweet saying that one of the first things Claude Julien told Bergeron was that the Habs were "too small"

Also, looks like Iggy on his way to LA. I don't even care what the return is. I'm just glad he was able to get out of the hell that Colorado is to finish his career.

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Flyers. :lol :lol :lol :lol

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Yeah, that call was bad - no idea how the ruling on the ice stood, ref said the video was 'inconclusive' and my reaction was 'am I watching the same game?' Part of it is t he refs allowing a little too much leeway on an offsides call, maybe they should just roll back the rule that absolutely no part of the player or their equipment can be across the blue line at all before the puck crosses it. The other thing is I believe the refs should have screens bigger than my cell phone to watch the video's on.

I believe he is better than most but not elite. He borders on schizophrenia, one night he is lights out and than the next he has some brain fart and does something that directly leads to a goal like flipping the puck straight to a streaking winger when trying to clear. I am every bit as comfortable with Darling in net as Crawford to be honest. Thing is a lot of that is due to the Hawks D being so solid at blocking shots, bunkering down in front of the net and often literally swiping a puck away that was already behind Crawford or Darling and heading right into the net. I like Crawford but he can drive me crazy at times, hoping he gets better a la Dubnyk who was basically an average to below average goalie for 7 years and suddenly turned into Patrick Roy. Darling is going to make his bank this offseason and some team is going to benefit from him playing 60 games a season or so, he certainly deserves it IMO.

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The Avs can now be done for the day for all I care.

EDIT: Looks like return is a conditional 4th, with COL retaining 50% of salary.

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Iginla to LA for a conditional pick.

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So, they trade King for a 4th, then trade a 4th for Iginla?

What?

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I never said it made sense, man. I'm just glad it happened.

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Yup. Didn't give up anything, just swapped King for Iggy. Weird moves, again.

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But I will gladly take Iggy over King.

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Weirdest deadline ever. We knew it would be dead (well most of us did) but it's been odd. The longer this has gone makes me think that might have been the best KH could have done.

Am curious as to what they do between the end of the season and the expansion draft. As of now their "best" available players to Vegas would be Sheahan, Helm, Howard and maybe Coreau if Vegas wanted a young backup after taking a veteran from someone else. Even though Sheahan has had a bad year he's still like 24 or 25, has size and is responsible defensively. Do you trade him thinking Vegas might take him? Also wonder if they fire Blashill or if he's just on a short leash going into next year.

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Sutter + Iggy :lol

https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/sta...99751971135489

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Asking prices for sellers will go down as the deadline approaches. If we see any flurries of activity, I would expect them to be soon.

But no, I don't expect to see any big names going at this point.

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So Crosby for Ovechkin straight up is not going to happen today? :lol

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Quincey to Columbus might end up being the low-key winner of the deadline.

Not saying Quincey is all that, because he's not, but it's a solid add for them.

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https://youtu.be/BSDg2oSazNc

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Vegas can now complete transactions.

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Agree. Nice pickup for a team with not a lot of playoff experience.

Also Filppula to Philly along with a couple picks for Streit. Nice move by TB to get Fil off the books for the expansion draft