With one sleep left earlier than the NHL commerce deadline, the Toronto Maple Leafs joined the celebration by bulking up on protection and two Western Conference Stanley Cup contenders made extra strikes to enhance in essential areas.
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The Colorado Avalanche acquired a pair of versatile forwards from Central Division rivals, Brandon Duhaime from Minnesota for a third-round decide in 2026 and Yakov Trenin from Nashville for a 2025 third and protection prospect Jeremy Hanzel. The Edmonton Oilers received defenseman Troy Stecher from Arizona for a fourth-rounder in 2027, and the Leafs obtained Joel Edmundson from Washington for a third-rounder on this 12 months’s draft and a 2025 fifth.
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Colorado and Edmonton stayed lively, after the Avalanche added middle Casey Mittelstadt and defenseman Sean Walker in separate offers and the Oilers giving themselves severe depth down the center by buying and selling with Anaheim for Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick.
Toronto’s commerce for Edmundson began the motion Thursday, including some a lot wanted toughness on the blue line. He’s a left shot, which the Leafs have loads of, however his playoff expertise alone makes Edmundson a probably essential acquisition for a workforce dreaming of an prolonged run this spring.
The Capitals are retaining half of what’s left of Edmundson’s wage after Montreal already has 50% from a commerce final offseason and getting a third-rounder that initially belonged to the New York Islanders. Salary retention makes the him fairly the cut price for the Leafs at a cap hit of $875,000, simply above the league minimal.
Edmundson, 30, helped the St. Louis Blues win the Stanley Cup in 2019 and is a pending free agent. He has skated over 16 minutes a sport this season with Washington.
Earlier within the week, Edmundson appeared content material with the potential for being traded to a contender, although his focus on the time was on serving to the Capitals.
“Everyone wants to win,” he said. “I want to win every year, so I think once you get that feeling once, you just want it to happen every year and when you see other teams win it, you just kind of get jealous and frustrated. So yeah, we all want to win it every year.”
But it’s not simply the championship contenders getting in on the motion. The Predators, who maintain one of many two wild-card playoff spots within the West, additionally picked up unsigned draft decide Graham Sward from Colorado and claimed ahead Jaret Anderson-Dolan off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings.
And they might not be completed, with buzz rising Thursday about Nashville transferring nearer to getting winger Anthony Beauvillier from Chicago. Beauvillier has already been traded twice previously 15 months.
Still additionally prone to be moved earlier than 3 p.m. EST on Friday are Pittsburgh wingers Jake Guentzel and Reilly Smith, Washington middle Nic Dowd and a few extra Arizona pending free brokers: defenseman Matthew Dumba and ex-Penguins ahead Jason Zucker.
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