Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake share their Winners & Losers of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline
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how can you tell who won and lost ? only time will tell
the only thing we know for sure is yzerman is a fraud
Looser for me are the Nucks. They had a great season, overpaid for Lindholm and now it`s not working out.
They have been leading the West and now nobody ranks them as favorite.
Avs, Jets and Dallas look scary, so does Vegas.
I understand the criticism on EDM, but was there an upgrade available for their D?
The deal i would have really wanted them to do was to get Tanev for a 2nd and 3rd (2025), that would have helped them a lot and at 1,125m cap it would have fit their cap.
But i doubt that this deal was available for EDM, as Tanev was with the Flames.
Right now, EDM got a 3rd line center and a 4th line depth player together with a 3rd pair D. Their D doesn`t look as strong as Jets, Stars, Vegas, Avs. But do you believe Avs will win with Georgiev and Annunen? Other teams have these weak points too.
West is anyones, i wouldn`t rate the Oilers top, Jets and Avs might have smth together.
With all due respect to SPDN Crew… the Oilers, with their terrible Defence and sub-par Goaltending, have allowed fewer Goals Against then the Avs, Knights, Stars and Canucks… and in most cases it’s not even close.
But please, keep on pushing the narrative.
Carolina Hurricanes!! Let's Go
The LA Kings are a loser for not being able to dump PLD’s contract… also they added nothing
I like how Jesse claimed his biggest loser was the Sens, but it was actually just a roast of Dorion lol.
Oilers didn’t need to improve their first two lines but they improved their bottom 6 and got a 7 D. Henrique can also move up the lineup. Skinner had also been very solid. Not great god solid based on cap limitations
The Oilers exposed Markstrom 2 years ago. It was the right move not go for him. At least publicly lol. Obviously I'm an Oilers fan. I agree we didn't do much at the deadline. However, over the course of a season, much has been done. We sent a 5×5 million dollar sacrificial lamb to the AHL, fired a well beloved coach and defensive coach, hired a new head coach and defensive coach, and, most importantly got our players to buy in and adjust to a newer, stingier zone type of defense in the dzone, a more defensive minded neutral zone strategy but also remaining aggressive and fast on the breakout, zone entries and in the o-zone. This has lead to a turnaround in our season and excellent 5v5 play on most nights. Yes, we need a top 4 RD, but I think moving Ceci down to the 3rd pair and giving Desharnais some minutes in the 2nd pair stems the bleeding there a bit. The reliance on the chaos of 11 and 7 that Woodcroft employed is gladly(for now) mostly a thing of the past. Knoblauch still blends the lines a bit though. I think changing the team's defensive strategy was the number one thing that needed adjusting after losing to the AVS and VGK in similarly fashion 2 years in row. All this growth together as a roster should foster the competitive spirit and the chemistry needed to make big plays at crucial moments come playoff time. Adding a an "all-in" type of player so close to the playoffs might break this built in chemistry. Look what happened to the Leafs a couple years ago with O'Reilly and co. Time will tell if employing the less is more philosophy at this year's deadline was a smart move or not.
Toronto media is hilarious. Hot take central
Biggest loser in my opinion, is the leafs. We gave up a ton of draft picks for a ton of nothing. While our direct competitors added better players for LESS. Time to hope for a Matthews masterclass and Woll turning into Price over the next 20 games and we might make it out of the first round. Pain. I dont think the coyotes count, they have to give players to other teams for free so they cant keep paying their rent. Oh wait….the Leafs do that.
Man I hope I get to rib Adam for his Loser pick all summer long
Sabres did what I kind of expected, I was hoping that Casey was sticking around but I get it..I figured that Okie was being traded, even he knew this was it. A little surprised that Big Z is still there, thought he’d be trade fodder too but apparently the Pegulas love him😑
Steve,& Adam-your 2 were appropriate & clearly the consensus biggest winners in each conference.But Jessie obviously just wanted to pick somebody from Canada.Jets had a good deadline but my Avs improved the most in the central & it's not really that close-at least on paper.Of course nobody knows for sure today. All of this is just "on paper,& in theory" for now.Avs wouldve won the central deadline-merely by fixing their gaping 2c hole-but did much more than that.
But at least WPG was an actual winner-despite getting Tanev-which was a good move-Dallas was an overall loser.Cuz they lost significant ground at the deadline to Colorado,WPG,& Nashville in the division alone.And if ya factor in the Pacific-Dallas lost ground to every west playoff contender except probably LA. And I'm counting guys like Monahan,Lindholm,& Parise as deadline acquisitions-even though they happened a few wks ago.
Denver already was among the most likely-but now has the best chance of any city to host both the NBA & NHL Finals this June at Ball arena where I work. Only Boston is even in the argument. Obviously it'd take alot to go right to get both teams there for any city-like Miami did last year in a totally unlikely way-with both teams 8 seeds I believe. Of course that was same city-but not same building.
Working the NBA Finals last yr was an amazing experience,& insanely busy.(I missed the 2022 Cup Finals-as I started bout 6 weeks after) I can't even imagine what both simultaneously would look like-but it'd be unbelievable to find out. After what the Avs organization just did-it's a significantly better chance of happening today than just 2 days ago.Avs always had a decent shot with as much top end talent as anybody.(3 of the top 10-15 players on earth & 2 more fringe All stars-not counting Giorgiev who did make ASG) but also had 1 gaping hole,& 2 less significant weaknesses-they seem to have fixed. (failing to get a veteran #2 or even #3 goalie is the only minor issue I have)But the Nuggets were much more likely to get back.That might not be the case now.Especially since the NBA West is even deeper than the NHL West.
Nashville is such a WTH team, not sure what they are thinking giving away Trenin and then bringing in scrubs in Beauvillier and Zucker when Yakov would be a strong contributor for playoff style hockey
The Kings were the big time losers in not getting rid of our $8.5M boat anchor…and losing our GM's reputation around the league…
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How is LA not the biggest loser! They did nothing!
Mark my words, Anthony Mantha will let Vegas down in an enormous way, maybe before the playoffs start.
I am not a fan, but the fact that you didn't bring up how little the Devils did was interesting
vote for underwhelming: Washington Capitals. Could have sold off a goalie to give room for bringing up prospects who are ready, could have gotten good value for a netminder this season. I don't think the goalie market will be as good in the coming years when they will be forced to sell/move on/dump/let walk.
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LEAFS ARE FRAUDS
I care how many times the Leafs have tried – AND FAILED!!
Edmonton added where they needed…I like their pickups. Adam is silly
402 drive from sarnia to london is one of the boringest roads to drive on
I think Jesse hit it on the head with his description of Ottawa being the biggest loser. Biggest loser of this season overall because it has been a joke considering the team was supposed to be competing for a playoff spot. I dunno how fans are still okay with this team. It's really a just hope for best, expect the worse for next year.
Also Islanders sucked this deadline for a team that is just a few points out of a playoff spot. Did absolutely nothing to try and help themselves.
Go Jets Go!
Calgary biggest loser they should have traded Maekstrom, Kadrah, and a couple other high-priced players who are not meeting expectations.
Yo could someone send me that Bo clip that they were talking about? I never saw it.
Edmonton needed a r defenseman, but strict from head office and drama of going with. Time isn't now for them. Whatever is going with the front office is trying to brew something for the off-season.
Winner: Colorado, as an avs fan I was thrilled we finally went out and got our 2C, traded of Ryan Johansen's contract. Updgraded forward depth with Trenin and Duhaime, and took some of the pressure off of Josh Manson on that right side defense with Sean Walker.
Loser: SJ Sharks, the fact that San Jose is using one of their retention slots for the next 6 years is sad. Vegas took their best player and two thirds. Sure the Sharks got two firsts (Edstrom and an actual first) but they now have one less retention slot for 6 MORE YEARS. They got absolutely stuffed in a locker on this deal.
It also kinda made sense in another way for Jets to move early on Monohan. As they have the Habs first this year, making them even worse earlier.
They are doing it the Chevy way! By keeping all of their top prospects 😁. Although for the right player that has a good term for a few years, I would do a trade. Mcgroarty is off such a list and so are salomonsson and Barlow. I might have forgotten someone but they sound like they are the most nhl ready. Especially for the current Jets style.
Excuse me, the Sens have a fun fan base? No they do not. Their fan base often doesn’t even bother to fill its arena even when they are good. They constantly rely on nearby team’s fan bases to fill their arena when they visit.
*allowed FEWER goals (not less)