Ice Hockey: NHL Trade Roundup, 2004 Edition

The trade deadline is comming up. Tuesday is the last day. There have already been some monster moves of some people that I did not expect to change teams. There have been several teams dumping salary and going to youth, including my very own Minnesota Wild.

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Feb 24:
Calgary Flames - Acquired left wing Ville Nieminen from the Chicago Blackhawks for right wing Jason Morgan and a conditional draft pick.

Feb 25:
Colorado Avalanche - Acquired center Darby Hendrickson and an eighth-round pick in the 2004 draft from the Minnesota Wild for a fourth-round pick in the 2005 draft.

Tampa Bay Lightning - Acquired defenseman Timo Helbling from the Nashville Predators for an eighth-round pick in the 2004 draft.

Feb 27:
Detroit Red Wings - Acquired center Robert Lang from the Washington Capitals for left wing Tomas Fleischmann, a 2004 first-round draft pick and a 2006 fourth-round draft pick.

March 1:
New Jersey Devils - Acquired right Viktor Kozlov from the Florida Panthers for left wing Christian Berglund and defenseman Victor Uchevatov.

March 2:
Los Angeles Kings - Acquired defenseman Nathan Dempsey from the Chicago Blackhawks for a 2005 fourth-round draft pick and future considerations.

Montreal Canadiens - Acquired right wing Alexei Kovalev from the New York Rangers for right wing Jozef Balej and a 2004 fourth-round draft pick.

Florida Panthers - Acquired right wing Ty Jones from the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations.

March 3:
Boston Bruins - Acquired defenseman Sergei Gonchar from the Washington Capitals for defenseman Shaone Morrisonn and a first-round pick and a second-round pick in 2004.

Edmonton Oilers - Acquired center Petr Nedved and goaltender Jussi Markkanen from the New York Rangers for goaltender Steve Valiquette, center Dwight Helminen and a 2004 second-round draft pick.

San Jose Sharks - Acquired defenseman Jason Marshall from the Minnesota Wild for a 2004 fifth-round draft pick and assigned him to Cleveland of the American Hockey League.

Toronto Maple Leafs - Acquired defenseman Brian Leetch from the New York Rangers for defenseman Max Kondratiev, center Jarkko Immonen, a 2004 first-round draft pick and a 2005 second-round pick.

March 4:
Montreal Canadiens - Acquired center Jim Dowd from the Minnesota Wild for a 2004 fourth-round draft pick.

St. Louis Blues - Acquired center Mike Sillinger from the Phoenix Coyotes for goaltender Brent Johnson; recalled left wing Peter Sejna from Worcester of the American Hockey League; activated defenseman Alexander Khavanov from injured reserve.

March 5:
Phoenix Coyotes - Acquired right wing Mike Rupp and a 2004 second-round draft pick from the New Jersey Devils for center Jan Hrdina; recalled goaltender Zac Bierk from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Nashville Predators - Acquired defenseman Brad Bombardir and center Sergei Zholtok from the Minnesota Wild for a third and fourth-round draft pick in 2004.

March 6:
Calgary Flames - Acquired left wing Chris Simon from the New York Rangers for goaltender Jamie McLennan, center Blair Betts and minor league right wing Greg Moore.

This list does not include players acquired that were on waivers. The biggest moves were by the Rangers and the Capitals. Both are trying to dump as much salary as possible before the end of the season. The CBA talks could be interesting.

Who do you think made out the best

There was a bunch of talk about Gonchar going to one of the big name west teams. Then here come the Bruins. Huge.

The Canadians getting Kovalev is big also. Someone needs to provide a little firepower in the east besides Ottawa.

With Gonchar going to the Bruins, and the Avs having problems on defense as of late, and Robert Lang going to the Red Wings. I think Detroit is the team to beat in the West now. Especially with the return of Hatcher just around the corner.

The Avs still have a few more days to make a huge deal. They need defense, badly. Since they do not have Roy in net anymore.

I thought tornto became a better teas as well with the addition of leech, and the candians have trouble with Kovlave being injuried now, dunno if he is back now.


Red Wings are by far the best team now.

Red wings are the most dominate now, but the Leafs made out great with leech hard to say who made out the best.

Who gave away more talent the Rangers or the Captials

March 8:

Buffalo Sabres - Acquired defenseman Brad Brown and a 2005 sixth-round draft pick from the Minnesota Wild for a 2005 fourth-round draft pick.

Calgary Flames - Acquired left wing Marcus Nilson from the Florida Panthers for 2004 second-round draft pick.

Dallas Stars - Acquired defenseman Chris Therien from the Philadelphia Flyers for a 2004 eighth-round draft pick and a 2005 third-round draft pick; acquired right wing Valeri Bure from the Florida Panthers for defenseman Drew Bagnall and a 2004 compensatory draft pick.

Philadelphia Flyers - Acquired defenseman Vladimir Malakhov from the New York Rangers for right wing Rick Kozak and a 2005 second-round draft pick.

Pittsburgh Penguins - Acquired defenseman Alain Nasreddine from the New York Islanders for right wing Steve Webb and assigned him to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League.

Colorado Avalanche - Acquired left wing Matthew Barnaby and a 2004 third-round draft pick from the New York Rangers for defenseman Chris McAllister, the rights to defenseman David Liffiton and a 2004 second-round draft pick.

Washington Capitals - Acquired right wing Jared Aulin from the Los Angeles Kings for right wing Anson Carter.

Florida Panthers - Acquired center Kamil Piros from the Atlanta Thrashers for defenseman Kyle Rossiter and assigned him to San Antonio of the American Hockey League.

Does the Rangers get any help on defense so far?

Last day of movement, and lots of it.

March 9:
Boston Bruins - Acquired center Brad Boyes and defenseman Andy Delmore from the Buffalo Sabres as part of a three-team trade involving the San Jose Sharks.

Buffalo Sabres - Acquired defenseman Jeff Jillson from the San Jose Sharks for center Curtis Brown and a 2005 ninth-round draft pick as part of a three-team trade involving the Boston Bruins; acquired right wing Mike Grier from the Washington Capitals for center Jakub Klepis.

Los Angeles Kings - Acquired left wing Jeff Cowan from the Atlanta Thrashers for left wing Kip Brennan

Dallas Stars - Signed free agent defenseman Lubomir Sekeras for the rest of the season.

New York Islanders - Acquired defenseman Alexander Karpovtsev from the Chicago Blackhawks for a 2005 fourth-round draft pick.

New York Rangers - Claimed right wing Sandy McCarthy off waivers from the Boston Bruins; claimed center Mike Green off waivers from the Florida Panthers.

Ottawa Senators - Acquired defenseman Greg de Vries from the New York Rangers for defenseman Karel Rachunek and center Alexandre Giroux.

Colorado Avalanche - Acquired goaltender Tommy Salo and a 2005 sixth-round draft pick from the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Tom Gilbert; acquired center Chris Gratton, defenseman Ossi Vaananen and a 2005 second-round draft pick from the Phoenix Coyotes for defensemen Derek Morris and Keith Ballard

San Jose Sharks - Acquired center Curtis Brown from the Buffalo Sabres for defenseman Jeff Jillson and a 2005 ninth-round draft pick in a three-team trade involving the Boston Bruins.

St. Louis Blues - Acquired left wing Brian Savage from the Phoenix Coyotes for future considerations; acquired left wing Ryan Ready from the Vancouver Canucks for left wing Sergei Varlamov

Tampa Bay Lightning - Acquired defenseman Stan Neckar from the Nashville Predators for a 2004 sixth-round draft pick.

Toronto Maple Leafs - Acquired center Ron Francis from the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2005 fourth-round draft pick; signed free agent defenseman Calle Johansson for the rest of the season; claimed left wing Chad Kilger off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens

Washington Capitals - Claimed defenseman Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre and left wing Bill Lindsay off waivers from the Atlanta Thrashers.

Phoenix Coyotes - Acquired defenseman Tom Koivisto from the St. Louis Blues for future considerations

Florida Panthers - Acquired right wing Paul Healey from the New York Rangers for defenseman Jeff Paul.

Nashville Predators - Acquired defenseman Shane Hnidy from the Ottawa Senators for a 2004 third-round draft pick.

Columbus Blue Jackets - Acquired center Brian Holzinger from the Pittsburgh Penguins for center Lasse Pirjeta.

Minnesota Wild - Acquired left wing Jordan Krestanovich from the Colorado Avalanche for left wing Chris Bala