Florida didn't NEED to add anything. And they added Tarasenko. Perfect fit on that top 6. Big W

I like how Jesse claimed his biggest loser was the Sens, but it was actually just a roast of Dorion lol.

Collin Miller last second trade was a relief, lessens the chance of a logan stanley playoff appearance

Canucks made their trades throughout the season. Zadorov has been very good for us lately

The Leafs should have made absolutely no trades and saved all their draft picks, or gone all out, this halfway middling s*** is getting really old really fast for the real fans of the team.

Sometimes the smartest move is doing nothing 🗿

Tampa sneaky W, added good pieces without giving up much. Panthers great adds and they didn't even have holes to plug, they just got even better. The state of Florida dominated it!

Thanks you for all your takes !! Great content! Would love to have more graphics😊 (stats or standing , line up ) big love🤙🏼

Steve Yzerman isnt wasting assets on short term solutions. The wings are coming into their own. He wants them to get some playoff experience with this group, see what they can do. I bet he makes some moves in the offseason.

Winners: vegas, florida,carolina,winnepeg,col and dallas Losers: Sj, nj, isles,pens,flames,toronto Teams that did alright; tampa,van,Seattle,Edmonton

Red wings are not losers. They were never contending for the cup so why blow away assets until the team is actually contending one day.

Haha. Adam's description of the Edmonton to Calgary drive is very accurate haha. 3 hours of straight (literally straight no turns) driving through farmland.

Now someone has to make a Jesse Blake Ottawa KING LOSER meme/video.😂😂

Well reasoned takes, great video!

I am actually heading to Ottawa on Tuesday to see my dreadful Pittsburgh Penguins play the Sens. Maybe Pittsburgh can summon up the courage to actually win a game

I agree with Adam’s overall point on Edmonton but you’re not all right. 1. It was LA that Ullmark nixed a trade to 2. Calgary’s ownership wouldn’t let them trade Markstrom 3. Hronek is great but no shot he is better than Bouchard and probably not Ekholm either. Ceci is the weak spot on that d-corps

Yzerman said he has faith in the group and he thinks the players in Grand Rapids are better than anyone they could’ve traded for, if injuries happen

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...

Tarasenko 1 year contract at 2.5M was fine the NMC made no sense. The contract was built to be moved at the deadline if Ottawa was to have a poor year, can always work at resigning him if Ottawa is in the playoffs or use him like a trade deadline acquisition by just keeping him to July. The NMC must have been a push from Tarasenko's camp if Ottawa is missing the playoffs gets to pick the team he goes to which he did. Ottawa makes the playoffs he wins as well by being on a playoff team.

Talking about finding the 'right' pieces without going 'splashy' - the Rangers adding Roslovic and Wennberg were exactly the pieces needed to fix our lines. Rosslovic has fixed Zibanejad and Wennberg on a line with Kakko and Cuylle, that's all we needed

Even more for Vegas, they are actually adding for the future. They would have made the exact same moves in a few months in the offseason, whether miss the playoffs or make it. Hanafin as an upgrade for the aging Martinez, Hertl as an upgrade on Stephenson. I think Mantha is a dice roll, bid low bet like they did on Stephenson. If he fits and they can sign him as a middle six guy, he could he quitely huge for them. Remember the first time they ever missed the playoffs was the year before they won the Cup.

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Vegas was already a beast, now their Beastier

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.

The Wings didn’t do anything because of their depth and prospects in the AHL. Plus, they aren’t a cup contender, so it doesn’t make sense to mortgage away the future for one season. It seems like people always forget that Detroit is still building towards future seasons.

And for the first time this season (possibly ever?) Adam has an accurate Canucks take. Mostly. A lot of us were calling for Toffoli over Guentzel as we already know the chemistry he has with many of the Canucks top guys

The Jets going all in this season!!

Toronto media is hilarious. Hot take central

Red Wings forgot the Deadline was happening 😢😢😢

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.

The (current) top 3 Atlantic teams each added prior STL 2019 Cup winner to their roster before the trade deadline.

As a kings fan we were the biggest losers easily. Also we tried to her Ullmark but he didn’t wanna go and I’m upset cause idk why he wouldn’t. I don’t understand why people don’t like LA 😢

Boston deserves a black eye on this deadline not just because of their overpay on Peeke and getting the remains of Pat Maroon to do a Lucic impression. It's because the teams they are most competing with in Florida and Carolina went for it. They addressed their needs in a big way, they got better, and are even scarier than they were. The Bruins are....kinda the same. It's understandable why they couldn't make any moves with the sheer number of no trade clauses they've handed out and their cap situation, but the reality is they were lapped during the deadline. And they they were already sliding hard since the all-star break, if there's a team that needed a shake up and addressing of needs it's the Bruins. Really, they didn't do those things. Third D was brutal, it will continue to be. Scoring outside of feeding Pasta and Marchy remains a problem. Team defense and depth are lacking. They got tougher with Maroon, but it's like Ryan Reaves on the Leafs. He's a pest, he's a fighter, he will hit hard....and doesn't do a lot else anymore. And Peeke wasn't even starting on one of the worst teams in the league. Forbort was playing injured so maybe that's an upgrade, but man is that a hard sell especially for Peeke's salary and what they gave up for him. It's tough to make impactful moves when you're handcuffed by no move clauses, lack of assets, and zero cap but those aren't anyone else's fault but the team themselves. They pushed it in last year knowing this year would be brutal to do anything and here they are.

Love these guys the analyze and they have personalities. They’re not all strictly professional no fun type they are more entertaining to watch and listen to with facts and solid points with truth 🤣💯

Sarnia resident here. I can confirm that the drive to/from Toronto is painful.

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 LA Kings are a loser for not being able to dump PLD’s contract… also they added nothing

Buddy, try to drive between Saskatoon and Regina. It’s even worse than the drive between Edmonton and Calgary.

Edmonton added where they needed…I like their pickups. Adam is silly

Canucks fan here, Im pretty happy with the deadline and am glad its over. They didnt follow in Benning's footsteps and get pressured into a stupid trade that would cost them the future! Also if Van doesn't do well Ill be rooting for Toronto if they can beat their demons and survive the Bruins!

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.

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 5x5 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.

San Jose lost. They did squat to bolster their playoff push and they need a huge push to make a run. Come on!! Shoulda traded that dude in the minors for Leon Draistil

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😑

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.

Calling the Calgary to Edmonton trip the most boring drive ever is a little unfair. The drive is actually gorgeous in the summer, smooth with canola fields leading into the distant mountains as you get move farther south. It can be pretty in its simplicity, but Alberta makes up for it with the mountain drives. I also don't know how I am feeling about this assessment on the Oilers, with Henrique they are one of the deepest teams up the middle and have a fair amount of flexibility in the forward group, Carrick adds some grit and size to the bottom 6, assessing two real areas of need. They also didn't even lose any roster players, which is a huge win, that seemed almost like a certainty. A large add at D wasn't super realistic, I am not sure what Oilers fans were expecting given how up against the cap they are. Ceci is not a bad defenseman at his cap hit, I question where a proper substantial upgrade there even comes from, that narrative of a hole at top 4 right D has taken off so much to the point where it has been exaggerated.

I actually like the Leafs, but you just can't look at that defense and say with a straight face that it's a cup winning group of defensemen. I thought they might go out and grab a Tanev or someone significant to play with Reilly. Lyubushkin? Edmondson? These guys are not real difference makers. I feel bad for Morgan Reilly. He's already a fringe #1 and they expect this guy to play with scrubs every night. Only way it works is if Matthews, Nylander and Marner go off. It could happen but it doesn't feel like they have the best chance.

Remember who was quiet at the trade deadline last year? Florida...

West is impossible to guess. Jets look great now, great top 9 and a very strong D with elite goalie. Toffoli is one of these middle 6 players that can really shine. Avs look good, they added depth and might get players back. Byram might hurt, but he was kinda the odd man out. Stars look great also, Tanev for that price and not even giving up a 1st? Great. Oilers added 2 depth players and that well needed middle 6 center. The question is, if their D and goaltending is enough. Vegas - who knows. Hanifin was a steal, Mantha is a good pickup, and nobody saw Hertl coming. Stone will be healty for the playoffs, as always. But let`s see how all of this plays out. I do like what FLA did. Get Okposo and Tarasenko, to vets that can play whatever role needed, without big changes. Same is true for Boston. It`s running well, don`t change much. Canes did really well. Kuznetsov is a gamble. But at 3,9m you can take that. Would have been a Vegas move. Guentzel is great. Bunting didn`t have much value with the Canes and his contract, and if you win or make the finals, you pay that 1st with a smile. I also like what DET, Philly, LA and TBL did. Sometimes you just pick up what`s on sale or if there`s nothing that really fits, you move on.

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.

I'm a pens fan. It hurts

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.

Some winners off the top: Vegas, Avalanche, Jets, Canes, Cats Some teams I expected more from: Canucks, Leafs, Kings Losers: Bruins, Sens The only team I really feel I need to explain myself on is Vancouver. I think the Canucks could have taken a bigger swing since Lindholm hasn't panned out quite like expected. I don't think they needed a star or anything (even tho that could help) but 3rd line and 4th line playoff warriors, kinda like a Devante Smith-Pelly during the Caps 18 run. Alot of these guys don't have alot of playoff experience and it could be their Achilles if they have to face the bigger dogs like Vegas, Avs, Stars, etc. Again, not a loser but I think they could have added another piece or two.

I agree that Edmonton doing very little was disappointing. Hyman is having a career that he, let's face it, most likely will not be replicating again. You still have McDavid and Draisatl. The moves they made certainly make them deeper, which is important of course because with McDavid and Draisatl off the ice the Oilers don't score a lot of goals, but I expected this to be the year they empty the cupboards and really take a swing at a number one defenseman and/or goalie. And like Adam said, maybe they did and they just couldn't get anything done, but nobody cares about that excuse when you're skating off the ice without a cup.

402 drive from sarnia to london is one of the boringest roads to drive on

Oilers - to get Ullmark from Bs... would have taken Nugent Hopkins straight up as a minimum.. it was crazy for Bruins to even consider a trade for Ullmark unless it was ridiculously in their favour. Sweeney could have sat back and did nothing the whole deadline time and been considered a winner.

Yo could someone send me that Bo clip that they were talking about? I never saw it.

Steve's the Best. @ 9:50ish give up all the other pics.

Didn't ya just love seeing Marchand and bennet take liberties at knies and not answer for anything? it just would have been nice to see us add some snott to the top 9 and a top 4 dman. With that said we can still win the cup. But so did LA in 8 spot. I beleive we needed to add more to help our team out. We don't need picks and prospect we need a cup. One of Lilgrean and Timmins can fill the top 4 right hand spot I believe it. Timmins is a champ! But again more snott is needed in top 9 even if that does work and timmins is back in or lilgren steps up. I don't know much about everything. But man it would have been nice to see that top 9 added at least. Like a wilson on the Caps and he has 5 years or something in term left.

Jets are going to kill it this playoff season

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.

Market was garbage this year tons of rumoured guys went nowhere. Islanders 2 points out and Lou does nothing, shocker. Sharks failed imo Hertl trade is a pantsing from Mccrimmon. Devils decide Allen and Kahkonen the answer? Terrible should have waited until off season for a markstrom, Saros etc. St.louis should have moved buchnevich, Edmonton should have done more, I could rant all day about how bad some of the gming we witnessed today was.

You guys have no idea about the Oilers. You should stop talking about them. Ullmark rejected a trade to LA not EDM.

I was really meh on the Devils deadline day until they traded Vitek. This season is a lost cause, but it's big to get Vitek's contract off the books. Kahkonen is a UFA, so it gives cap space to get an actual goalie in the offseason

Heres what I hear from most vancouver fans. The team is good enough as it is, if it aint broke dont fix it. Only player that probably should be moved is mikheyev who hasnt scored since december but the cost to move him and cost to bring someone else in would be too great, so leave the team as is since they already made several trades earlier in the year.

Toronto didnt win or lose this deadline. There really wasn't a point for the Leafs to swing for the fences with the players that were available, the fact that they lacked cap space and they were not willing to give up the little bit of draft picks and prospects that we do have left from the Dubas era. We needed some toughness and depth on D and a suitable PK forward. That's what we got. I applaud Brad for not selling the farm for a 1 year window when there is more work that needs to be done this off season to revamp the teams D core. Keep your prospect depth and picks for later down the road. As I think they are looking at building this team into a cup winner for 2 to 3 years from now when Tavares contract is not anchoring them down and it gives time for their young guns to grow into the league. Similarly to what Dallas stars are doing now with all their young stars and old franchise players. Ie. Wyatt Johnson, Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, with Benn, Seguin, Pavelski etc. Thats the model we should be looking at building the Leafs into.

"All natural" in no way, shape, or form guarantees you don't get "that dependency." Y'all need to talk with marketing to not be forced to mislead like that. Love the analysis though! GO CANES!

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.

*allowed FEWER goals (not less)

I am not a fan, but the fact that you didn't bring up how little the Devils did was interesting

Winners: avalanche, jets, and Florida. Losers: toronto, los angeles and Pittsburgh.

Leafs lost the most. We can still win but do you see what a real Championship manager looks like> Vegas added and kept adding and picked up basically what the leafs needed to get. And we could have mixed up our roster to get it. Glad to see we picked up Edmunston But why did we lose lagasson for nothing to anaheim when we couldl have included him in the trade for Boosh. ana didnt know wed dump him we didnt have edmunston at that point. totally disappoinyed more wasnt done, im looking forward to us signing another 11 or 12 million dollar player in the offseason to make 5 of them. but we can still win the cup dot get me wrong

Carolina winner. Kuznetsov if he recovers could be a steal for playoffs

Jesse is on 20 bandwagons he can't say he has a team

Winners:Avs, Stars, Panthers, Jets, Canes, Knights. Losers: Everyone else. Like honestly those teams that won were already monsters, if others teams didn't keep up with their moves I dunno how they're gonna compete, NYR, Nux, Bruins have ok teams, made small moves so they're ok-ish but they still fell behind what the winners did. Leafs, Oil, Wings, Flyers, Bolts, Kings, Preds, well it's a bad day for these teams, what little chance they had has quickly gone up in smoke.

ottawa is indeed the biggest loser here.. with their expectation the miserable reward they got.... damn I also agree with jesse regarding the jets, fantastic deadline!! I truly believe they will do some damage, it has to be them vs vegas at some point in the playoffs!

I love how everyone forgets the La kings exist. I will never understand how our franchise is so forgettable

Biggest winner VGK by far!

At least johnny boy is turning into a cranky old man. No joke he should fight Mitch in practice for real. Little Timmy littlegrin would get pushed around in PWHL

I really dispise Lou Lamoriello.

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.

Strongly disagree with Jesse... which is rare. What assets did Ottawa need to give up to acquire Tarasenko? Oh that's right, nothing. Net positive return for that asset regardless of what the team got back. I keep saying it as well, Tarasenko would only move to Florida. Florida is not going to resign him; they do not have the room to do so. He was a fit in Ottawa. He allegedly likes the city and the locker room. Current management did him right, do not be surprised if he resigns in Ottawa in the offseason. Besides, Kubalik, who on the team did Ottawa need to trade? Nobody, and nobody was taking Kubalik, even for Future Considerations. They can wait till the offseason and make the moves then. Claiming Katchouk from Chicago was also savvy. Give him a look in the bottom 6, RFA at the end of the year. Like what you see resign him. Don't like what you see, either let him walk or package him up. The tools and assets to get this team turned around in the offseason are there. Staois will start putting his stamp on this team. It didn't have to be at this deadline. $3.5M in dead cap coming off the books. A Hamonic buyout cheaper than Colin White's recapture and only Pinto in their core that needs a contract. This team isn't dead in the water. They'll rebound hard next year.

Avs were big winners

Guys. Swinging does not automatically mean winning. That's just so naive.

13:47 where tf u getting this info from? No one said Lindy was being traded it was just rumours, and no one said the prices for him were low

I care how many times the Leafs have tried - AND FAILED!!

Calgary biggest loser they should have traded Maekstrom, Kadrah, and a couple other high-priced players who are not meeting expectations.

Vegas is the clear winners. They got hertl for another 5 seasons and got every good player for the rest of the year

Man I hope I get to rib Adam for his Loser pick all summer long

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

While I'm a little disappointed we didn't get any excitement for Vancouver this week, the Canucks already made their trades over the course of the season. And Rutherford's reputation of overpaying for everything didn't manifest here, Canucks held on to all their key prospects and young players. This whole time we've been dreading Rutherford throwing away our blue chip prospects. But they said Lekkerimaki, Willander, and Hoglander are untouchables AND THEY ACTUALLY STUCK TO IT. They could've made a big trade happen with one of those guys but they didn't budge. Thank god.

Vancouver, Edmonton & Toronto didn't do what was needed to win the Cup this year. Canada's only real hope post deadline is Winnipeg. Considering the asking prices were low why didn't these teams get involved in the arms race?

Do They not have Brendan shannahan and Shane fuckin doan on the payroll? Why is giant Matthew nies keep getting fucked by lesser men

Bad take, Wings did exactly what they needed to do. Overpay for a better chance at the playoffs? Yzerman answered this today, btw. He said he didnt want to pay a 2nd or 3rd for the same value of what they have in the AHL or the roster. The only thing i wanted them do, which wasnt realistic, was trading Holl or Petry or Maata, but specifically. Tbf, ive wanted Edvinson in the lineup since the start of the year. Its a next year, wait and see, if they start playing any of their prospects. And whether they make the playoffs.

Vgk only have a chance to get 10-14 points for the remaining schedule. The kraken and the flames are probably going to get between 20-26 points in the remaining games. VGK went for broke and is going to miss the playoffs 😂😂😂 good I hope that team rots in hell for the next 30 years.

you say Colorado and Dallas have better defense then edmonton but edmonton has given up less goals then either of those teams... oilers defense is underrated rn.

Carolina Hurricanes!! Let's Go

people gassing up jake guentzel like crosby isnt the reason hes had the career he has, watch his numbers go down in carolina, but on another note kuznetsov about to turn the hurricanes into a snow storm

How is LA not the biggest loser! They did nothing!

Sharks won hard. real fans know.