2012 NHL Trade Deadline Tracking/Discussion/Implications

We'll keep this Western Conference based unless people really want to discuss Philly picking up defencemen.

The first domino falls to Nashville

D Hal Gill
Conditional 5th-Round Pick (2013)
FOR
F Blake Geoffrion
F Robert Slaney
2nd-Round Pick (2012

The USS Hal Gill is best at the penalty kill and a sturdy, if aging, piece to add to Nashville's blueline. He'll help defensively, but won't help the Preds where they really need it, goals for. Can stingy defence prevail?

TSN's Trade Bait
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Where does Rick Nash go? (If anywhere)

I don't think Rick Nash moves anywhere at the deadline, if Canucks don't win the cup this year, he will be a Canuck in the summer guaranteed.

F Steve Downie to Colorado
D Kyle Quincey to Detroit
1st round 2012 + D Sebastian Piche to Tampa Bay

Interesting move for Colorado, bit of a weird one for Detroit. Either Holland thinks highly of Quincy or lowly of the late round pickings in this summer's draft.

Bit of both I bet, 2012 is a weak draft, and Quincey is a solid defenceman. I can see him putting up 45-50 points next season playing on the Detroit PP. In other news, Columbus shipped Antoine Vermette to the Coyotes for a 2012 2nd, a conditional 2013 5th, and Curtis McElhinney, looks like Columbus finally got their goalie ;)

Tuomo Ruutu re-signs with Carolina, taking him off the market.

That Vermette deal is good for Phoenix, they needed a quality centre.

And yeah McBackup is probably a starter now. Poor, poor Columbus.

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Jeff Carter is on his way to the West Coast.

The L.A. Kings acquired the centre from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night for defenceman Jack Johnson and a conditional first-round pick.

The deal is pending both players passing a physical Friday.

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You remember how Philly blew up their team to get rid of Carter and Nash because otherwise their hard-partying ways would have brought down the entire team? Well, the Kings are betting that won't be a problem in Los Angeles.

Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie)
VAN put Keith Ballard on LTIR, Creates $4.2M worth of cap space. May be setting up for deal. Maybe I Ott to look into that. #TradeCentre

Mason Raymond for Steve Ott is the hot rumour.

I still don't see Ott's personality jiving with the Canucks. A lot of things can be said about the integrity of the team but I think Steve Ott is a little more attitude than the Canucks can handle.

If the coaches can keep Lappy,Burrows,and Kesler in line, they should have no problem keeping a veteran like Ott in line too. Get er done Gillis! But I'd rather get Dustin Brown then Ott, but Brown will probably be alot more expensive.