The Colorado Avalanche have acquired goaltender Devan Dubnyk from the San Jose Sharks.
The Avalanche needed depth in goal after their backup Pavel Francouz has been out injured all season.
They previously acquired Jonas Johansson from Buffalo, who had a shutout last night, but with injuries to Grubauer and Francouz, the Avalanche had to go to their third goalie in the playoffs last season. They recognize the need for depth at the position.
Brandon Montour has been traded to the Florida Panthers.
Montour has 5 goals and 9 assists in 38 games for the Sabres this season. He will be a UFA this July.
One would have to imagine that this trade will take the Panthers out of the running for David Savard, another right-handed defenseman they’ve been reportedly interested in.
With the St. Louis Blues 2-7-1 in their past 10 games and now sitting five points behind the Arizona Coyotes for the final playoff spot in the West Division, there has been increasing chatter that the team might sell off some players in advance of Monday’s trade deadline.
Jeremy Rutherford of the Athletic takes a look at some players who could be on the move for the Blues.
Rutherford suggests that pending UFAs Mike Hoffman and Tyler Bozak should have their bags packed.
He notes the situation is a little more complicated for fellow pending UFA and career Blue Jaden Schwartz, who can block a trade to 15 teams. Rutherford says contract talks have been slow with Schwartz.
Rutherford also makes note of unhappy defenseman Vince Dunn, who could be moved before the deadline, but could more likely be a summer move.
James Mirtle of the Athletic looks at multiple trade options and scenarios that the Toronto Maple Leafs could look at to strengthen their club before the trade deadline.
He proposed trades for forwards Kyle Palmieri, Scott Laughton and Nick Foligno, defenseman Dmitri Kulikov, and goalie Chris Driedger. The proposed costs of the trades never rose above a second round pick and a throw-in prospect. Mirtle did not include defenseman Timothy Liljegren or the Leafs first round pick in any of the proposals, despite both assets being rumored to be in play.
Mirtle goes into a scenario where the Leafs land the trio of Palmieri, Kulikov and Driedger. He notes if all three players come with 50% of their salaries retained and the Leafs send Alex Galchenyuk and Jason Spezza to the taxi squad, they could fit the acquisitions under the cap.
The Leafs should be an interesting team to watch as the April 12 deadline approaches.
According to Pierre Lebrun, the Devils and pending UFA Kyle Palmieri are still exploring if have common ground on a contract extension prior to the trade deadline.
If a contract extension can’t be reached, Palmieri would presumably be traded, as the Devils are well out of the playoff picture.
The Islanders have been a team that has been connected to Palmieri in trade rumors.
The Canucks have signed Thatcher Demko to a five-year contract:
Demko, 25, is 12-12-1 with a 0.917 SV% and a 2.77 GAA this season. The contract will cover 3 UFA seasons.
Dan Rosen of NHL.com suggests that the Panthers may look to add a right-handed shooting defenseman in the wake of Aaron Ekblad’s broken leg.
Possible options for the Panthers that Rosen lists are Brandon Montour, David Savard, Sami Vatanen, Tony DeAngelo as well as internal option Anton Stralman.
DeAngelo might not be a great fit with the Panthers, who already have Keith Yandle who brings a lot of the same skillset and also doesn’t play penalty kill.
The Kings have acquired Brendan Lemieux from the Rangers for a fourth round pick.
Lemieux is signed through next season at a cap hit of $1.55 million. The Rangers likely needed to clear some roster space for 2018 1st round pick Vitali Kravtsov.