NHL Trade Period | Hronek, Granlund, Eller and Namestnikov change addresses

It was another wild day for NHL general managers on Wednesday as the end of trading nears, scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m. Overview of the main trades concluded in the last hours.

Surprise: Wings trade Hronek

The Vancouver Canucks will miss the playoffs and are clearly in the buying camp. The Detroit Red Wings are in the thick of the playoff race in the Eastern Conference. Logic would therefore have dictated that an impact player would leave Western Canada to move to Michigan. However, the reverse has happened. To everyone’s surprise, the Wings traded Filip Hronek to the Canucks for a 2023 first-round pick, which previously belonged to the New York Islanders, and a second-round pick, also in 2023. believe that Steve Yzerman, general manager of the Red Wings, is planning another trade, unless he gave up hope of making the playoffs after his club fell apart twice in a row against the Ottawa Senators. As for the Canucks, they get their hands on a high-quality right-handed defenseman who, at 25, will immediately play a major role on his new team. The Czech injured his “upper body” on Tuesday.

Mikael Granlund at the Penguins

The Nashville Predators continue their big cleaning. After Nino Niederreiter, Tanner Jeannot and Mattias Ekholm, it’s Mikael Granlund’s turn to pack his bags. The Finnish forward was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2023 second-round pick. reach 50 this year. He also drags a heavy contract with an annual value of 5 million still valid for two seasons. To clear space under the salary cap, the Penguins previously traded Teddy Blueger to the Vegas Golden Knights in return for a 2024 third-round pick and minor league defenseman Peter Diliberatore. Brock McGinn and Mark Friedman were traded to the American League.

Avalanche get Lars Eller

The Colorado Avalanche found the center they were looking for and Lars Eller of the Washington Capitals only cost them a 2025 second-round pick. The Caps are also withholding just under a third of the salary Danish in the transaction. The former Canadian, who is preparing to become an unrestricted free agent, has settled for 16 points in 60 games this season, he who has been running at a rate of 35 to 40 points for five years. Eller turns 34 next May. He is the fifth player to leave Washington in just over a week, following Dmitry Orlov, Garnet Hathaway, Marcus Johansson and Erik Gustafsson.

The Lightning have not finished their work

After rocking the NHL by paying sea and world for Tanner Jeannot last weekend, the Tampa Bay Lightning traded Vladislav Namestnikov to the San Jose Sharks for Michael Eyssimont. Since the Lightning keep half the salary of Namestnikov, who will become an unrestricted free agent in the summer, he saves relatively little money. The acquisition of Eyssimont, however, is intriguing. The 26-year-old forward is playing his first full season in the NHL. The Sharks claimed him off waivers last January after he started the campaign in Winnipeg. However, he proved to be very effective on the left of Logan Couture on one of the main lines of the team, especially in his defensive missions. General Manager Julien BriseBois therefore concludes another transaction thanks to which he unearths one of the best quality/price ratios on the market. Eyssimont will become a free agent with restrictions on 1^er next July, so the Lightning will retain their rights to him.