Important trades so far (plz update new as they accure);

-Forsberg returns to NHL with Avalanche

-The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed Dan Boyle to a six-year, $40 million dollar deal.

-The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired Vaclav Prospal from the Tampa Bay Lightning.

-The Lightning get defenseman Alexandre Picard and a second or third round selection in the 2009 draft in exchange for Prospal

-Isles re-sign Comrie to 1-year contract

-The New Jersey Devils have bolstered their defence for the stretch run, acquiring defenceman Bryce Salvador from the St. Louis Blues.

-Unable to sign their potential unrestricted free agent to a long-term deal, the Buffalo Sabres have traded defenceman Brian Campbell to the San Jose Sharks for forward Steve Bernier and a first-round draft pick.

-After much speculation, the Tampa Bay Lightning have finally traded one of their 'Big Three' forwards, sending centre Brad Richards and goaltender Johan Holmqvist to the Dallas Stars for goalie Mike Smith, centre Jeff Halpern and winger Jussi Jokinen.

-The Montreal Canadiens have traded goaltender Cristobal Huet to the Washington Capitals in exchange for a 2nd round pick in 2008.

-The Blackhawks have traded forward Tuomo Ruutu to the Hurricanes in exchange for forward Andrew Ladd.

-The Avalanche have signed defenceman Ruslan Salei from the Panthers in exchange for defenceman Karlis Skrastins and a 3rd round pick

-The Ottawa Senators have aqcuired forward Martin Lapointe from the Blackhawks in exchange for a 2008 6th round pick.

-The Avalanche have acquired defenceman Adam Foote from the Blue Jackets.

-The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded centre Sergei Fedorov to the Washington Capitals for blueline prospect Theo Ruth.

-The Canucks have traded forward Matt Cooke to the Capitals for Matt Pettinger

-The NY Islanders have acquired defenseman Rob Davison from San Jose sharks for 7th round pick

-St. Louis trades defenceman Christian Backman to New York Rangers for a 4th round pick

-Hal Gill from Toronto to Pittsburgh for a 2nd and 5th round pick

Update;

-The Atlanta Thrashers have traded sniper Marian Hossa and winger Pascal Dupuis to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for prospect Angelo Esposito, forwards Colby Armstrong and Erik Christensen and a first-round pick.

Bergeron D from ISlanders to Anaheim for 3rd round pick

Transactions completed prior to NHL Trading Deadline
NHL.com
Feb 26, 2008, 5:59 PM EST

NEW YORK -- NHL clubs made 25 trades, involving 45 players, between 9 a.m., ET, today and the 3 p.m., ET, trading deadline. The number of trades matches the trading deadline high, set in each of the past two years, while the number of players involved ranks second all-time to the 46 in 2003. Following is a list of the transactions:

Anaheim traded RW Brandon Bochenski to Nashville for future considerations.

Anaheim traded RW Brandon Segal and a 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay for D Jay Leach.

Hossa
Atlanta traded RW Marian Hossa and RW Pascal Dupuis to Pittsburgh for RW Colby Armstrong, C Erik Christensen, C Angelo Esposito and Pittsburgh's 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Atlanta traded LW Alexandre Giroux to Washington for RW Joe Motzko.

Buffalo traded D Brian Campbell and its 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to San Jose for RW Steve Bernier and San Jose's 1st-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Carolina traded LW Andrew Ladd to Chicago for C Tuomo Ruutu.

Chicago traded RW Martin Lapointe to Ottawa for Ottawa's 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Colorado traded D Karlis Skrastins and its 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft to Florida for D Ruslan Salei.

Columbus traded C Sergei Fedorov to Washington for D Ted Ruth.

Foote
Columbus traded D Adam Foote to Colorado for a conditional 1st-round pick in the 2008 or 2009 Entry Draft and a conditional 4th-round pick in 2009.

Dallas traded G Mike Smith, C Jeff Halpern, LW Jussi Jokinen and its 4th-round pick in the 2009 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay for C Brad Richards and G Johan Holmqvist.

Los Angeles traded D Brad Stuart to Detroit for Detroit's 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft and 4th-round pick in 2009.

Los Angeles traded G J.S. Aubin to Anaheim for a 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Montreal traded G Cristobal Huet to Washington for Anaheim's 2nd-round pick in the 2009 Entry Draft (previously acquired).

New Jersey traded RW Cam Janssen to St. Louis for D Bryce Salvador.

NY Islanders traded LW Chris Simon to Minnesota for Minnesota's 6th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

NY Islanders traded D Marc-Andre Bergeron to Anaheim for a 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Sjostrom
NY Rangers traded G Al Montoya and LW Marcel Hossa to Phoenix for RW Fredrik Sjostrom, G David LeNeveu, LW Josh Gratton and a conditional pick in the 2009 Entry Draft.

St. Louis traded D Christian Backman to NY Rangers for the Rangers' 4th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

San Jose traded D Rob Davison to NY Islanders for the Islanders' 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Tampa Bay traded LW Jan Hlavac to Nashville for Nashville's 7th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Toronto traded RW Wade Belak to Florida for Florida's 5th-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Toronto traded LW Chad Kilger to Florida for Florida's 3rd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft.

Toronto traded D Hal Gill to Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh's 2nd-round pick in the 2008 Entry Draft and 5th-round pick in 2009.

Vancouver traded LW Matt Cooke to Washington for LW Matt Pettinger.


Trade Deadline Activity Since 1979-80

SEASON DATE TRADES PLAYERS
1979-80 March 11, 1980 3 5
1980-81 March 10, 1981 12 22
1981-82 March 9, 1982 5 11
1982-83 March 8, 1983 1 1
1983-84 March 6, 1984 2 2
1984-85 March 12, 1985 4 7
1985-86 March 11, 1986 8 14
1986-87 March 10, 1987 5 9
1987-88 March 8, 1988 8 12
1988-89 March 7, 1989 9 21
1989-90 March 6, 1990 10 16
1990-91 March 5, 1991 14 33
1991-92 March 10, 1992 11 22
1992-93 March 22, 1993 9 14
1993-94 March 21, 1994 18 35
1994-95 April 7, 1995 19 32
1995-96 March 20, 1996 13 21
1996-97 March 18, 1997 18 35
1997-98 March 24, 1998 19 38
1998-99 March 23, 1999 21 30
1999-00 March 14, 2000 12 23
2000-01 March 13, 2001 17 31
2001-02 March 19, 2002 17 35
2002-03 March 11, 2003 24 46
2003-04 March 9, 2004 20 32
2005-06 March 9, 2006 25 40
2006-07 February 27, 2007 25 44
2007-08 February 26, 2008 25 45

Toronto did well to get rid of those plugs and get 4 picks in return including a 2nd rounder. Seems strange to me that the Habs traded Huet away and did not bring in any big name players as has been rumoured. Montreal seems to miss out on these big name players a lot with Briere last summer and not getting Hossa this year after so much speculation. Looks like the asking price was a little too high for Montreal. Unless the Pens win the Cup this year which will be tough with their goaltending the Thrashers won this trade in my opinion. Basically 2 first rounders plus 2 guys that can play in this league for what could be a rental. The Pens can afford to part with picks and prospects since they have such a wealth of young guys, but they gave up a couple of pretty good players as well.
I'm happy with the Flyers getting Prospal. Didn't really give much up for him and he gives the team some much needed depth.