NHL Trade Deadline 2023 Tracker: Live Updates On Every Major Move

NHL Trade Deadline 2023 Tracker: Live Updates On Every Major Move

It’s finally trade deadline day for the 2022-23 NHL season, but you could argue today is a bit anti-climactic. The leadup to this year’s deadline has been so spectacular it’s understandable to think all of the big names have already been moved. A whopping 13 first-round picks have been traded dating back when Bo Horvat was traded on Jan. 30, with 10 first-rounders on the move in the last week alone. We’ve seen both a lot of big-name rentals and some legitimate impact players with term moved as well, which is much more of a rarity.

The East has all but turned into an arms race, with just six points separating seventh from 13th and several of the top teams gearing up for a deep run. The West has been quieter, but maybe they’re saving the best for last. Either way, we’re about to find out within the next few hours. Keep refreshing this page for updates on all of the major rumors, deals, and other news coming out of the NHL today — there shouldn’t be a shortage.

Early Trades Tricking In

TRADE ALERT: The Blues have acquired Jakub Vrana from the Detroit Red Wings. #stlblues

DETAILS >>> https://t.co/uNH9NKStzM pic.twitter.com/WsCxhXQbN6

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) March 3, 2023

Lazar to NJ for a 4th in 2024

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 3, 2023

Zack MacEwen to LA for Brendan Lemieux and a 5th.

— Jeff Marek (@JeffMarek) March 3, 2023

Vladislav Namestnikov is heading to #NHLJets for a 2025 4th Rd Pick.@DailyFaceoff

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 3, 2023

I really like the Jakub Vrána trade for St. Louis. If you’re going to retool, a forward with his upside is a good player to take a risk on. The cap hit is high, but it’s only through next season. Curtis Lazar and Vladislav Namestnikov are decent bottom-six additions for contenders in New Jersey and Winnipeg, respectively. Brendan Lemieux is a not decent bottom-six addition for a Flyers team contending for neither the playoffs nor Connor Bedard. I guess you might as well take the draft pick, though, especially since Zack MacEwen is nothing special.

Nick Bonino Returns to Pittsburgh

Full details of Bonino trade pic.twitter.com/OjfEc79ARN

— Curtis Pashelka (@CurtisPashelka) March 3, 2023

Nick Bonino is a solid replacement for Teddy Blueger at 4C, who Pittsburgh traded away to clear cap space to acquire Mikael Granlund earlier in the week. Don’t expect another 18 points in 24 playoff games run like he put up in 2016, but it’s a solid depth move.

Wild Deal Greenway, Acquire Sundqvist

Jordan Greenway from MIN to BUF

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 3, 2023

Greenway is big (6’6”) but has seen his scoring numbers stagnate then regress over the last two seasons. Don’t expect a Tage Thompson late-bloomer arc, but we’ll see if the Sabres can fix Greenway. Assuming a mid-late round pick or/and low-level prospect is the return, the value is probably fair, although Greenway’s 3-year, $9 million extension that lasts through 2025 means there’s a decent price to pay if the Sabres can’t turn his trajectory around.

Update: here’s the return, and it’s fairly high.

#mnwild get a 2023 second-round pick and 2024 fifth-round pick for Greenway. No salary retained, so they free $3 million in next two years to help with conducting business this summer

— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) March 3, 2023

As for who the Wild got:

Sounds like Oskar Sundqvist is heading to the Wild

— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) March 3, 2023

The Wild make sure they don’t lose any depth by acquiring the physical Sundqvist who can play center and the wing (although he’s not good on face-offs).

Sundqvist to Wild for a 4th rounder this year https://t.co/hraoasDzZt

— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithNHL) March 3, 2023

JVR to DET

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1631740587396268037

This seems like a weird fit. Detroit sells Filip Hronek and Tyler Bertuzzi only to add James van Riemsdyk, a good but not great rental forward who you’d think would be a perfect sheltered third-line scoring forward and second PP guy on a contender. He’s still good and drives play, but odd that Detroit is the team that gets him. Well, probably gets him.

https://twitter.com/charlieo_conn/status/1631742147677356032

Maybe.

No trade in place at this exact moment in time for James van Riemsdyk. #Flyers

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 3, 2023

Why do the Flyers have to make everything so hard.

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1631743601645420557

No deal. Pain continues.

Make sure to keep checking this post for updates throughout the day.

Flames Add Depth

Troy Stecher to CAL from ARIZ

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) March 3, 2023

TRADE

To Toronto #LeafsForever
F Radim Zohorna

To Calgary #Flames
F Dryden Hunthttps://t.co/I2gEQgncus

— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) March 3, 2023

It is pretty telling of how slow this deadline is that these two trades (especially the Hunt one) qualify as news.

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