Episode Jean Ratelle (491): A Crazy Trade Deadline! Marchand to Florida for Peanuts! Oilers and Leafs Play it Cool.

Concerns that the trade deadline would be a bit of a dud turned out to be very active and with some big names moving. Despite the Stars and Panthers making big moves for big names, both the Oilers and Leafs made moves but no blockbusters. The Bruns clearly decided to punt on this yeaar and be in a position to take advantage of lots of cap space this summer.  Listen Here:  Apple Podcasts   Direct MP3   iHeart Radio Title Player - Jean Ratelle News Trade Deadline Marchand to Florida - Boston eats half salary and gets 2027 2nd - crazy low return Rantanen to Dallas  Carlo to Leafs Coyle, Nelson  to Avalanche   Oilers…. Jake Walman Trent Frederic  All primary competition added to top, Oilers shored up bottom half of lineup Leafs - Scott Laughton, Brandon Carlo - shored up Defence Marner - was on the block  Sens move Josh Norris Bruins - big time retool  - Marchand, Carlo, Coyle, Frederic - 3 pts out of wildcard  - give up on this season   - All players brought back other than Middelestadt, Minten  on expiring deals  Approx $66MM in cap allocation for next season. Cap is $95.5 Post Deadline  Cap favourites  Guess the 5th  POST DEADLINE REBUILDERS Draft Picks - Puck Pedia Pick Value  - based on Matt Perri calculation - https://puckpedia.com/PerriPickValue ANA - 317.6 BOS - 119.6 BUF - 160.52 CGY - 193.89 CAR - 120.31 CHI - 361.68 COL - 49.96 CBJ - 342.45 DAL - 42.22 DET - 166.17 EDM - 60.65 FLA - 53.94 LAK - 89.16 MIN - 119.62 MTL - 359.7 NAS - 141.59 NJD - 136.82 NYI - 107.06 NYR - 70.17 OTT - 161.53 PHI - 225.37 PIT - 207.36 SJS - 346.87 SEA - 203.62 STL - 143.69 TBL - 51.69 TOR - 46.32 UTA - 179.38 VAN - 89.86 VGK - 69.01 WAS - 93.24 WPG - 76.69   Standings  - 20 games left - down the stretch they come!  Note - Kings are 5 points behind Minnesota in Wildcard  Tightening up - Utah and St Louis making it interesting Connections LAST WEEK - Ed Belfour, Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe, Joe Nieuwendyk - Jon Gee / Nora  THIS WEEK - Ryan Smyth, John Anderson, Dylan Cozens, Jim Thompson   Going Streaking  FLA 5W / COL, DAL, VGK 4W  DET 5L    Crazy Stat - Julio Franco -