NHL trade Deadline: Mega deals change the squad game!

NHL trade Deadline: Mega deals change the squad game!

The NHL trade Deadline 2024/25 brought with it some groundbreaking transfers on Friday, March 8, which turned the league upside down. The focus is on the spectacular change from Mikko Rantannen, who leaves Carolina Hurricanes after only one month to join the Dallas stars. In a deal that involves both prominent actors and valuable draft picks, the stars give the promising rookie Logan Stankoven as well as two rounds of first and third round picks to hire the Finn. Dallas also secured an eight -year contract with rantons worth $ 96 million, which underlines the ambitions of the team to struggle seriously for the Stanley Cup in the coming season. Rantene expressed itself optimistically and said: "I think that Dallas suits me well", after scoring 70 scorer points in 62 games, but only came into its own in Carolina, as Laola1 reported.

Another significant transfer concerns Brad Marchand, who takes the Boston jersey after 16 years and changes to the Florida Panthers. The 36-year-old captain, who contributed significantly to the Stanley Cup victory in 2011, is handed over for a second-round pick 2027, which can even be converted into a first-round pick under certain conditions. In Boston, the deal was seen as a sign of upheaval because the team at the Eastern Conference ranks dangerously close to a playoff exclusion. In addition to Marchand, there was also a change from Charlie Coyle to Colorado, which illustrates the reorientation of the bruins in the direction of a younger group. Star Tribune reported that these top-class transfers between the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres, in which Dylan Cozens move to Ottawa, which will significantly influence the league competition structure.