OTHL - - - After a couple of big moves at the begining, deadline Monday slowed down. But at the end a flury of trades took place and a total of 23 trades took place during the last day of trading. The biggest trades where of course the Spezza trade to Calgary for the Sedin's and Ottawa and Los Angeles swaping of goaltenders and defenders.
One of the most active teams where the Montreal Canadiens. As they added several pices to there cup contending puzzle. The Habs decided to shore up there defense as they added Bob Boughner, Vladimir Malakhovo, Mattias Norström and Scott Hannan. The Habs also added some offense in the form of Michael Ryder and Michael Nylander. Montreal currently lying in 4th place in the East, must now be considered as one of the big contenders for the cup. Among the other top teams in the East, only Ottawa made any moves. Philadelphia, Florida and Boston where all quiet during the deadline. Montreal trades.
Another team that mixed it up during the deadline where the New York Islanders. The last placed team in the Eastern Conference, added a couple of veterans to there young roster. The Islanders are by the looks of it, trying to build a more competitive team for next season. The Islanders added Keith Primeau, Rob Niedermayer and Bryan Marchment during the deadline. They also added some draft picks to there already long list of picks in the 2006 entry draft. NY Islanders trades.
A team that took another direction during the deadline, where the Toronto Maple Leafs. Despite still being in the playoffs, the Leafs decided to continue there rebuild and shiped away several veterans. As already mentioned they traded both Bryan Marchment and Keith Primeau to the Islanders. They also said good bye to defender Danny Markov who was traded to Dallas. And they also traded Alex Ponikarovsky to Washington along with a draft pick and prospect Alexander Polushin in exchange for three draft picks. Toronto trades.