The NHL trade deadline might be set for 3 p.m. on Friday, but the Bruins and the rest of the league apparently didn’t get the memo.
Since Boston pulled the trigger on a deal to bring in Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway one week ago, the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoff field has been engaged in a full-out arms race.
Patrick Kane is taking his talents to the Big Apple and joining a stacked Rangers roster. The Devils brought in Timo Meier to compliment an uber-skilled young core.
The Lightning added more brawn to their already bruising bottom-six grouping by relinquishing multiple draft picks for Tanner Jeannot.