Ryan Graves #27 of the Colorado Avalanche (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The New Jersey Devils made the trade many were waiting for by acquiring another defenseman. They seemed to have an extra protection slot after Damon Severson and Jonas Siegenthaler for the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft, and there are teams that are going to lose a defenseman for free. One of the clear examples of that is the Colorado Avalanche, who turned around and trade the most obvious exposure candidate Ryan Graves for a decent package with the Devils.