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5 NHL Trades That Should Happen After the 1st Week of Free Agency

Though the NHL draft has come and gone, and the free-agency market has been open for a week (as of noon ET on Friday), the B/R ice hockey team hasn't gotten its player-movement fix.

So we took a look at teams still in need of specific talent—not to mention others that would like a quick salary dump—and played matchmaker on five trades we believe to be mutually beneficial.

The A side player in each deal and his would-be destination is in the title of each slide, while the most logical B side player is suggested within the accompanying text, along with the compelling reasons for a move.