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Guide to the prospects, rookies dealt at the trade deadline

It wasn't a terribly busy trade deadline regarding top prospects and rookies. Only two players from ESPN's early-season top 100 prospect rankings were moved in the lead-up to Monday's deadline. Draft picks, as expected, were among the most sought-after commodities, giving sellers some solid futures to play with in the next few drafts.

But there was one whopper of a prospect moved in Erik Brannstrom, who was No. 31 in our preseason drafted prospects rankings and will have a much higher placement on our top 50 rankings coming in a few weeks (no spoilers!). Outside of Ryan Donato, the rest were midrange prospects.