The NHL trade deadline was busy yesterday with 31 deals made as teams jockeyed for the immediate future or shifted into a rebuilding mode. The already stacked Metropolitan Division got even better for the infusion of still more talent. Let’s check out what the Pens’ rivals did, basically over the last month to gear up for the end of the season:
Departures: 2020 second round pick, 2020 third round pick, 2021 third round pick
—The Caps shored up their defense by adding Dillon as rental earlier and then won the Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Kovalchuk surprised almost the whole hockey world by playing actually pretty well with Montreal, certainly reviving his NHL career at age 36.