Sunday Standings: The East loads up at the deadline

The NHL passed another major season milestone with the trade deadline coming and going on Friday. Also, not only is it March already but we’re five days into the month. The regular season still has about six weeks to go, but that will be gone too in the blink of an eye.

Here’s how the standings look this morning for relevant teams in the East.

This week we’re going to use this space to assess and recount the trade deadline additions, with a focus on the short-term.