The 2017 NHL trade deadline has passed!

The 2017 National Hockey League trade deadline has come and has gone as it was for the most part one not to remember. The day started off very slowly with barely any trades going through compared to normal. Most of the big fish on the trade bait either didn't get moved or were moved days before the deadline day. We will be going down who got moved and who we think won the trade.

The biggest trade happened two days before the deadline of 3:00pm on Wednesday March 1st as Kevin Shattenkirk got moved to the Washington Capitals who have gone all in mode for the cup. They gave away a first round draft pick, several other picks and a great young forward in Sanford to get Shattenkirk.  They are clearly not focusing on the present but on the future. Washington will win this trade if they win the cup this year as it would pay off but if they don't St. Louis would have to have gotten more for the future,

The second biggest player moved was Martin Hanzel who went from Arizona to Minnisota. A even trade as Minnisota gave away a lot of picks in order to get this great power forward. They also got Ryan white a 4th liner. Both teams got what they wanted out of this trade.

The biggest goalie on the block, Ben Bishop was traded to the Los Angeles Kings as it was very odd seeing they already have a excellent goalie in Quick. Even though they are spending over 10 million dollars on goalies they won this trade as it didn't take much to get him.

The Montreal Canadians tried to be very active during this trade day as they made four smaller player deals as they try to build a good backend to their offence. Thomas Vanek was traded from detroit to Florida as he has had a good season.

Matt Duchene among many players who were thought to be traded but wearn't. More players like that include Landeskog, Grigorenko, Kulikov, Kane, Duclair, Vrabata, Fleury and many more.

Other known players who split from their team were Stafford, Fehr, Burrows, Hansen, Lazar, Streit, Oduya and Stalberg. This years trade deadline wasn't as busy as usual but was still entertaining as we get closer and closer to the playoffs.