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NHL trade deadline: The trades, the grades and what's next

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The 2018 NHL trade deadline featured a number of high-profile deals -- and some surprising non-moves. Our team of reporters kept track of what went down between clubs throughout the day.

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Feb. 26 updates


 2:59 p.m. ET: The New Jersey Devils have acquired forward Patrick Maroon from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a 2018 third-round draft pick and prospect J.D. Dudek.


  2:59 p.m. ET: The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller from the New York Rangers in exchange for forward Vladislav Namestnikov, forward Brett Howden, defenseman Libor Hajek, a 2018 first-round pick and a conditional second-round pick.

  • Grades: Rangers, Lightning both win big in McDonagh blockbuster Insider


 2:59 p.m. ET: The Vegas Golden Knights have acquired forward Tomas Tatar from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a 2018 first-round pick, a 2019 second-round pick and a 2021 third-round pick.

  • Grades: Red Wings jump-start rebuild with Tatar trade Insider



 2:48 p.m. ET: The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired Thomas Vanek from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Tyler Motte and Jussi Jokinen.

  • Grades: Blue Jackets best Canucks in Vanek swap Insider


 2:10 p.m. ET: The San Jose Sharks have acquired pending unrestricted free agent Evander Kane from the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres will receive a conditional first-round pick in 2019, a conditional fourth-round pick in 2020 and center Danny O'Regan.

  • Grades: Sharks get Kane for bargain price Insider


  1:48 p.m. ET: Vancouver Canucks have acquired forward Brendan Leipsic from Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for defenseman Philip Holm.


 12:15 p.m. ET: The Winnipeg Jets have acquired Paul Stastny from the St. Louis Blues. St. Louis gets a 2018 first-round pick, a 2020 fourth-round pick and prospect Erik Foley. 

  • Grades: Stastny deal a big win for Jets Insider


 12:02 p.m. ET: The Nashville Predators have acquired RW Ryan Hartman and a 2018 fifth-round pick from the Chicago Blackhawks. Chicago gets a 2018 first-round pick, a 2018 fourth-round pick and F Victor Ejdsell.

  • Grades: Blackhawks get big haul trading Hartman to Predators Insider



 9:32 a.m. ET: The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired defenseman Ian Cole from the Ottawa Senators. The Senators get center Nick Moutrey and a 2020 third-round pick.

  • Grades: Blue Jackets hit home run in landing Cole Insider



Feb. 25 updates

 9:32 a.m. ET: The Boston Bruins have acquired LW Rick Nash from the New York Rangers. New York gets a 2018 first-round pick, C Ryan Spooner, LW Matt Beleskey, D Ryan Lindgren and a 2019 seventh-round pick.

  • Grades: Bruins earn a B; Rangers get a B+ Insider


Feb. 23 updates

 5:54 p.m. ET: The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired center Derick Brassard from Ottawa in a three-team deal that sent defenseman Ian Cole to Ottawa and forward Ryan Reaves to the Vegas Golden Knights.

  • Grades: Penguins earn high marks for Brassard deal; Vegas gets an incomplete Insider

Feb. 22 updates

 3:02 p.m. ET: The New York Rangers have traded leading scorer Michael Grabner to the New Jersey Devils. New Jersey shipped defenseman prospect Yegor Rykov and a second-round pick in this year's draft to New York.

  • Grades: Rangers earn an A-, Devils get B+ for Grabner deal Insider

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