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For Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero, it was never about whether he should trade Evgeni Malkin but about whether Malkin wanted to be in Pittsburgh. Playing alongside a superstar like Sidney Crosby, and thus being in the considerable shadow cast by...

Oh, hardly any storylines here. The Toronto Maple Leafs return to the playoffs for the first time since 2004 and find themselves in a clash with the Boston Bruins, whose trade of Phil Kessel to Toronto in September 2009 ultimately delivered Tyler Seg...

Funny how the expected can suddenly get turned on its ear in the push for a playoff berth. A week ago, after the trade deadline had passed and the Dallas Stars had sold off three key pieces of today for a bunch of tomorrows, they were whipped 5-2 ...

The day after the trade deadline is often like the day after a big family wedding. Lots of stuff to sift through. Maybe you'll find an unexpected and unopened gift, or maybe you'll be reminded that the gift you thought stunk the day before still stin...

A trade deadline day that began at a snail's pace and finished with a great flurry of activity has, like all trade deadlines, the potential to alter the playoff grids in both conferences and perhaps even who hoists the Stanley Cup in late June. Lots ...

Here's a look at five teams for whom the trade deadline looms large, writes Scott Burnside.

Here's a look at some top end players who have another year left on their deals who could be in play this week, writes Scott Burnside.

It's never too early for the second-guessing to begin when it comes to trades made or not made at this time of the season. And so it goes for Dallas GM Joe Nieuwendyk. A day after sending his captain, Brenden Morrow, to the Pittsburgh Penguins f...

It is almost a rite of spring, the annual pre-trade deadline move by Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero. It doesn't always have the intended result -- think Alexei Kovalev or Alexei Ponikarovsky in 2011 and 2010, respectively -- but it has worked of...

Instead of asking the Penguins to trade him, Paul Martin dedicated the offseason to improving his game and the results have been remarkable, writes Scott Burnside.

"Maybe," as it turns out, is the perpetual currency of the Blue Jackets, who after months of trying to hit the proverbial home run in moving the unhappy Rick Nash ended up with, what, an infield single? Maybe, writes Scott Burnside.

If there is a theme for the 2012 NHL draft, it might well be O Brother, Where Are Thou? For the second time in three days, a major trade brought two brothers together. In this case, late Saturday afternoon the Philadelphia Flyers bolstered their b...

No matter how you poke and prod the league's first blockbuster trade of the offseason, it's hard not to see reason for optimism and excitement from both vantage points, writes Scott Burnside.

Marian Gaborik was the Rangers' leading scorer during the regular season, but has been practically invisible in the postseason. That needs to change and in a hurry, writes Scott Burnside.

Trades are all part of the game for NHL players and their families, but there really is no way to prepare for your entire life changing in one phone call.

Here's a look at where the General Manager of the Year award stands post-trade deadline as we head into the final quarter of the NHL season: 1. Mike Gillis, Vancouver CanucksGillis' Canucks have moved past a rocky start to the season and a potenti...