Another trade deadline is in the books. And the 2023 version was quite something.
The domino effect began on Jan. 30 when the highly coveted Bo Horvat landed in Long Island. What followed was one of the more chaotic activities of pre-deadline day deals in recent memory.
Dmitry Orlov, Garnet Hathaway, Tyler Bertuzzi, Patrick Kane, Vladimir Tarasenko, Ryan O’Reilly, Noel Acciari, Timo Meier and Jakob Chychrun, and countless other top targets found themselves in the middle of an Eastern Conference arms race before Friday. A handful of other names, including Ivan Barbashev, Mattias Ekholm, Nino Neidereitter, and two-time Stanley Cup-winning goalie Jonathan Quick, stayed west.