TORONTO — Ottawa picked up a pest and Toronto acquired a babysitter. Calgary got someone who blocks more shots than he takes, while Montreal traded a depth defenceman for a slightly better depth defenceman.
Please, hold your applause until the end.
And who knows, maybe by 3 p.m. ET on March 1, there will be plenty more to cheer about. But even if this is it — if Alex Burrows, Brian Boyle, Michael Stone and Jordie Benn are the biggest names headed to Canadian NHL teams before the trade deadline — it beats the alternative.
Canadian teams might not be going all-in (yet), like the Washington Capitals did by acquiring Kevin Shattenkirk on Monday.