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NHL Trade Deadline Deals Show Varying Degrees of Impact

By Ameeta Vohra, Featurd

With the NHL trade deadline approaching, teams are jockeying for position to secure rental players and strengthen their rosters. The history of trade deadline day has shown that some Stanley Cup champions benefited by making huge splashes securing players who ended up being crucial to their success, while others have been content to stay with their existing rosters.

Here is a look of how the NHL Trade deadline has made an impact —or not — on the last five Stanley Cup champions:

2014 – Los Angeles Kings

Very active on the 2014 Trade Deadline Day on March 5, the LA Kings were involved in five trades, but the biggest splash was obtaining the services of a star who needed a change of scenery.