Another NHL Trade Deadline day is in the books. Once again, most of the day’s activities were filled with waiting, rumors, complaints about said waiting and rumors, and a handful of trades. That is until the deadline actually took place. Mark Stone was finally dealt minutes before the 3 PM deadline. And after 3 PM hit, loads of deals were reported on, confirmed, and/or announced. All the more reason to relax until the afternoon on deadline day. After all, deadlines have a way of forcing negotiations to end right up to them.
For the New Jersey Devils, the expectation was that they would be sellers for the NHL Trader Deadline.