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NHL Trade Deadline Blog

CBCSports.ca's senior hockey writer Tim Wharnsby will be blogging here - live from 8 a.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET on NHL trade deadline day. Tim will detail all the moves as they happen and offer first-rate analysis and insight. Visit often to follow Tim's coverage or to comment on any trade.
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Anatomy of a trade

Oh, how the times have changed since Winnipeg Jets General Manager Mike Smith traded Kris Draper to Detroit for the princely sum of $1 back in 1993.  That princely sum of yesteryear can turn into a King's ransom in today's marketplace, even in a salary cap era.
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Trade deadline: The sellers

Whose turn is it to step up and become Monty Hall as the NHL trade deadline approaches?  The obvious suspects are the cellar dwellers, but there are a few teams in the playoff hunt that would love to get younger and cheaper.
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Trade deadline: The buyers

Remember the scene in Pulp Fiction when John Travolta revived Uma Thurman with an adrenaline shot into her heart?  That is exactly what Brian Burke did to the Maple Leafs franchise when he acquired Dion Phaneuf and J.S. Giguere.  And that is precisely the same impact each general manager would like to accomplish at the trade deadline on March 3.
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