Nazem Kadri is coming home.

The Calgary Flames have traded the 35-year-old center back to the Colorado Avalanche, TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston reports.

In exchange for Kadri, Colorado gave up forward Victor Olofsson, prospect Max Curran, a conditional 2028 first-round pick, and a conditional 2027 second-round pick. The Avalanche also receive a 2027 fourth-round pick.

Calgary is retaining 20% of Kadri’s contract, meaning Colorado will carry a $5.6 million cap hit for him through the end of the 2029 season.

TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reported that the Flames and Avalanche had previously explored a Kadri deal and revisited talks Friday, ultimately finalizing the trade.

Nazem Kadri is heading to the Colorado Avalanche

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) March 6, 2026

Kadri, who played three seasons with Colorado from 2019 to 2022, was a key contributor to the Avalanche’s first Stanley Cup in 21 years in 2022, recording seven goals and 15 points during the playoff run. This season, he has 12 goals and 41 points in 61 games with Calgary.

“Super excited. The team at the very top of my list. Man, I can’t wait,” Kadri told TSN after the news broke. 

Nazem Kadri becomes the first Muslim-born player to hoist the Stanley Cup — which makes it an emotional day for me. pic.twitter.com/MrUfSzuHRZ

— Kamil Karamali (@KamilKaramali) June 27, 2022

NAZEM KADRI IS BACK HOME 🥹🙏 pic.twitter.com/kf4EQrhU9n

— DNVR Avalanche (@DNVR_Avalanche) March 6, 2026

The 6-foot center is in the fourth season of a seven-year, $49 million contract, carrying an annual cap hit of $7 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2028-29 campaign.

Drafted seventh overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2009, Kadri has 319 goals and 751 points in 1,046 career games, split between Toronto, Colorado, and Calgary. He has represented the Avalanche and Flames at the NHL All-Star Games in 2022 and 2023, respectively, and played for Canada at the 2014 World Hockey Championship, where the team finished fifth.

Flames Add Strome

Earlier on Friday, Calgary acquired forward Ryan Strome from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a fourth-round pick.

Strome, 32, has struggled to stay in Anaheim’s lineup this season, posting three goals and nine points in 33 games. The 6-foot-1 centre, on the fourth season of a five-year, $25 million contract with a $5 million cap hit, has recorded 41 points in each of the past three seasons. He will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of this campaign.

LOS ANGELES — The Islanders announced a three-year extension with pending free agent Jean-Gabriel Pageau minutes after the trade deadline passed on Friday.

The deal carries a $4.85 million AAV, per a source. It has a full no-trade clause for the first two seasons and a 16-team no-trade clause for the last year, according to PuckPedia.

Mathieu Darche held off on engaging Pageau’s camp in extension talks earlier in the season, but evidently did so recently.

Pageau will be 34 next season when the extension kicks in, but has shown little sign of slowing down with age. He has 29 points this year and has been a key part of the penalty kill.

He also regularly takes on a mentorship role in the dressing room, and has excellent chemistry alongside Simon Holmstrom.

The Islanders’ desire to re-sign him even after trading for Brayden Schenn, a similar player who is a year older than Pageau, shows that he is still viewed as a key part of the core.

After a small move involving minor league players earlier on deadline day, the Bruins wrapped up their business with another minor move.

Just after the deadline had passed, the Bruins announced that they’ve acquired forward Lukas Reichel from the Vancouver Canucks.

(Side note: the press release used weird phrasing, which was “Bruins agree to acquire Lukas Reichel.” I’m not sure that means anything, but it was odd.)

The B’s will be sending a sixth-round pick in this June’s NHL draft to Vancouver in exchange for Reichel.

Reichel is a left-shot wing who has spent most of this season with AHL Abbotsford, where he had 6G-7A-13PTS totals in 23 games.

The 23-year-old forward had a decent showing for Team Germany at the recent Winter Olympics, recording 2G-1A-3PTS in 5 games.

The Canucks acquired Reichel from Chicago back in October, sending a 2027 fourth-round pick to Chicago in exchange.

At the time, Reichel had asked to be moved in search of a better fit, as he wasn’t getting much of a look with the Blackhawks.

Reichel will be a restricted free agent at season’s end.

He has played 188 NHL games over the course of his young career, recording 22 goals and 37 assists in that span.

His two best seasons came from 2023-2025 in Chicago, when he had a spot as an NHL regular and appeared in 65 and 70 NHL games.

The Blackhawks drafted Reichel 17th overall in the 2020 draft.

It looks like this move is probably a mixture of adding depth to Providence, adding some potential competition to the forward corps in Boston, and just taking a shot on a potential reclamation project.

A sixth-round pick isn’t nothing, but it’s not a ton to give up if you’re acquiring a kid who you believe has upside.

Reichel will presumably report to Providence.

He does require waivers to move between the AHL and NHL, but since he was already playing in the AHL, I’m guessing that doesn’t apply here.

Anyways, not exactly a thrilling move, but…depth, right?

The Vancouver Canucks have reportedly made another deal on trade deadline day, sending David Kämpf to the Washington Capitals in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Kämpf played in 38 games with the Canucks this season and scored two goals and four assists. 

Vancouver acquired Kämpf via free-agent signing on November 15 after the forward's contract was terminated by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Prior to joining the Canucks, Kämpf had yet to make his NHL debut for the 2025-26 season as he had been assigned to the Toronto Marlies of the AHL. 

While with the Canucks, Kämpf also represented Czechia at the 2026 Winter Olympics alongside Filip Hronek. He scored a goal and an assist in five games played with Team Czechia and averaged a faceoff winning percentage of 52.75%. 

Kämpf was not the only Canucks Olympian to be traded today, as Vancouver also sent Lukas Reichel to the Boston Bruins for a 2026 sixth-round pick. Reichel represented Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics. 

Vancouver will face the Chicago Blackhawks later today at 5:30 pm PT. 

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The 3:00 p.m. cutoff has come and gone for the NHL trade deadline, and while the Philadelphia Flyers made some headline-grabbing moves, they did not move what appeared to be their most obvious trade chip. 

Flyers moves today:

Bobby Brink to MIN for D David Jiricek
Nic Deslauriers to CAR for 2027 conditional 7th round pick
Alexis Gendron & Massimo Rizzo to BOS for D Jackson Edward & F Brett Harrison (AHL deal)
Claimed C Luke Glendening from NJD

— Siobhan Nolan (@SGNolan) March 6, 2026

The Flyers started the day off by trading winger Bobby Brink to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for David Jiricek, a 22-year-old right-shot defenseman who will report to the AHL upon his arrival in Philadelphia. 

Then it was forward Nic Deslauriers to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2027 conditional 7th-round draft pick. Deslauriers saw limited playing time this season, mainly being utilized as a fourth-line piece when the lineup needed some physical edge. 

They also picked up a center in Luke Glendening, claiming him off waivers from the New Jersey Devils. 

On the AHL side of things, forwards Alexis Gendron and Massimo Rizzo are shipping up to Boston, with the Flyers receiving defenseman Jackson Edward and forward Brett Harrison in return. 

Perhaps the biggest headline, though, is who Philadelphia didn't move today—namely defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, who was widely regarded as the Flyers player with the most significant interest from teams around the league. 

Ristolainen is no stranger to trade rumors, but in the lead-up to today's deadline, it appeared that he could legitimately be on the move, with teams like the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins rumored to be strong potential landing spots. However, the Flyers' asking price for the 31-year-old Finn was reportedly not met, so he will remain on the roster. 

I'm told the #Flyers are not moving Rasmus Ristolainen. They did not get their price.@DailyFaceoff

— Anthony Di Marco (@ADiMarco25) March 6, 2026

Forwards Owen Tippett and Carl Grundstrom, along with defenseman Noah Juulsen, also floated around as trade chips, but ultimately were not moved either. 

The Los Angeles Kings and GM Ken Holland have made their second trade of the day. Mayor's Manor reported that the Kings acquired center Scott Laughton from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman later confirmed that report.

In return, Los Angeles sent a 2026 conditional third-round pick to Toronto as the deal was finalized in the late queue at the NHL trade deadline.

That draft pick becomes a second-rounder if the Kings make the Stanley Cup playoffs, ESPN's Emily Kaplan reported. As of the trade deadline, Los Angeles is three points behind the Seattle Kraken, who own the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

At last year's trade deadline, the Maple Leafs acquired Laughton from the Philadelphia Flyers for a first-round pick and prospect Nikita Grebenkin. This time around, Holland brings in the same player for a far lower price.

Laughton, 31, has been a key penalty killer for the Maple Leafs this season and is an excellent leader and competitor. He's spent most of this campaign as a bottom-six center, taking reps on the third and fourth line.

In 43 games this season, Laughton has eight goals, 12 points and a minus-three rating. He missed some time early in the year with an upper-body injury and was also a healthy scratch for Toronto's last two games. It was listed as roster management, as Leafs GM Brad Treliving was expecting to move him.

In terms of killing penalties, Laughton averages 2:17 of ice time while his team is shorthanded. What ties in nicely with that ability is how good he is in the faceoff dot, posting a 56.7 percent on the year.

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The St. Louis Blues first traded away their captain to the New York Islanders, then made another deal, sending veteran defenseman Justin Faulk to the Detroit Red Wings for first- and third-round picks, veteran minor league defenseman Justin Holl and  prospect forward Dmitri Buchelnikov.

The move came right at the end of the NHL Trade Deadline on Friday.

In moving Faulk, 33, who was in his sixth season with the Blues, along with Brayden Schenn to the New York Islanders, the Blues have stocked up two first-round picks, two third-round picks a goalie prospect and a minor league skater. Faulk still has one more year at a cap hit of $6.5 million.

Faulk, who was having a solid season, especially offensively with 32 points (11 goals, 21 assists) in 61 games, it gives the Red Wings a veteran presence and gives the Blues more picks to perhaps use to deal in the summer or stockpile prospects.

Faulk leaves St. Louis having played 482 games with 232 points (56 goals, 176 assists).

Buchelnikov, 22, is an unsigned draft pick of the Red Wings (second round, 2022).  This season, he has played in 39 games for the KHL’s CSKA Moskva and has 23 points (13 goals, 10 assists). Overall, the Nizhny Tagil, Russia native has 108 points (42 goals, 66 assists) in 169 KHL regular-season games.  

Holl, 34, has played in 41 games for Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League this season and had 14 points (two goals, 12 assists). He has appeared in eight NHL seasons, including stints with Toronto and Detroit and has 95 points (13 goals, 82 assists) in 396 career NHL regular-season games.

We'll have more on these when general manager Doug Armstrong speaks to the media soon ... 

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The Winnipeg Jets have traded veteran winger Tanner Pearson to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a seventh-round draft pick, according to Winnipeg Free Press writer Ken Wiebe. 

Pearson, 32, has provided depth scoring and experience for Winnipeg this season. This season, the Kitchener native has recorded eight goals and ten assists for 18 points in 52 games, contributing primarily in a bottom-six role. The Jets added Pearson this past offseason on a one-year, $1 million deal. 

Over the course of his NHL career, Pearson has played for several teams including the Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Montreal Canadiens, and most recently the Jets. Across 774 career NHL games, he has recorded 157 goals and 168 assists for 325 points, establishing himself as a reliable secondary scoring option for a majority of his career.

Pearson was selected 30th overall in the 2012 NHL Draft by the Los Angeles Kings, where he would go on to win a Stanley Cup in 2014.

For Winnipeg, the move gets something in return for a pending free agent as they look to add some future draft capital and start planning towards next season and the future.

Further details, including the identity of the acquiring club and the exact draft pick involved, are expected once the trade is officially finalized.

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Less than six months after acquiring him, the Vancouver Canucks have dealt forward Lukas Reichel to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Reichel, who spent most of his time in the organization with the Abbotsford Canucks, played a total of 14 games for Vancouver. 

Vancouver first acquired Reichel on October 24, 2025 from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft. This move was made to help the Canucks deal with depth issues at centre due to injuries to Filip Chytil and Teddy Blueger. Reichel’s fit with the team didn’t quite gel the way many hoped it would, as it took him eight games to register his first point with Vancouver. He was ultimately sent down to Abbotsford and has played there since. 

In 23 games with Abbotsford, Reichel scored six goals and seven assists, going on a six-game point streak through the end of January to the end of February. He also represented Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics, putting up two goals and one assist in five games. During his Olympic tournament, Reichel ended up playing on lines with both Tim Stützle and Leon Draisaitl. 

Vancouver will face Reichel’s former team, the Blackhawks, later today at 5:30 pm PT. 

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Bobby McMann, once rumored to be a potential addition for the Colorado Avalanche, is instead heading west to the Seattle Kraken. The Toronto Maple Leafs traded the 29-year-old forward to Seattle in exchange for a 2027 second-round pick and a 2026 fourth-round pick, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman and Nick Kypreos.

This marks Toronto’s second roster move this week amid a disappointing season. On Thursday, the Maple Leafs sent centre Nic Roy to Colorado.

Before the deal was finalized, speculation had swirled that McMann could be headed to the Avalanche. Insider Frank Seravalli shared the report on X (formerly Twitter), writing:

“Sounds like #GoAvsGo and #LeafsForever engaged again on Bobby McMann. We’ll see where it goes.”

McMann, a Wainwright, Alta., native, has spent his entire NHL career with Toronto. Undrafted out of junior hockey, he signed as a free agent in April 2022 and is now in the second and final year of a two-year, $2.7 million extension. This season, he has produced 32 points (19 goals, 13 assists) in 60 games, demonstrating the speed, physicality, and scoring ability that would have made him an ideal top-nine power forward for Colorado. Over his three NHL seasons, he has tallied 15, 20, and 19 goals, proving his consistency as a goal scorer.

With the trade to Seattle, McMann becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer, giving the Kraken a potential short-term boost down the stretch while providing him a fresh opportunity in a new market.

And for the Avalanche, it could be seen as possibly a disappointing deadline. They reportedly had a deal to acquire Nazem Kadri from the Calgary Flames, but ownership nixed the deal at the last second, and they were also unable to snag McMann. However, Nic Roy and Brett Kulak were definitely solid acquisitions. 

The trade deadline has come and gone for the NHL and the Chicago Blackhawks. Ahead of it, they traded away Connor Murphy, Jason Dickinson, Colton Dach, and Nick Foligno. 

The last UFA that was in the mix to be traded was Ilya Mikheyev, but he was not moved. They tried to get an extension done earlier in the year, but to no avail. That made the trade rumors surrounding him a little bit louder. 

Now that the deadline has passed, the Blackhawks are done, and Mikheyev was not moved. He will remain with the team for at least the rest of this season. 

The Blackhawks had a similar situation with Ryan Donato last season, but they decided to keep him and eventually signed him to a long-term deal in the summer.

Maybe Mikheyev is on the same path. He is worth signing to a smaller extension due to the fact that he's an incredible penalty killer, a great defensive forward, and a contributor on offense. For a guy who's that good in a defensive role, his 15-20 goals per season make him even more valuable. 

Matt Grzelcyk was another UFA to keep an eye on, but there wasn't much of a market for him. He will finish out the year with Chicago as their oldest defenseman and go from there. 

A handful of non-core young players were in rumors from time to time as well, but none of them were moved on deadline day. 

The Blackhawks will now host the Vancouver Canucks at the United Center on Friday night in a quick turnaround. Kyle Davidson will speak to the media before the game, so there will be more updates on his thought process coming up. 

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One of the biggest needs for the Detroit Red Wings was a right-shot defenseman, and they have filled that need in the immediate aftermath of the official passing of the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline. 

The Red Wings have acquired veteran defenseman Justin Faulk from the St. Louis Blues; in return, they've sent the Blues defenseman Justin Holl, 2022 second-round (52nd overall) draft pick Dmitri Buchelnikov, a 2026 1st round pick, and San Jose’s 2026 3rd round pick.

UPDATE: The #RedWings have acquired Justin Faulk from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Justin Holl, Dmitiri Buchelnikov, Detroit’s 2026 1st round pick and San Jose’s 2026 3rd round pick. pic.twitter.com/vTi304dCvi

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) March 6, 2026

Faulk has played in 61 games this season and has tallied 11 goals with 21 assists, and has also averaged 22:29 of total ice time per game.

Holl, who was in the final season of the three-year deal he signed to join the Red Wings from the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2023, has yet to appear in an NHL game in 2025-26, having spent the entire campaign playing with the Grand Rapids Griffins in the AHL.  

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A native of South St. Paul, Minnesota, Faulk was selected in the second round (37th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes after having previously played with the Michigan-based USA Hockey National Team Development Program.

He played a single season for the University of Minnesota Duluth before beginning his professional career with the AHL's Charlotte Checkers, eventually making his NHL debut with the Hurricanes by playing in 66 games in the 2011-12 season. 

He would remain a fixture on Carolina's blue line through 2019 when he was traded to the Blues along with a 2020 fifth-round pick for Joel Edmundson, Dominik Bokk, and a 2021 seventh-round pick.

While with the Blues, Faulk signed a 7-year, $45.5 million contract that carries a salary cap hit of $6.5 million; he is signed through the end of next season. 

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The 2026 NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and the Philadelphia Flyers will be keeping their biggest trade chip in Rasmus Ristolainen for yet another season.

On Friday, with just under 15 minutes to the trade deadline, Anthony Di Marco of Daily Faceoff reported that the Flyers will not be trading Ristolainen, 32, as their asking price in a trade was not met.

In previous NHL trade deadline action, other right-shot defensemen like Tyler Myers, Connor Murphy, Timothy Liljegren, John Carlson, David Jiricek, Luke Schenn, Jeff Petry, MacKenzie Weegar, and Nick Blankenburg were all moved for assets, though Ristolainen, who was perceived to be more valuable than most on this list, stayed put.

And, at the time of this writing, the Detroit Red Wings are moving on St. Louis Blues righty Justin Faulk.

Ristolainen comes with a significant injury history, having suffered a season-ending triceps injury in each of the last two seasons.

Report: Flyers Rejected Big Maple Leafs Trade for Rasmus RistolainenAccording to a new report, the Philadelphia Flyers received a massive trade offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs for veteran defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen. GM Danny Briere and Co. didn't budge.

Additionally, the hulking Finn has two years remaining on his contract, including this one, at a $5.1 million cap hit, so there is less flexibility for inquiring teams in regards to the future in addition to needing the Flyers to, presumably, retain the maximum 50% of his salary for two seasons.

With Ristolainen remaining in Philadelphia with the Flyers, the team will need to make exceptions if they want Jiricek and Oliver Bonk to see NHL action this year.

Assuming Travis Sanheim remains on the left with Ristolainen, the latter and Jamie Drysdale will occupy two of the three spots on the right side of the defense.

Player development has long been an issue in Philadelphia, and the Flyers are doing themselves no favors by holding onto their veterans for longer than they have to.

Time will tell if Ristolainen is eventually traded, but this NHL trade deadline featured some truly bananas prices for average depth defensemen. The Flyers may have missed out on a big opportunity to help secure their future.

The Pittsburgh Penguins made a deal less than an hour before the trade deadline on Friday.

They acquired Detroit Red Wings forward Elmer Soderblom for a third-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. 

The Penguins have acquired forward Elmer Soderblom from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a 2026 third-round draft pick (originally belonging to San Jose).

Details: https://t.co/cPMi67CpvCpic.twitter.com/IAiqKPOwLi

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) March 6, 2026

Soderblom, 24, is signed for the rest of the 2025-26 season and the entire 2026-27 season at a cap hit of $1.125 million.

He's listed at 6-foot-8 and 252 pounds and has played in 39 games for the Red Wings this season, compiling two goals and three points. 

He has played in 86 NHL games, recording 11 goals and 22 points. 

Soderblom has also played in 119 games for the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins, compiling 23 goals and 54 points. He'll have a chance to play in some games down the stretch and during the 2026-27 season before becoming a restricted free agent. 

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The Islanders are adding center Brayden Schenn from the St. Louis Blues ahead of Friday's NHL trade deadline.

The Isles will send left wing Jonathan Drouin, two draft picks (a first-rounder and a third), and 20-year-old goaltender Marcus Gidlof, a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, to the Blues to complete the deal. (The first-round pick is a 2026 conditional selection received in the Brock Nelson deal.)

Schenn is in year six of an eight-year deal with a $6.5 million average annual value. He had a 15-team no-trade list and decided to waive that clause to come to New York.

On the season, the 34-year-old has tallied 28 points (12 goals, 16 assists) over 61 games while averaging 16:41 time on the ice. He has also won 54.2 percent of his faceoffs this season, a career-high mark. (Schenn won 49.5 percent of faceoffs in the previous four seasons.)

The long-time NHL veteran has served as the Blues' captain since the 2023 season and was a member of their 2019 Stanley Cup-winning team, when he tallied 12 points (five goals, seven assists) over 25 postseason games.

Before joining St. Louis for the 2017 campaign, he played for six seasons with Philadelphia after first dipping his toe into the league with the Los Angeles Kings for nine games over two seasons.

Drouin, signed this past offseason to a two-year deal with a $4 million aav, tallied 21 points (three goals, 18 assists) over 55 games while averaging 17:09 time on the ice.

He has 82 games of postseason experience, with 13 goals and 30 assists (minus-19) while averaging 17:46 time on the ice.

After a 5-3 defeat to the Kings on Thursday, the Isles (35-23-5) sit at 75 points, good for third in the Metropolitan Division, but are just three points ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets, who have two games in hand.

JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU SIGNS EXTENSION

In addition to trading for Schenn on Friday, the Isles signed Pageau to a three-year extension that begins with the 2026-27 season.

The deal is worth $4.85 million annually.

Pageau has 14 goals and 15 assists in 33 games this season.

The 33-year-old center is in his seventh season with New York.

He has amassed 86 goals and 127 assists in 424 career games with the Islanders.