Me thinks we're setting ourselves up for a disappointing deadline.
They usually are.
March 13, 2000 – Acquired Kelly Buchberger and Nelson Emerson from Atlanta for Donald Audette and Frantisek Kaberle.
March 13, 2001 – Acquired Adam Mair and a second-round choice in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft (Michael Cammalleri) from Toronto for Aki Berg.
March 16, 2002 – Acquired Cliff Ronning from Nashville for Jere Karalahti and a conditional choice in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
March 11, 2003 – Acquired Sean Avery, Maxim Kuznetsov, and first-round choice in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (Jeff Tambellini) and a second-round choice in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft (later transferred to Boston) from Detroit for Mathieu Schneider.
March 11, 2003 – Acquired Tim Gleason from Ottawa for Bryan Smolinski.
March 2, 2004 – Acquired Nathan Dempsey from Chicago for a fourth-round choice in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
March 8, 2004 – Acquired Anson Carter from Washington for Jared Aulin.
March 9, 2004 – Acquired Jeff Cowan from Atlanta for Kip Brennan.
March 8, 2006 – Acquired Mark Parrish and Brent Sopel from the New York Islanders for Denis Grebeshkov and Jeff Tambellini.
March 9, 2006 – Acquired Tim Jackman from Phoenix for Yanick Lehoux.
Jan. 29, 2007 – Acquired Jamie Lundmark, a fourth-round choice in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft (Dwight King) and a second-round choice (later traded back to Calgary on June 20, 2008) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft from Calgary for Craig Conroy.
Feb. 5, 2007 – Acquired Marc-Andre Cliche, Jan Marek, Jason Ward and future considerations (a third-round choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft (later traded to Buffalo on June 21, 2008) from the New York Rangers for Sean Avery and John Seymour and future considerations.
Feb. 26, 2007 – Acquired a second-round choice in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft (Wayne Simmonds) and a fourth-round choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft (later traded to Buffalo on June 21, 2008) from Vancouver for Brent Sopel.
Feb. 27, 2007 – Acquired the rights to Johan Fransson, Jaroslav Modry, a second-round choice in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft (Oscar Moller), a third-round choice in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft (Bryan Cameron) and a first-round choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft (later traded to Anaheim on June 20, 2008) from Dallas for Mattias Norstrom, Konstantin Pushkarev, a third-round choice in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth-round choice in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
Feb. 27, 2007 – Acquired a fifth-round choice in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft (Joshua Turnbull) from Tampa Bay for Jason Ward.
Feb. 27, 2007 – Acquired Jamie Heward from Washington for future considerations.
Feb. 19, 2008 – Acquired a third-round choice (Geordie Wudrick) in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft from Philadelphia for Jaroslav Modry.
Feb. 26, 2008 – Acquired a second-round choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft (later traded to Colorado for Brad Richardson on June 21, 2008) and a fourth-round choice in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft (later traded to Atlanta on June 27, 2009) from Detroit for Brad Stuart.
Feb. 26, 2008 – Acquired a seventh-round choice in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft (later traded to St. Louis on June 21, 2008) from Anaheim for Jean-Sebastien Aubin.
March 4, 2009 – Acquired right wing Justin Williams from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Patrick O'Sullivan and a second round selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft as part of a three-team trade involving Carolina and Edmonton.
March 3, 2010 – Acquired Jeff Halpern from the Tampa Bay Lightning for Teddy Purcell and a third-round choice in 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
March 3, 2010 – Acquired Fredrik Modin from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a seventh-round choice in 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
2011 had Penner for Teubert and a 1st and 3rd.
2012 had Johnson and a 1st for Carter.
2013 had Drewiske to Montreal and Regehr for 2 2nd's.
Not a lot of big moves under Lombardi.