Winners & Losers of the 2025 Trade Deadline

[Nogatco Rd]

Good for these teams with big holes in their rosters that went for it. I think the Jets and Caps were right to mostly stand pat given the insane prices.

Marchand would’ve been nice on the caps but a 2028 first (who knows where the team is drafting then) would’ve been an overpay IMO. Better off hoping Leonard can make an impact and holding onto the draft capital.

 

[flyfysher]

We used a bunch of picks that we would have definitely spent on terrible prospects who would struggle to produce in the AHL. We cannot draft, and we need to go for cups while MacKinnon is sub-35 y/o

Avs were top heavy and unbalanced with Rants. Getting Necas and Drury was the right move.

 

[qc14]

It's not said Rantanen was making a massive difference in Carolina though. He had some strong games but could tell, his heart and motivation wasn't there.

Even if that is true, they shouldn't have traded for him in the first place then

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I hate to say it but I'll speak my mind, they chose their direction, the wrong one, with multiple signs that they should turn back but have decided to stick with Brock. It hurts. I understand where the sentimental part comes in but he's not that guy. Better to take an L and move a depreciating asset than to keep it and pray for a miracle.

if they’re confident theylll resign Brock I don’t hate it. With all the turmoil around the team and the concerns around Pettersson, there’s something to be said for retaining a core guy like Brock. Especially if keeping the team competitive in the short term is seen as key to getting Hughes to re-sign

• Habs/Flames/Blackhawks for not capitalizing on trades

Who should the Hawks have traded (in addition to Jones and Hall)?

 

[absolute garbage]

Obviously Dallas and Colorado, and Tampa and Florida, went all in. Toronto kind of too.

So you can say that the other teams in the running, especially Washington and Winnipeg (best teams so far), lost, as they mostly just watched others load up.

It's funny how one of Florida, Tampa or Toronto is guaranteed to be out in the first round. I could see Dallas and Colorado being the 1st round matchup as well.

 

[snipes]

Winners: Avs, Panthers, Stars

Oilers are a major loser

 

[thefutures]

Vancouver- biggest loser.

 

[The Merchant]

I get why they did it but for this year Rantanen+Middlestadt vs. Necas+Drury+Nelson+Coyle is at best a push IMO. Adding Lindgren was a very underratedly awful move that will make them worse.

Blew basically every asset they had to make it happen

You're on crack if you think it's a push. Not to mention they started the year with Alexander f***ing Georgiev in net.

 

[Beerz]

Little early for this

We still don't know the return in the Jokiharu trade

 

[nothingbeatshockey]

Capitals. This might be Ovi's last chance. Go for it

Given the one trade we did make, thank God we didn't try to do any more.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Spending the picks was not the problem. It was using them on one player who doesn't move the needle in Coyle and another who IMO actively hurts the team.

Mittelstadt was actively a negative player on the ice in a role that Coyle is far better suited for. I think that's actually an upgrade, but I just hate that we sold so low on the player. I think Mittelstadt could have rehabbed his value but it would take too long for us. I didn't love the value on that trade, won't lie.

Lindgren again, is fine, in a reduced 3rd pairing role. He would be bad any higher but he has value - we needed a PKer and an upgrade on our 5D spot. De Haan was maybe our worst player this season to that point

 

[MessierII]

Oilers blew it

Kings blew it

Vegas didn’t blow it but still needed more depth

Jets didn’t blow it and the market for them sucks but they needed a 2C

Florida and Tampa did well

Toronto needed to go for a better forward than Laughton

Pens sold well on useless players

Colorado and Dallas won

I don’t understand how Carolina conducted their business with Rantanen

What is your argument that the oilers did worse than Vegas?

 

[Great Panda 2]

Winner - Colorado, they are a completely different beast now vs September

Loser - Ottawa, gained a big contract for a player who's underperforming and saw Tampa, Florida, and Toronto get significantly better meaning they'll likely be a first round exit if they make the playoffs.

 

[Turin]

What is your argument that the oilers did worse than Vegas?

Oilers have way more to lose.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

If they were neck and neck with all these teams that spent big you might have a point.

There’s really no basis for saying they’ve fallen behind, until they start losing to those teams.

Reminder in 2018 the Caps big trade deadline add was … Michal Kempny

I get what you're saying, but with that mindset you'd never be able to predict anything. Also isn't it kind of contradicting yourself giving credit to regular season success pre-March, the bringing up a team that beat those teams?

I mean, I don't need to see the Caps lose to the Avs to know the Avs have two of the best players on the ice. And it's basic logic that when you add players, you close the gap on depth.

Put two and two together.

At the end of the day, nothing that has happened so far this year matters anymore, hyperbole but you know what I'm saying. Unless you take a time machine and put the current rosters in game 1. It's not the same hockey teams.

Besides, none of the improved teams have anything to prove in the regular season. They've had their dominant years, some even cups. With the rising cap these teams will probably be able to bring back some of these additions, and get back to doing that.

It's been a weird season in a sense that most good teams have been missing something and icing incomplete rosters. It was always going to be the trade deadline that restores the balance.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Patrik Allvin now proven bald cuck bitch ass bitch

 

[StlBigFly]

Rantanen’s agent is the biggest loser

From comfy negotiation that your client desired

To exposed to playoffs without a contract on a random team

To flipped again and being so weak the opposing party could get you at a substantial discount to your ask, an event where you to walked away from the deal only to come back when your “strategy” had nothing left.


Ass tier Agent. Should be fired or resign.

 

[landstuhltaylor]

It's not said Rantanen was making a massive difference in Carolina though. He had some strong games but could tell, his heart and motivation wasn't there.

He hasn't found that since the depths of the 22-23 season.

 

[HuGo Sham]

Well now you're just being mean.

lol ok habs are losers ...
you win

 

[Miller Time]

I think Winnipeg might end up the biggest winner in hindsight.

Added two very good depth pieces, both of whom are solid bets to fit in seamlessly and that are decent bets to re-sign at relatively team friendly deals should things go well.

No significant prospects or 1Rd picks given up.

Jets might well remain the favorites in the west despite the more splashy moves Colorado & Dallas made.

Chevy did well

 

[a mangy Meowth]

lol ok habs are losers ...
you win

IDK - they didn't really have much to sell. I think they did fine

 

[Nogatco Rd]

At least we didn’t mortgage the future? We weren’t fatally flawed yesterday. We didn’t lose a single prospect, didn’t lose a 1st. Our team was already very, very good. It’s anyone’s conference right now.

Rantanen’s agent is the biggest loser

From comfy negotiation that your client desired

To exposed to playoffs without a contract on a random team

To flipped again and being so weak the opposing party could get you at a substantial discount to your ask, causing you to walk away from the deal only to come back when your strategy had nothing left


Ass tier Agent. Should be fired or resign.

So many times when people have incomplete information, their go-to response is to ascribe complete incompetence to one or more of the parties involved. I find that to be an unlikely explanation.

IMO the reason Colorado didn’t have serious negotiations with him is because they didn’t really want to re-sign him. Whether at 14 or 12 or whatever, they wanted to go in a different direction with a more balanced roster.

 

[HuGo Sham]

IDK - they didn't really have much to sell. I think they did fine

that's my point!
they have 7 pick in the 1st 3 rounds...
they could've sold their junk...
or just kept them for this fluky wild card run.

 

[Guess]

Win: FLA, DAL
Lose: VAN, MTL, CAR

Really? Why Montreal?
They didn't have any big names to lose for nothing, and they're not good enough to compete

 

[StlBigFly]

So many times when people have incomplete information, their go-to response is to ascribe complete incompetence to one or more of the parties involved. I find that to be an unlikely explanation.

IMO the reason Colorado didn’t have serious negotiations with him is because they didn’t really want to re-sign him. Whether at 14 or 12 or whatever, they wanted to go in a different direction with a more balanced roster.

For results: Being an agent is exactly the same as being a body guard.

If you’re a body guard and you fail at your job - literally nothing matters besides the failure.

The only thing that matters are the results.

These results are historically bad.

They are the product of the agents work. It is all consuming. I’ve seen it. (Not done it)

It is the agents existence to prevent things like this and maximize their clients desires.