Quoting: A2023tdlGuesses
If you all had to name 3 winners and 3 losers of the deadline, who would you name?
Mine are:
Nashville won, excellent value for assets
Ottawa won, whoever gets the best player wins. Bonus points for hella cheap
Toronto won. It is refreshing to see they were decisive and aggressive. Not all trades were excellent, but I applaud the spectacle. Ryan O’Rielly already having a hat trick is satisfying.
Oilers too. They got out of cap hell. Puljujarvi return is good. Ekholm will have an outsized impact. Hitting their cap space literally perfectly at 0 with Bjudgstadt is peak meme status.
Honorable mentions Bruins, Blues, Capitals, Stars
Losers
Vancouver, left so much in limbo, but also overpaid for Hronek, counting trading bo Horvat as part of this. They had time to explore everything. Maybe Hronek resolves some issues they have, and become a good deal over time. Schenn/Lazar deals were okay.
The teams I feel should have done more but it’s just an opinion are losers
Arizona is a loser - it isn’t even about Chychruns value, I’m gauging this on the ultimate goal of building a better team. They don’t care about that due to circumstances where money becomes the priority.