NHL trade tracker: From Patrick Kane, Timo Meier & Dmitry Orlov, full list of deals completed before deadline

The month leading up to the 2023 NHL trade deadline was one of the busiest we’ve seen in years, and the action is ongoing.

Deadline season is always crazy, but this year a host of big names were moved well ahead of March 3rd, the final day for trades. Patrick Kane, Bo Horvat, Ryan O’Reilly, Vladimir Tarasenko, Dmitry Orlov, Jake McCabe and Timo Meier are all wearing new sweaters now.

However, we still have a few days until the deadline on Friday at 3 p.m. Jakob Chychrun, James van Riemsdyk and Vladislav Gavrikov remain available as potential trading chips.

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The Sporting News is tracking all completed trades before Friday’s deadline.

NHL trades closed before the 2023 deadline

— February 28: The Oilers made their big move when the team traded for Predators defenseman Mattias Ekholm. The Predators earned defenseman Tyson Barrie, forward Reid Schaefer, a 2023 first-round pick and a 2024 fourth-round pick. The Oilers also earned a 2023 6th-round pick in Ekholm.

— February 28: Toronto wasn’t done yet. The Maple Leafs also traded Pierre Engvall to the Islanders for the 3rd round pick in 2024.

— February 28: In addition to the Sandin trade, the Maple Leafs made a move for defenseman Luke Schenn. The team acquired the blue liner from the Canucks for a 2023 third-round pick.

— February 28: The Maple Leafs traded defenseman Rasmus Sandin to the Capitals for defenseman Erik Gustafsson and the Bruins’ 2023 first-round pick. Washington previously acquired Boston’s choice in the Orlov trade.

— February 28: Not official yet, but Patrick Kane is moving from the Blackhawks to the Rangers. The reported costs are a conditional second-round pick in 2023 and a fourth-round pick in 2023. The Coyotes are acting as third-parties to pick up some of Kane’s hit and a third-round pick from the Rangers Round 2025 to get.

Overall, the Blackhawks keep 50% of Kane’s salary, the Coyotes 25%, and the Rangers the other 25%.

— February 28: After soliciting the team for a trade, the Ducks traded the rights to defensive candidate Henry Thrun to the Sharks for a 2024 third-round pick.

— February 28: The Oilers have finally found a new home for Jesse Puljujarvi. The Hurricanes acquired the forward in exchange for forward Patrik Puistola.

– 27th of February: The Canucks sent defenseman Riley Stillman to the Sabers for forward Josh Bloom.

– 27th of February: The Maple Leafs added two more plays before the deadline. The team acquired defenseman Jake McCabe and forward Sam Lafferty from the Blackhawks, in addition to conditional 5th-round picks in 2024 and 2025. The Blackhawks received forwards Joey Anderson and Pavel Gogolev, a 2025 conditional 1st-round pick. round and choose a 2026 for the 2nd round.

— February 26: The Predators traded for Flyers forward Isaac Ratcliffe for future consideration.

— February 26: The Lightning made their deadline move, trading in for Predators forward Tanner Jeannot. The cost was a bit mind-boggling, as Predators got defenseman Cal Foote, a conditional first-round pick in 2025, a second-round pick in 2024, and third-, fourth-, and fifth-round picks in 2023.

— February 26: After a long wait, Timo Meier was transferred from San Jose. The Sharks traded Meier to forwards Fabian Zetterlund and Andreas Johansson, defensemen Shakir Muhkamadullin and Nikita Okhotiuk, a 2023 conditional 1st round pick, a 2-24 conditional 2nd round pick, and a 2024 pick for the 7th round.

In addition to Meier, the Devils received forward Timur Ibragimov, defensemen Scott Harrington and Santeri Hatakka, goaltender Zachary Emond, and a 5th-round pick in 2024.

— February 26: Jack Johnson returned to the Avalanche after winning the cup with the team in 2022. The Blackhawks sent defenseman for defenseman Andreas Englund to Colorado.

— February 26: The Golden Knights traded for forward Ivan Barbashev from the Blues. In exchange, the Blues received forward Zach Dean.

— February 26: A one-for-one deal between the Stars and the Canadians as Denis Gurianov was traded to the Habs for Evgenii Dadonov.

— February 25: Forward Nino Neiderreiter was traded from the Predators to the Jets for a second-round pick in 2024.

— February 25: The Rangers have moved on from forward Vitali Kravtsov when the team traded the Russian to the Canucks for forward William Lockwood and a 2026 7th-round pick.

— February 25: The Bruins acquired forward Shane Bowers from the Avalanche for goaltender Keith Kinkaid.

— February 23: After slipping in the standings, the Capitals became sellers, sending defender Dmitry Orlov and forward Garnet Hathaway to the Bruins. In return, Boston sent Washington forward Craig Smith, a 2023 first-round pick, a 2024 third-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick.

The Caps also retained 50% of Orlov’s cap hit, while the Wild took 25% for a 5th-round pick in 2023. The Bruins also gained the rights to forward the Wild’s Andrei Svetlakov.

— February 23: The Ducks sent forward Hunter Drew to the Blackhawks for forward Josiah Slavin, brother of Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin.

— February 22: We had the first deal of the deadline with future considerations. The Blackhawks acquired defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, a 2023 2nd round pick and a 2026 4th round pick from the Senators for future consideration.

— February 22: The Golden Knight traded Shea Weber’s contract and a 2023 5th-round pick for defenseman Dysin Mayo to the Coyotes.

– 19th of February: For the second trading date in a row, the Rangers took Tyler Motte. The forward was traded by the Senators for forward Julien Gauthier and a conditional 7th-round pick in 2023.

— February 17: The Blues took another big step, sending forwards Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari to the Maple Leafs in a three-team deal. The Blues retained 50% of O’Reilly’s cap hit while receiving Mikhail Abramov, Adam Gaudette, 2023 1st round pick, 2023 3rd round pick, and 2024 2nd round pick.

The Wild also received a 2025 fourth-round pick from the Maple Leafs for keeping 25% of O’Reilly’s salary.

— February 9: Vladimir Tarasenko’s era at St. Louis came to an end when Rangers traded for the winger along with defender Niko Mikkola. Returning to the Blues were forward Sammy Blais, defenseman Hunter Skinner, a conditional first-round pick in 2023 and a fourth-round pick in 2024.

— February 5: Kraken traded defenseman Jaycob Megna from the Sharks for a 2023 4th-round pick.

– January 30th: The first major move before the deadline was made between the Canucks and the Islanders. Bo Horvat was traded to New York for forwards Anthony Beauvillier, Aatu Raty and a conditional first-round pick in 2023.

Horvat and the Islanders agreed a week later on an eight-year, $68 million extension.

— January 25: The Avalanche took over forward Matt Nieto and defenseman Ryan Merkley from the Sharks for forward Martin Kaut and defenseman Jacob MacDonald. It’s Nieto’s second stint with Colorado.