Just before midnight on the eve of NHL trade deadline day, Chris MacFarland bolstered the Colorado Avalanche for a long playoff run by getting center Brock Nelson.
What the Winnipeg Jets are banking on in adding defenceman Luke Schenn is that he will make the team tougher to play against on the ice, plus be able to add some valuable perspective off the ice.
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Mikko Rantanen is heading back to the Western Conference. Brad Marchand is headed south. The Dallas Stars paid a big price to acquire Rantanen from the Carolina Hurricanes just before the NHL trade