With the STANLEY Cup qualifiers for less than a week, what ideal for looking at the players who will seek to have an impact from the NHL trade deadline. Here to NHLRUMors.comWe have already looked at the Eastern players This will have an impact on the playoffs.
In this edition, we will examine the players who will have an impact on the Western Conference in the eliminatory series of the Deadline of Trade. Similar to the Eastern Conference, the Western Conference has a high -level sensation, especially because the central division teams have done the most. However, there are some underestimated movements of two Pacific division teams.
Anyway, it's time to reveal some of our best.
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Start of the trade in the impactful Western conference.
Mikko Rantanen – Dallas stars
The biggest fish on the NHL trade deadline was Mikko Rantanen. In January, Rantanen was exchanged from the Colorado avalanche At the Hurricanes de la Caroline, but the adjustment has never been there. He never wanted to go there and never connected, So Carolina exchanged him at the stars of Dallas. As part of the agreement, Logan Stankuven went in the other direction.
It is difficult for a player to be exchanged, but Rantanen was exchanged twice, not once. It took him a while to find his place in Dallas, but he did it. Rantanen has 17 points (five goals and 12 assists) in 18 games. He plays on a line with Wyatt Johnston And Jamie Benn. There is something between these three.
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However, GM Jim Nill I would likely like to see this superstar in the first six to come. There is a reason why he acquired it and then signed it for an extension of $ 96 million over eight years with an AAV of $ 12 million. So the wait is that it will be in the first six playoffs, in particular against its former team. Rantanen is on average 1.25 points per game in the playoffs, with 101 points in 81 games. Thus, it will have an impact in the second season.
BROCK Nelson – Avalanche du Colorado
The Colorado avalanche has reorganized its entire team throughout the season, culminating on the deadline for trade with the acquisitions of Charlie Coyle and Brock Nelson. GM Chris Macfarland wanted to add a central depth similar to what he had in 2022, when the Colorado avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the last time. Colorado looks like this team, especially Nelson, that they acquired New York Islanders one day before the deadline.
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For 19 games, Nelson recorded 13 points (six goals and seven assists). We expect him to focus Artturi Lehkonen And Valeri Nichushkin When the playoffs start. Nelson was announced, coming from Icelanders. When Colorado won the cup, they had this central depth and four lines that they could move a quarter work after a quarter work. They never found a replacement for Nazem Kadri So far.
Nelson showed that he was an interpreter in playoffs; He did it with the Icelanders. In 78 playoffs, he scored 50 points (27 goals and 23 assists). During travel by consecutive to the final of the Eastern Conference with the Icelanders, Nelson collected 18 points (nine goals and nine assists) in 22 games in 2020, then 12 points (seven goals and five assists) in 19 games in 2021. Thus, the avalanche has a proven scorer in the playoffs.
Andrei Kuzmenko – Los Angeles Kings
One of the most sneaky and underestimated movements of the NHL trade deadline was the acquisition by Andrei Kuzmenko by Andrei Kuzmenko by Los Angeles. It was the second time that Kuzmenko had been exchanged. The Philadelphia flyers acquired him with Jacob Pelletier from the Calgary flames for Morgan Frost And Joel Farabee January 30.
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Kuzmenko only played seven games in Philadelphia, but recorded five points before the Kings add their score in depth. In Los Angeles, Kuzemko looks like the player who scored 39 goals and collected 74 points with the Vancouver Canucks in his first season. During 19 games, he recorded 16 points (five goals and 11 assists). He has more points and goals than when he played for the flames earlier in the season.
Recently, it seems that Kuzmenko was everywhere on the ice for kings. Kuzmenko has points in six of his last seven games. He shows that he could be an impact player in the playoffs, playing alongside Anze Kopitar And Adrian Kempe. The triple K line rolls, heading for the playoffs.
Honorable mention of the deadline
Reilly Smith – Vegas Golden Knights
In the honorable mention category, it is difficult not to go with Reilly Smith of the Vegas Golden Knights. Smith was one of the original golden contempt. Smith is the perfect cup, and it was a movement that everyone saw the NHL trade deadline coming.
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With the New York Rangers season in disarray, the Golden Knights were looking for a deep score and Smith adapted the bill. Vegas did not want to get rid of him in the first place, but he was a victim of a cap. However, they found a way to bring Smith back to the NHL trade deadline. In 19 trade matches, Smith has 11 points (three goals and eight assists). It is the piece of perfect depth for the Golden Knights.
We saw what Smith did for the Golden Knights during their Stanley 2023 Cup race. There is a reason why GM Kelly Mcrimmon wanted him to come back. The teams can never have enough depth in the playoffs, and Smith corresponds to the bill.
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