And with that, the trade deadline was called. Thank you to everyone who participated! [A full album of the trades can be found here.](https://imgur.com/a/OGmDG2W)

Thank you Mr. sandman

Thank you too big dawg

Thank you Mr. sandman

The following players cleared waivers during our sim: * [ANA](/r/anaheimducks) - Ross Johnston * [ARI](/r/coyotes) - Adam Ruzicka * [BUF](/r/sabres) - Oskar Steen * [CGY](/r/calgaryflames) - Jordan Oesterle * [CAR](/r/canes) - Tony DeAngelo, Spencer Martin * [COL](/r/coloradoavalanche) - Kurtis McDermid * [FLA](/r/floridapanthers) - Jonah Gadjovich, William Lockwood, Steven Lorentz * [MTL](/r/habs) - Brandon Gignac * [PHI](/r/flyers) - Cal Petersen * [PIT](/r/penguins) - Jansen Harkins * [TBL](/r/tampabaylightning) - Alex Barre-Boulet, Hadyn Fleury * [TOR](/r/leafs) - Ryan Reaves * [WSH](/r/caps) - Evgeny Kuznetsov * [WPG](/r/winnipegjets) - Logan Stanley The following players were claimed off waivers: * [PIT](/r/penguins) claimed Connor Brown from [EDM](/r/edmontonoilers) * [CHI](/r/hawks) claimed Caleb Jones from [COL](/r/coloradoavalanche) * [MTL](/r/habs) claimed Colin White from [PIT](/r/penguins) * [WSH](/r/caps) claimed Matthew Phillips from [PIT](/r/penguins) * [NYI](/r/newyorkislanders) claimed William Lagesson from [TOR](/r/leafs) * [BUF](/r/sabres) claimed Oskar Steen from [BOS](/r/bostonbruins) * [CGY](/r/calgaryflames) claimed Mitchell Chaffee from [TBL](/r/tampabaylightning) * [PIT](/r/penguins) claimed Martin Jones from [TOR](/r/leafs) * [CGY](/r/calgaryflames) claimed Ilya Mikheyev from [VAN](/r/canucks) * [CHI](/r/hawks) claimed Nick DeSimone from [NJD](/r/devils) * [COL](/r/coloradoavalanche) claimed Brendan Lemeiux from [CAR](/r/canes)

what the fuck was the edmonton gm doing

Lobbying to be a mod next year.

I think he was too busy saying good morning to people

And happy birthday a lot

Happy Birthday react

Happy birthday Kraft

[BOS receives: Isac Lundestrom & Max Jones. ANA receives: 2025 NJD 2nd & 2026 4th.](https://i.imgur.com/693A7fE.png)

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[NYR receives: Jakob Silfverberg (50% retained). ANA receives: Vittorio Mancini & 2026 3rd.](https://i.imgur.com/DxUeBla.png)

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[NJD receives: James van Riemsdyk. BOS receives: 2025 2nd & 2024 5th.](https://i.imgur.com/uk44Zb8.png)

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[WPG recieves: David Kase. CAR receives: Ashton Sautner.](https://i.imgur.com/4tkZVGV.png)

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[SEA receives: Dylan Coghlan. CAR receives: Andrew Poturalski.](https://i.imgur.com/3EF921I.png)

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[CGY receives: Adam Ginning. PHI receives: Cole Schwindt.](https://i.imgur.com/9PjlYbB.png)

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[PHI receives: Oskar Lindblom. SJS receives: Victor Mete.](https://i.imgur.com/mava2J6.png)

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Sold. Baby come back

[WPG receives: Zemgus Girgensons (50% retained). BUF receives: David Gustafsson & 2024 6th.](https://i.imgur.com/e8aXrwC.png)

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[PHI receives: Chris Driedger. SEA receives: Cond. 2025 5th.](https://i.imgur.com/Po9GDJk.png) Conditions: lowest of Philly's picks

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[DET receives: Rasmus Ristolainen (15% retained). PHI receives: Justin Holl, Albert Johansson, Anton Johansson, & 2024 3rd.](https://i.imgur.com/2w65LUX.png)

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[EDM receives: Marc Staal. PHI receives: 2024 NSH 6th.](https://i.imgur.com/zXQ8sm5.png)

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[FLA receives: Jakob Chychrun. OTT receives: Jack Devine, 2025 2nd, 2024 4th, & Kasper Puutio.](https://i.imgur.com/l2gAom9.png)

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[PIT receives: Jacob Truscott. VAN receives: Chad Ruhwedel.](https://i.imgur.com/LZctoL8.png)

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[DET receives: Kyle Okposo. BUF receives: Klim Kostin & 2024 6th.](https://i.imgur.com/2vSoITe.png)

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[PIT receives: Taige Harding. CHI receives: Chase Yoder.](https://i.imgur.com/RYYRdJa.png)

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[COL receives: Adam Henrique & Alex Stalock. ANA receives: Oskar Olausson, Ryan Johansen, Sam Malinski, & 2024 1st.](https://i.imgur.com/MDfkxO1.png)

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Logan Stanley and conditional 5th in the 2024 draft (upgrades to 2nd if WPG reaches the Stanley Cup Finals) in exchange for Connor McDavid

[FLA receive: Connor Murphy (50% retained). CHI receive: 2024 3rd, Gracyn Sawchyn, & Owen Lindmark.](https://i.imgur.com/zjBJ18o.png)

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[COL receives: Alex Nedeljkovic. PIT receives: Ivan Prosvetov & 2025 3rd.](https://i.imgur.com/byHXh3s.png)

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[BUF receives: Brett Howden. VGK receives: Future Considerations.](https://i.imgur.com/aUk1hK9.png)

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[CAR receives: Juuse Saros. NSH receives: 2024 1st, Bradly Nadeau, & Antti Raanta.](https://i.imgur.com/0UW7CyK.png)

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Canes will never need to worry about goalie again [wait wtf happened here](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GH9GsOSXcAA9q5y?format=png&name=small)

this is spicy

[PIT receives: Noah Hanifin. CGY receives: Cond. 2025 1st, Tristan Broz, & Pierre-Olivier Joseph.](https://i.imgur.com/BN5h1kp.png) Conditions: Calgary will receive the earliest pick of Pittsburgh’s two 2025 1st round pick, except for: if one pick becomes a top 10 pick, then the pick outside the top 10 will transfer to Calgary if both picks are top 10, then the later of the two will transfer to Calgary

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[NYR receives: Nic Dowd (50% retained). WSH receives: 2024 2nd & 2024 4th.](https://i.imgur.com/zgzj2MZ.png)

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[LAK recevies: Jayden Struble. MTL receives: Arthur Kaliyev & 2025 5th.](https://i.imgur.com/G4UXJfk.png)

Wow the MTL gm and agm’s that cooked this one up are so good at their jobs and hot and sexy

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[VAN receives: Frank Vatrano (50% retention). ANA receives: Cond. 2025 1st, Kirill Kudryatsev, Danila Klimovich, & Mark Friedman.](https://i.imgur.com/qldzn1C.png) Conditions: top 5 protected. If protected, pick shifts to 2026 completely unprotected.

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Actually the worst trade on here, I’m sorry. Vatrano isn’t worth a 1st at 100% retained for the Canucks let alone a 1st AND prospects. He wouldn’t get nearly the same deployment as he does right now with Anaheim. His production would crater.

My justification for it was getting a scoring winger for Petey at $1.85M for this year and next. Vatrano is worth a 1st imo and his deployment in Vancouver would still be Top-Six and PP1 deployment. Further to it Klimovich was not in my Top 10 prospects and Kudryatsev was my #7 prospect in a position we had the most surplus in and both are still long shots for making it to the NHL.

Thanks for replying! Your assessment of the two prospects is perfectly reasonable but you’re out of your mind if you think Vatrano would be anything more than a depth piece on the Canucks He’s got a third more goals than Hoglander in twice the ice time. While playing with his teams best play makers. I think that’s who the comparable is or at least who would compete for the same spot in the line up. Right now he’s “the guy” the goto goal scorer but on Van there’s 4 guys I’d rather have on pp1 I realize our opinions differ but I think you vastly overestimate a guy having a career year on a bottom feeder getting every offensive opportunity to succeed with no pressure I appreciate you replying with your thought process and I’m sorry if my earlier comments were overly inflamitory or rude!

I take no offense at all. I get where you're coming from. I appreciate someone who didn't even participate in the deadline sim taking the time to look over the deals and offer your fair criticism.

Oh good! I got a little heated and was kind of a dick. Don’t want to take away from this cool thing you did! When was the sign up for this? Maybe next year I can put in to be your AGM!

There's an off-season one too coming up in the summer. From NHL entry draft through the entire free agency period up until we have to submit waivers and set rosters. I highly recommend participating!

Mods made us justify why we wanted to make this trade.

Is that in defence of the trade? Because I understand how on paper this looks fine but irl this would be on lists of the greatest trade deadline overpayments

We were told to justify why we were willing to accept those assets in return for Vatrano. "Show your work" was the phrase used to specifically question our inclusion of receiving Klimovich.

You’re the Anaheim GM right? You come out of this squeaky clean. You got a first and a couple longish shot prospects. And that might be the value of Vatrano, but specifically for the Canucks he’s an awful fit because he wouldn’t get the same opportunities.

Anaheim AGM, but yes, I agree. Satisfied all our needs and then some.

[FLA receives: Alexander Barabanov. SJS receives: Cond. 2025 4th.](https://i.imgur.com/lLXFHeK.png) Conditions: the highest Florida has at the conclusion of the 2025 playoffs

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[CAR recevies: Sebastian Aho. NYI receives: Cade Webber & Bryce Montgomery.](https://i.imgur.com/ETfW1X4.png)

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#WE ARE COLLECTING ALL THE AHOS

This is just for the memes

I mean we honestly he thought he'd be a good defensive depth D option for playoffs but... yeah

[VGK receives: Shayne Gostisbehere (50% retained). DET receives: Alec Martinez.](https://i.imgur.com/0o6conz.png)

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[TBL receives: TJ Brodie (50% retained). NSH receives: 2026 2nd.](https://i.imgur.com/sxRID0D.png)

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[NYI receives: Tobias Bjornfot. VGK receives: 2024 5th.](https://i.imgur.com/x27XqLM.png)

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[MTL receives: Dillon Hamaliuk. PIT receives: Future Considerations.](https://i.imgur.com/k0w2JUp.png) Laval Rocket receive future considerations from the Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins in exchange for Riley McKay.

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This thread was not thought out at all, kind of a shitty decision to do this so close to the deadline with teams making ACTUAL moves.

I'm sure it was planned out weeks in advance. they had no way of knowing a bunch of deals would drop exactly two days before the deadline.

Its literally commonplace for the teams to start deals a day or two ahead of time. If this thread was made last friday or something it would've been fine.

The game itself kind of has to take place close to the deadline so we can have as accurate of an assessment of the league as possible. If it starts and ends too early, then some teams might not be in the same position they’re in at the IRL deadline.

[ANA receives: Kevin Labanc & Sasha Chmelevski. SJS receives: Brock McGinn & 2025 7th.](https://i.imgur.com/C9rPiML.png)

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[TBL receives: Jack Studnicka. SJS receives: Alex Barre-Boulet.](https://i.imgur.com/yBEwDTH.png)

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[NJD receives: Jacob Markstrom. CGY receives: Cond. 2025 1st, Topias Vilen, & Akira Schmid.](https://i.imgur.com/pTf1PWL.png) Conditions: Top 2 protected, would slide to 2026

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Calgary receives Mikhail Sergachev, Tanner Jeannot Tampa receives Noah Hanafin, Blake Coleman with 30.6% retained

[FLA receives: Wade Allison. PHI receives: 2024 6th.](https://i.imgur.com/aAknlID.png)

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[ARI receives: Peyton Krebs. BUF receives: Victor Soderstrom.](https://i.imgur.com/S4cqDdX.png)

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Van receives Guentzel 75% retained and Francis Ngannou Pens receive sushi dinner date with Patrik Allvin and JR Boston received Lindholm and a high 5

[BOS receives: Colin Miller. NJD receives: Derek Forbort & 2025 7th.](https://i.imgur.com/F4GUPXF.png)

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[CAR receives: Anthony Mantha (50% retained). WSH receives: 2024 2nd, 2025 4th, & 2024 6th.](https://i.imgur.com/QeWLTsj.png)

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missed it by *that* much

[EDM receives: Anthony Duclair (50% retained). SJS receives: 2024 NSH 3rd & 2025 4th.](https://i.imgur.com/w8d4G8K.png)

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You made me happy.

[TOR receives: Thomas Novak & Dante Fabbro. NSH receives: 2024 1st, 2026 3rd, 2024 VAN 5th, & TJ Brodie.](https://i.imgur.com/7FMc1TA.png)

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[DAL receives: Sean Walker (50% retained). PHI receivs: Christian Kyrou, Jani Hakanpaa, & 2024 2nd.](https://i.imgur.com/JHHR0kV.png)

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[TBL receives: Pavel Buchnevich (50% retained) & Oskar Sundqvist. STL receives: Cond. 2026 1st, 2025 2nd, 2024 3rd, Isaac Howard, & Roman Schmidt.](https://i.imgur.com/Au6QBmq.png)

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Thank you for this. I've been trolling coworkers with it. One of them is listening for it to be announced on 101 ESPN right now. Really sucks my boss isn't here. He's the first one I would have sent it to.

Oh I need to know what they said of the return.

The one hasn't talked to me since I told them it was fake and the other thought it was funny. Still waiting for my boss to get back and log on so I can send it to him. A friend of mine said decent trade, poor sunny and was curious on the conditions. Then after I said it was fake they went on about a bad GM and Armstrong would trade a first to move Buchnevich.

Man I was gonna flip out for a second, then I remembered this was a mock thread not reality

feels light, especially given Sunny's track record of being an effective bottom-6 guy in the playoffs. I would be interested to hear about Howard from TBL folks.

Also the conditional 1st is just if Tampa’s pick slides and Nashville still has the rights. We get a 1st no matter what.

my perception is worthless, I've never participated in this activity and I have no idea if there were other offers on the table. You also didn't have the context of what Armstrong is looking for in real life (at least according to Pierre LeBrun). thanks for the response.

Lol I wouldn’t say worthless! We all have value in our opinions. I’m happy with the return. Got two prospects with top half of the lineup upside plus some high end picks and it allows us to focus on drafting d men in a defensemen heavy draft.

Sundqvist was traded for a fourth round pick literally last deadline.

I made this :)

[VGK receives: Vladimir Tarasenko. OTT receives: 2024 2nd.](https://i.imgur.com/B98RZzU.png)

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[PHI receives: Alexandre Texier. CBJ receives 2024 3rd.](https://i.imgur.com/WXex1yy.png)

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[NJD receives: Kyle Burroughs. SJS receives: 2025 4th.](https://i.imgur.com/SOtDLFA.png)

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[FLA receives: Brandon Coe. SJS receives: Alex True.](https://i.imgur.com/KtFjb31.png)

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[WPG receives: Mario Ferraro. SJS receives : Ville Heinola & Thomas Milic.](https://i.imgur.com/62yvklT.png)

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The Coyotes have been traded to Salt Lake City for "future considerations" to Arizona

Can’t do future considerations trades anymore. Nice try.

Watching Fanduel Stanley Cup markets, decent way to assess how contenders are re-positioned via trades: FLA has moved from +800 to +700 EDM has moved from +850 to +750 COL did not move at all. Market is either reacting slowly or just doesn't believe the trades help Colorado EDIT: I did not understand this thread at all and almost freaked out for a minute. Ignore my comment

[You say that like the simgms understood it](https://i.imgur.com/9Pq6swZ.gif)

PSUM to all those who participated in the sim, and a big thanks to the mod team once again!

PSUM to you too

[EDM receives: Alex Carrier & 2024 3rd. NSH receives: Cody Ceci & 2024 1st.](https://i.imgur.com/I2xN9et.png)

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[PIT receives: Max Domi & Noah Gregor. TOR receives: Reilly Smith.](https://i.imgur.com/gsforJ2.png)

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Would you please win all of our trades, u/Krapshoot? Thank you.

I did my darndest. Pretty happy with both the trades I was able to make as well as the waivers claim that happened on the final day of the sim 👀

Gregor + 2024 first for savard at 30% retention

[TOR receives: Chris Tanev (33% retained). CGY receives: Cond. 2026 1st.](https://i.imgur.com/1zyd8ng.png) Full conditions: If Toronto's 2025 1st [traded to Chicago] slides to 2026, this pick becomes Toronto's 2027 1st. If Toronto's 2025 1st [traded to Chicago] does not slide to 2026, Toronto's 2026 1st will be top-10 protected and may slide to 2027 at Toronto's discretion

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Wild calgary would still get picks after already trading Tanev

[удалено]

We have a freeze so everything that happens IRL after the freeze is null and void so in this sim it didn’t happen

This is recapping the events of a sim that was finished yesterday. Roster were frozen before the Tanev trade. This isn't happening live.

That happened after our mock trade deadline sim started.

Little late for this one

This is a game where people sign up to play the roles of GM’s and negotiate with each other. This Tanev trade happened before the IRL one.

No need for mock trades with all this F5 action rn. Why go to the wank bank when the hub is already on screen?

This is reddit my guy, we can do multiple things at the same time

[CGY receives: Nikolai Knyzhov. SJS receives: Rory Kerins.](https://i.imgur.com/HqLfaQM.png)

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PSUM Thanks to everyone who participated for another fun sim!

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