The urgency is here. We can feel it. The NHL\u2019s Olympic roster freeze is Feb. 4 at 3:00 p.m. ET and represents a form of \u201cmini Trade Deadline\u201d given all transactions halt from that point until Feb. 22 at 11:59 p.m. ET and will leave just an 11-day sprint remaining until the official Trade Deadline March 6. It\u2019s no wonder, then, that we\u2019ve seen some of the most coveted names on the Daily Faceoff Trade Board scratched off in the past few days in Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson and Vancouver Canucks right winger Kiefer Sherwood, now property of the Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks, respectively.<\/p>\n
We thus better get moving on our next Trade Board before any more players get dealt. The exercise has been particularly fascinating and challenging this season given the\u00a0unbelievable\u00a0parity, but we\u2019ve finally started to see some standings separation in recent weeks, with the Canucks, Flames and New York Rangers establishing themselves as clear sellers while teams like the Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues fade from contention.<\/p>\n
Still, most of the NHL field remains in the playoff hunt, so the board will continue to be fluid, which is why the tiered system of trade likelihood matters.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve compiled names for this board via a committee approach across The Nation Network, consisting of:<\/p>\n
(a) Intel provided from the various insiders appearing across our shows and\/or publishing content for us, from the Fourth Period\u2019s David Pagnotta to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman to DFO\u2019s own Anthony Di Marco and more;<\/p>\n
(b) My own information;<\/p>\n
(c) Absorbing the external reporting and trade chatter already out there as public knowledge;<\/p>\n
(d) Hypothesizing a handful of names not yet publicly on the block that could be later this season.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s dive into the board. Contract information courtesy of our friends at PuckPedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n TIER 1: Obvious trade candidates<\/p>\n Age: 34 The Bread Man era is ending in Manhattan. Last week, the Rangers released The Letter 2.0, informing their fans the franchise is entering a retool phase and committing to get younger, and GM Chris Drury told Panarin he won\u2019t be re-signed. That doesn\u2019t come as a massive surprise given it was already established that he wouldn\u2019t be taking a pay cut. And why would he when he\u2019s still producing better than a point per game and almost every top-tier 2026 UFA has already re-signed with his team? He and the Rangers will work on a trade now. The list of suitors will be plentiful<\/a>. The Rangers will want to find a package that brings in some combination of first-round pick + legit prospect + young NHLer (ideally all three), but they\u2019ll be limited by Panarin\u2019s leverage. He has a full NMC and gets to pick his destination in the end.<\/p>\n Dougie Hamilton, D,\u00a0New Jersey Devils<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 32 Hamilton\u2019s no-movement clause softened to a 10-team trade list beginning with this season. He\u2019ll always have his knuckle-draggin\u2019 haters as a player with lackadaisical body language, and his scoring has evaporated this year, but he\u2019s perennially a strong play-driving defenseman. Not that he\u2019s on this board for his perceived external trade value per se; it\u2019s more that the Devils would like to offload his hefty cap hit to clear space. Since the last Trade Board update, Hamilton\u2019s camp expressed a willingness to expand his 10-team trade list in hopes of finding him a new home, so a trade feels inevitable, albeit it won\u2019t be the easiest to work out given his hefty cap hit<\/a>. The playoff salary cap and double-salary-retention crackdown will make high-AAV players harder to move at the deadline this year, don\u2019t forget.<\/p>\n Brayden Schenn, C,\u00a0St. Louis Blues<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 34 Schenn is not a $6.5-million player anymore. The Blues would almost certainly need to retain salary to facilitate a trade, especially since he has a couple years of term left. But Schenn at a discounted price could still boost a team\u2019s third line and bring brawny veteran leadership.<\/p>\n Ryan Hartman, C,\u00a0Minnesota Wild<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 31 Ideally, a team acquiring Hartman uses him as a third-line center, not a second-liner, but the agitator has succeeded in the past playing as high as the first line, though he doesn\u2019t seem to have the upside he once did. The Wild don\u2019t appear to be done after landing Quinn Hughes. They want to upgrade at center next but may need to dump Hartman\u2019s cap hit first and have been dangling him,\u00a0reported Pagnotta on Daily Faceoff Live last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Steven Stamkos, C,\u00a0Nashville Predators<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 35 Stamkos is not the superstar he was in his Tampa Bay Lightning glory days, but he\u2019s been far better this season than last, scoring at a 35-goal pace. Couldn\u2019t he still help a contender as a cog in a high-functioning machine who assists the power play with his one-timer? Picture late-career Brett Hull as a Detroit Red Wing. Despite Nashville hanging on the fringe of the Western Conference Wildcard picture, there\u2019s been no indication trade talks are called off as a result.<\/p>\n Boone Jenner, C,\u00a0Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 32 Here\u2019s where the East\u2019s parity makes things so complicated. If the Blue Jackets can get hot for a couple weeks: no reason to deal their captain and all-time games leader and more reason to expect he\u2019ll re-sign. If not: a heart-and-soul forward like Jenner\u00a0would invite a feeding frenzy if he\u2019s available.<\/a><\/p>\n Ryan O\u2019Reilly, C,\u00a0Nashville Predators<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 34 It was jarring to see O\u2019Reilly mercilessly trash his own play in a post-game scrum a couple months back. The last time he spoke like that, he was on his way out of Buffalo, and he makes too much sense as a popular trade target given he\u2019s a Conn Smythe Trophy winner and brainy two-way center who plays a clean shutdown game. He still has enough gas left in him to bolster a contender\u2019s middle six.<\/p>\n Justin Faulk, D,\u00a0St. Louis Blues<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 33 Faulk plays 22 minutes a night in his sleep. He\u2019s still plenty mobile for his age. He\u2019s one of the game\u2019s more prolific shot blockers. He chips in a healthy amount of goals from the point, and he\u2019s a right shot. So, yeah, he\u2019ll have plenty of suitors should the Blues decide they can\u2019t recover from their lackluster first half. Unlike Andersson, Faulk offers the extra year of term as a \u2018luxury rental\u2019 to boot.<\/p>\n Jonathan Marchessault, RW,\u00a0Nashville Predators<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 35 If you\u2019re shopping in Music City, Conn Smythe winners apparently do grow on trees? Marchessault is another. But he\u2019s a much more difficult player to appraise compared to Stamkos and O\u2019Reilly. Is Marchessault worth taking on for three more seasons after this one? Was his 42-goal season at 33 years old an extreme outlier a couple seasons back? Given his competitiveness and playoff success, he\u2019d still be a pretty nice depth add if Nashville retained some money.\u00a0As Pagnotta explained on DFO Live <\/a>earlier this month, Marchessault is still in play despite the team\u2019s improvement of late.<\/p>\n Blake Coleman, LW, Calgary Flames<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 34 He\u2019s a proven two-time Stanley Cup winner who can deliver 20 goals, occasionally more, while assisting on the penalty kill and playing a feisty, physical game. What contender wouldn\u2019t want him for third-line and PK1 work? The Flames could always sit on him a year and move him as a rental next season, but the demand for his services should be sufficient this year when it\u2019s stretch-run time. A reunion\u00a0with the team that drafted him, the New Jersey Devils<\/a>, could make sense given he can play center in a pinch, but should we also keep an eye on his other former team, the Tampa Bay Lightning?\u00a0The Athletic\u2019s Pierre LeBrun floated that idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ondrej Palat, LW,\u00a0New Jersey Devils<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 34 It\u2019s no secret the Devils badly want to dump cap space. Moving Palat is the easiest way to do it, especially because his front-loaded contract means he isn\u2019t owed much more real money. He could go to a bottom-feeder team looking for a draft pick in return for taking on Palat\u2019s cap hit or to a team with slightly bigger aspirations who could use a veteran two-time Stanley Cup champ in their room. I\u2019d assume New Jersey would have to retain some money in the latter scenario \u2013 but with a lower acquisition cost if they don\u2019t have to surrender draft capital.<\/p>\n Carson Soucy, D, New York Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 31 Soucy is as good as gone now that the Rangers are committed to a semi-teardown. His analytics are rarely favorable, but he\u2019ll attract interest nonetheless given his 6-foot-4, 211-pound frame and 38 games of playoff experience.<\/p>\n Pavel Mintyukov, D,\u00a0Anaheim Ducks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 22 After multiple healthy scratches this season, Mintyukov is open to being moved if it means he\u2019ll get a larger opportunity elsewhere,\u00a0Friedman reported<\/a>\u00a0earlier this season. Mintyukov was the 10th\u00a0overall pick in the 2022 Draft and still has a do-it-all skill set, but he\u2019s been passed on the Ducks\u2019 depth chart by dynamic young D-men such as Jackson LaCombe and Olen Zellweger, albeit Mintyukov is back on the second pair of late. Mintyukov\u2019s potential hasn\u2019t gone anywhere after just 176 career games. He makes a helluva buy-low on a franchise looking to retool.<\/p>\n Brad Lambert, C,\u00a0Winnipeg Jets<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 22 As insider Frank Seravalli reported\u00a0<\/a>earlier this season, Lambert has been granted permission to seek a trade. Even during his draft year, he carried boom-bust status as a clearly gifted but volatile talent, and he\u2019s skewed more toward the bust side, struggling to break through and earn a large opportunity at the NHL level. Still, he\u2019s young enough and skilled enough that perhaps he\u2019d blossom on a team willing to play him more. An interesting reclamation project.<\/p>\n Michael Bunting, LW,\u00a0Nashville Predators<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 30 Bunting\u2019s 10-team no-trade list disappeared after last season,\u00a0so he\u2019s a clear trade candidate<\/a>\u00a0playing on an expiring deal. Throughout his career, he\u2019s shown the ability to produce in spurts when paired with high-end linemates. His agitation skills can also shift momentum in playoff series if he stays on the right side of the line, which isn\u2019t always a guarantee. Bunting\u2019s value isn\u2019t nearly what it was a couple years back, but he could still be a sneaky-helpful depth addition.<\/p>\n Evander Kane, LW,\u00a0Vancouver Canucks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 34 The local-boy-returns-home story was neat, but Kane is an expiring, declining asset on a sinking ship. He won\u2019t be a frontline player again at this stage of his career, but could a veteran contender with a strong dressing-room culture find a spot for him as a bottom-six shift disturber who can still chip in the odd goal? I think yes, if Vancouver retains half his salary.<\/p>\n Andrew Mangiapane, LW,\u00a0Edmonton Oilers<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 29 It just hasn\u2019t worked in Edmonton. He\u2019s scored six times in 45 games, he\u2019s buried on the fourth line, he expressed anger over a recent healthy scratch, and his agent has been granted permission to find a trade for him. Maybe a new environment energizes Mangiapane, but his trade value isn\u2019t exactly high right now, so a deal isn\u2019t a lock to get done immediately.<\/p>\n Lukas Reichel, LW,\u00a0Vancouver Canucks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 23 That was quick.\u00a0The Canucks acquired<\/a>\u00a0Reichel from the Chicago Blackhawks in October, and the Canucks made him available for a trade by November. He\u2019s running out of chances to translate his speed and skill into NHL production. Prospects of this ilk are common: your skill set only works on a scoring line, and if there are no opportunities there, your skill set doesn\u2019t work on a depth line. It\u2019s difficult for players like that to find homes at the NHL level. He passed through waivers unclaimed in December, which gives you a sense of how he\u2019s valued around the league at the moment.<\/p>\n Emil Andrae, D,\u00a0Philadelphia Flyers<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 23 Even though his under-the-hood numbers were strong last season, the undersized Andrae hasn\u2019t won over the Flyers brass,\u00a0per Di Marco<\/a>, and doesn\u2019t appear to be part of their long-term plans. His play driving continues to be better than the eye test, so he could actually be a low-key steal of an acquisition for a team that knows how to deploy him.<\/p>\n Teddy Blueger, C,\u00a0Vancouver Canucks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 31 Blueger has played just three games this season and finally returned from his lower-body injury this week, just in time to boost his trade value. Strong on draws and a penalty-kill fixture, he\u2019s a prototypical fourth-line pivot.<\/p>\n Luke Schenn, D, Winnipeg Jets<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 36 Looks like we\u2019re doing this again. Schenn is slowing down at 36, only logging 13:51 a night for the disappointing Jets, but his brute strength, nasty streak and dressing-room leadership will always make him attractive to a contender when, as the saying goes, there\u2019s no such thing as too many defensemen during the playoffs. Schenn has played for nine teams in his 18-season career; will he add a 10th or rejoin a club he played for previously? On Leafs Morning Take with Nick Alberga and Jay Rosehill last week<\/a>, Schenn seemed pretty open to a third tour in Toronto.<\/p>\n Mathieu Joseph, RW,\u00a0St. Louis Blues<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 28 The Blues\u00a0remain open for business<\/a>. And while they have multiple higher-end assets potentially available, plenty of teams can use fast, feisty checking forwards like the 2020-21 Stanley Cup winner Joseph and can likely get him for a mid- to late-round pick. He\u2019s currently on injured reserve due to an elbow infection.<\/p>\n Oskar Sundqvist, C,\u00a0St. Louis Blues<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 31 See above re: Joseph, but as a bonus, fellow checker Sundqvist is a\u00a0two-time Stanley Cup winner with a heavy game at 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds. He\u2019s out with a skate cut on his ankle but avoided a serious injury.<\/p>\n Jesperi Kotkaniemi, C, Carolina Hurricanes<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 25 It\u2019s easy to forget Kotkaniemi is still somehow just 25; he was the NHL\u2019s youngest player when the Montreal Canadiens rushed him into duty straight out of the Draft in 2018-19. Perhaps that\u2019s why he\u2019s never realized his potential and never really settled in as a scorer or checker. Now truly an afterthought, he\u2019s dressed for just 29 games this season, though some of his absences were due to an ankle injury. He averages a career low 11:13 of ice time per game. He\u2019s a classic \u201cfresh start\u201d candidate, and, as Friedman reported earlier this month<\/a>, the Canes are fielding offers for him. Maybe he\u2019d thrive with a larger opportunity elsewhere.<\/p>\n TIER 2: Names to keep an eye on<\/p>\n Nazem Kadri, C,\u00a0Calgary Flames<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 35 The classic conundrum for Flames GM Craig Conroy: even if you\u2019re in the midst of a rebuild and have already traded most of your core over the past couple seasons\u2026don\u2019t you need a few veteran tone setters to hang around and teach the kids how to win? That would be a reason to hold Kadri. But he could also command a significant return given his impact as a scorer and emotional leader. Now that the Habs landed Danault, would the Wild be the most logical place for Kadri to land?\u00a0They have interest, reports Di Marco<\/a>. Dallas could be a strong fit as well.<\/p>\n Vincent Trocheck, C, New York Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 32 The Blueshirts aren\u2019t obligated to move Trocheck the way they are the expiring Panarin, but it wouldn\u2019t be the worst idea to explore a trade now while Trocheck\u2019s value remains high. With his mix of scoring ability, agitation tactics, physicality and faceoff acumen, he\u2019d be a dream No. 2 center for almost any contender. The Wild and Hurricanes, in particular, would be ideal landing spots for his services.<\/p>\n Elias Pettersson, C, Vancouver Canucks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 27 Pettersson doesn\u2019t get enough credit for his all-around play, but, yes, he\u2019s nowhere close to an $11.6-million player right now. Insider Frank Seravalli has reported \u201cgrowing suspicion\u201d <\/a>that a Pettersson trade goes down soon. Like, really soon. Like, before the Olympics soon. But that\u2019s a monstrous cap hit to navigate, especially with the playoff salary cap in place now. Still, the Rantanen trade(s) last season have established that anything can happen. Pettersson is still young enough to reassert himself as a star if he finds the right situation.<\/p>\n Jordan Kyrou, RW, St. Louis Blues<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 27 Kyrou\u2019s a first-line talent with three 30-goal campaigns to his name. But he\u2019s been a disaster this year, an $8.125-million healthy scratch at one point, and it sure feels like he could use a reset on a new team. Note that he controls his destiny via a full no-trade clause that doesn\u2019t become a modified no-trade until the final season of his deal.<\/p>\n Charlie Coyle, C, Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 33 Coyle has been a revelation for Columbus this season, one of the league\u2019s top defensive forwards. But if the Jackets find themselves too far out of the race in a couple weeks, they\u2019ll have to punt here, right? His size, 100-plus games of playoff experience and penalty-killing ability scream \u201cthird-line center on Cup contender.\u201d How about that three-team no-trade list, eh? He must really hate those teams.<\/p>\n Robert Thomas, C, St. Louis Blues<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 26 Color me skeptical on this one. Thomas\u2019 name is out there in the trade rumor mill, we know, but it would take quite an offer to pry St. Louis\u2019 No. 1 center away. Over the past three seasons, he\u2019s sixth in assists per 60 and 16th in points per 60 at 5-on-5 league-wide. He\u2019s 26 and in his prime. The Blues would want to trade him why, exactly?<\/p>\n Shane Wright, C, Seattle Kraken<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 22 The Kraken are seemingly searching for a splashy add to their top-six forward group and potentially willing to sacrifice Wright to do so, Pagnotta reported on The DFO Rundown this week<\/a>. Wright would be a fascinating buy; he still has another year left at his entry-level AAV after this one, and he has proven to be an efficient scorer in his (extremely) limited opportunities, averaging 18 goals per 82 games despite playing only 13:37 per night.<\/p>\n Jean-Gabriel Pageau, C,\u00a0New York Islanders<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 33 Pageau could be off the table if the Islanders stay competitive all year. What a fun story they\u2019ve been, led by historically amazing rookie blueliner Matthew Schaefer. If they slip, Pageau should attract interest, however. He\u2019s a classic third-line center who excels on faceoffs and historically elevates his scoring rate in the playoffs. I moved Anders Lee down a couple tiers, as you can\u2019t trade your captain when you\u2019re second in the division, but Pageau is averaging his lowest ice time in 11 years and feels more expendable.<\/p>\n Sam Montembeault, G,\u00a0Montreal Canadiens<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 29 Yes, he was always keeping the seat warm for Jacob Fowler, but we all thought Montembeault had a lot more time, right? His game went in the toilet this season, costing him an Olympic roster spot with Canada and earning him a conditioning stint with AHL Laval last month. He\u2019s back with the big club now and trying to recapture his game, but a three-goalie battery feels crowded, and Montembeault has showcased sufficient upside to warrant another team taking a chance on him.<\/p>\n Nick Robertson, RW,\u00a0Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 24 Robertson has seemingly been on the trade block for so long that he\u2019s paying rent at this point. He also requested to be moved before the 2024-25 season. And now he\u2019s switched agents to share one with brother Jason. Does it still make sense to deal Nick, though? With all their injuries this season, the Leafs have finally granted him his wish and played him higher in the lineup for spurts, and he has produced on and off, though not without the odd healthy scratch. Dealing Robertson would make an old, slow team older and slower, so it\u2019s hardly a foregone conclusion we see him moved, especially as injuries continue to plague Toronto\u2019s roster top to bottom.<\/p>\n Brandon Carlo, D,\u00a0Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 29 Mike Komisarek 2.0? Carlo was big, physically imposing, heavy on opposing forwards\u2026until he became a Maple Leaf, apparently. He\u2019s a shell of his old self. He averaged 4.66 hits per 60 in nine seasons as a Boston Bruin. As a Leaf: 3.20, including 2.57 this season. Maybe that\u2019s because he wasn\u2019t healthy, dealing with a foot injury that required surgery after a setback. Or maybe Carlo isn\u2019t cut out for the market. Still just 29, he could return to form in the right situation, and his AAV remains a bargain. He seemingly fit a need for the Leafs a year ago, but now they\u2019re big, slow and redundant on \u2018D.\u2019 They won\u2019t get the equivalent of Fraser Minten and a first-round pick for Carlo, but maybe they can recoup the pick portion of that package somewhere. Then again, with righty Chris Tanev likely done for the rest of the regular season and the Leafs creeping back into the playoff picture, is Carlo no longer expendable? That\u2019s why I\u2019ve dropped him from the sure-thing trade tier into the maybe tier.<\/p>\n Rasmus Ristolainen, D,\u00a0Philadelphia Flyers<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 31 Ristolainen was back after triceps surgery and playing north of 20 minutes a night before a new upper-body injury sidelined him. If available, he should attract some trade interest now that his contract is more palatable given the rising salary cap and the fact he has just one season left after this one.\u00a0Under the tutelage of John Tortorella and Brad Shaw,<\/a>\u00a0Ristolainen improved as a rangy, physical defender, and Rick Tocchet, in theory, should be another good fit to help Ristolainen\u2019s game. But is he still actually on the block with the Flyers so competitive this season? Yes and no. The Flyers aren\u2019t\u00a0actively shopping him but are definitely still open to moving him for the right price<\/a>, Di Marco reported earlier this month.<\/p>\n Mario Ferraro, D,\u00a0San Jose Sharks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 27 If Macklin Celebrini has anything to say about it, the Sharks will remain in playoff contention and won\u2019t be sellers come March. The Sherwood addition changes a lot; it doesn\u2019t feel like San Jose\u2019s pending UFAs are locks to move unless the team slumps badly between now and March 6. Ferraro is a warrior who would make a fine addition to a second or third pair on a contender and whose defensive metrics would likely improve in that environment.<\/p>\n Jared McCann, LW,\u00a0Seattle Kraken<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 29 The Kraken can\u2019t seem to get out of their own way, winning just enough to remain in the playoff race. If they\u2019re smart, they\u2019ll understand the need to reset and that McCann would be quite a coveted asset approaching the deadline. He\u2019s had a hard time staying healthy this year but was pretty durable before 2025-26 and averages 31 goals per 82 games in four seasons and change since joining the Kraken.<\/p>\n Alex Tuch, RW,\u00a0Buffalo Sabres<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 29 Tuch was pretty open about wanting to remain a Sabre after last season ended, but no extension got done, and every ensuing report on the negotiations\u00a0suggested the two sides were far apart<\/a>. That\u2019s likely because Tuch knows he can land a life-changing deal on the open market since so many of the top 2026 UFAs have already re-signed. So much has changed since our first trade board, though. The Sabres replaced GM Kevyn Adams by promoting Jarmo Kekalainen, then went 16-3-1 over their next 20 games. So we have a new GM who has already expressed interest in retaining Tuch plus a Sabres team that has clawed its way back into contention. We thus may have to wait until the 11th\u00a0hour to understand what makes sense for Buffalo and Tuch. He\u2019d obviously be a massive get for any contender given his blend of size, scoring touch and penalty-killing acumen. But you simply cannot trade him if you\u2019re the contender.<\/p>\n Jake DeBrusk, LW, Vancouver Canucks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 29 Finding the right fit won\u2019t be easy given all that term left on his deal. But the streaky DeBrusk could augment a contender; he averages 26 goals per 82 games in the postseason for his career. It\u2019s a matter of whether short-term help is worth the long-term sting on your cap.<\/p>\n Conor Garland, RW, Vancouver Canucks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 29 Nick Foligno, C,\u00a0Chicago Blackhawks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 38 Think Kyle Okposo in 2023-24. Foligno is almost at the end of the line, but perhaps a contender would pick him up as a legendarily great dressing-room presence in hopes of getting him a ring. He has no official movement restrictions on his contract, but he took a leave of absence earlier this season to be with his daughter who had heart surgery, so he obviously would only be traded if he really wanted to go.<\/p>\n Jonathan Quick, G, New York Rangers<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 40 Quick has his Stanley Cup rings. He\u2019s playing for his hometown team. He has plenty of control over where he lands. He doesn\u2019t have to go anywhere. But what if an injury arises in the coming weeks and creates an opportunity for him to play a key role on a contending team, as he briefly did for Vegas three years ago?<\/p>\n John Klingberg, D,\u00a0San Jose Sharks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 33 Sharks GM Mike Grier would be smart to sell high on Klingberg\u2019s revival, finding a trade partner needing power-play augmentation, but that can\u2019t be the play now that San Jose has entered buyer mode, hence me dropping Klingberg down a tier. Interestingly, he has a no-trade clause until Jan. 30, at which point it changes to a 14-team no-trade list.<\/p>\n Ryan Strome, C,\u00a0Anaheim Ducks<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 32 Strome\u2019s average ice time has dropped to 12:19 per game, and that\u2019s when he\u2019s not healthy scratched. He\u2019s simply not a big part of Anaheim\u2019s core anymore, it seems, despite the fact he\u2019s a respected dressing-room leader on a young team. Could there be a hockey trade out there involving a team that could use him for a larger role in its top nine?<\/p>\n Matias Maccelli, LW,\u00a0Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 25 Maccelli would\u2019ve landed in tier 1 a month ago. But since the Leafs bumped out assistant Marc Savard and handed the power-play reins to Steve Sullivan, Maccelli is seeing looks on the top unit and seems rejuvenated. If he maintains the newfound momentum, maybe he\u2019s not a lock to be traded after all.<\/p>\n Logan Stanley, D, Winnipeg Jets<\/a><\/p>\n Age: 27 Stanley is still young enough to be part of Winnipeg\u2019s present and future. But with his blend of size and snarl, he could be quite a sought-after commodity, the type that could net something pretty shiny in a trade. Winnipeg Sports Talk\u2019s Michael Remis appeared on DFO Live earlier this month and theorized that Stanley could net Winnipeg a high pick<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $11,842,657, pending UFA
(No-movement clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $9,000,000 through 2027-28
(10-team trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $6,500,000 through 2027-28
(15-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,000,000 through 2026-27
(15-team no-trade clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $8,000,000 through 2027-28
(No-movement clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $3,750,000, pending UFA
(Eight-team no-trade clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,500,000 through 2026-27<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $6,500,000 through 2026-27
(15-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,500,000 through 2028-29
(15-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,900,000 through 2026-27
(10-team trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $6,000,000 through 2026-27
(10-team trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $3,250,000, pending UFA
(12-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $918,333,\u00a0pending RFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $886,667\u00a0through 2026-27<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,500,000, pending UFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,125,000, pending UFA
(16-team trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $3,600,000 through 2026-27
(No-trade clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $1,200,000, pending RFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $903,333, pending RFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $1,800,000, pending UFA
(12-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $2,750,000, pending UFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $2,950,000, pending UFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $1,500,000, pending UFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,820,000 through 2029-30
(10-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $7,000,000 through 2028-29
(13-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,625,000 through 2028-29
(12-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $11,600,000 through 2031-32
(No-movement clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $8,125,000 through 2030-31
(No-trade clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,250,000, pending UFA
(3-team no trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $8,125,000 through 2030-31
(No-trade clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $866,667 through 2026-27<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,000,000, pending UFA
(16-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $3,150,000 through 2026-27<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $1,825,000, pending RFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,100,000 through 2026-27
(Eight-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,100,000 through 2026-27<\/p>\n
2025-26 cap hit: $3,250,000, pending UFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,000,000 through 2026-27
(10-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,750,000, pending UFA
(Five-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,500,000 through 2030-31
(No-movement clause)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,950,000 through 2025-26; $6,000,000 from 2026-27 through 2031-32
Whoa. Garland on the block when his six-year extension hasn\u2019t even begun? That contract was signed before the Canucks and Garland knew the team would veer off a cliff and trade Quinn Hughes. If we think of his already-signed contract as a price a team could pay in free agency\u2026could there be a market for his speed and scrappiness? Per Pagnotta, the Canucks are taking calls on Garland,<\/a> who is \u201cnot for sale\u201d but whose NMC kicks in this summer.<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,500,000, pending UFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $1,550,000, pending UFA
(20-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $4,000,000, pending UFA
(No-trade clause until Jan. 30, then 14-team no-trade list)<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $5,000,000 through 2026-27<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $3,425,000, pending RFA<\/p>\n
Cap hit: $1,250,000, pending UFA<\/p>\n