It is safe to say the Viktor Arvidsson trade was a smashing success. On July 1, 2025, the Boston Bruins acquired the peppery right wing from the Edmonton Oilers. The cost: a 2027 fifth-round pick. 

The sum is laughable considering some of what returned: three assists in Sunday’s come-from-behind 4-3 shootout win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, a top-five placement in five-on-five scoring and boldfaced presence on the Bruins’ second line.

It is not the only one-sided acquisition lately for general manager Don Sweeney.

Sweeney did not execute any major deals at the trade deadline. Perhaps it’s because his counterparts didn’t want to get taken to the cleaners. Go down the list of trades Sweeney has made involving players on the current roster. There’s not one dud.

Pavel Zacha from the New Jersey Devils for Erik Haula

Zacha is on fire. The Bruins’ No. 2 center has a career-high 28 goals. Two of them were against Columbus, including the six-on-five equalizer. He has a league-leading 13 goals in March.

Zacha is the three-zone conscience of the second line. He works the goal line on the No. 1 power-play unit. He kills penalties. 

The 28-year-old has one season remaining on his $4.75 million annual contract. He could double his take.

Haula played for the Devils for three seasons and is now with the Nashville Predators.

Grade: A+

Casey Mittelstadt, Will Zellers and a 2025 second-round pick from the Colorado Avalanche for Charlie Coyle and a 2026 fifth-rounder

Mittelstadt has turned his career around by becoming a trustworthy No. 2 left wing. Coach Marco Sturm promoted Mittelstadt to the first PP unit against the Blue Jackets. He is signed through 2027 at $5.75 million annually. 

Zellers has 18 goals as a North Dakota freshman and is rated by The Athletic’s Scott Wheeler as Boston’s third-best prospect. The Bruins drafted Swedish defenseman Liam Pettersson in the second round.

Coyle plays for Columbus after the Avalanche traded him last offseason.

Grade: A+

Fraser Minten, a conditional 2026 first-round pick and a 2025 fourth-rounder from the Toronto Maple Leafs, for Brandon Carlo

Minten, 21, is the Bruins’ No. 1 center. He works the bumper on the second PP unit. He kills penalties. He has one season left on his entry-level contract.

Sturm has repeatedly praised Minten for his hockey IQ and low-maintenance approach. The left-shot center could be a future captain.

If the Leafs do not finish among the NHL’s five worst teams this season, the Bruins get their 2026 first-rounder. Picking No. 6, for example, could net the Bruins a prospect with an even higher ceiling than Minten’s.

Carlo’s addition could not help the Leafs advance past the second round last year. He will be unrestricted after 2027.

Grade: A+

Marat Khusnutdinov, Jakub Lauko and a 2026 sixth-round pick from the Minnesota Wild for Justin Brazeau

Khusnutdinov is the Bruins’ No. 1 left wing. Sturm likes how he pursues pucks, plays in dangerous ice and applies speed and skill between the dots. Khusnutdinov also has experience centering David Pastrnak, and the two work well together.

Brazeau scored one goal in 19 games for the Wild. He signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins in July.

Grade: A+

Hampus Lindholm from the Anaheim Ducks for Urho Vaakanainen, a 2022 first-round pick, a 2023 second-round pick, a 2024 second-round pick and John Moore

Lindholm is the team’s No. 2 defenseman. His return from a broken kneecap is one of the reasons the Bruins are in a playoff position. The alternate captain plays in all situations.

Vaakanainen is in his second season with the New York Rangers. None of the players the Ducks drafted (Nathan Gaucher, Damian Clara, Stian Stolberg) has appeared in the NHL.

Grade: A+

Mark Kastelic, Joonas Korpisalo and a 2024 first-round pick from the Ottawa Senators for Linus Ullmark

Kastelic put his safety on the line against Columbus by fighting Mathieu Olivier. The No. 4 right wing has a career-high nine goals. He’s averaging 2:08 per game on the penalty kill, second-most among team forwards. 

Korpisalo has an .891 save percentage as the No. 2 goalie. He’s signed through 2028 at $3 million per season.

The Bruins used the first-round pick to draft Dean Letourneau. He exploded for 22 goals as a Boston College sophomore after failing to score as a freshman. The 6-foot-7, 228-pound center could become the Bruins’ version of Tage Thompson as a skilled right-shot behemoth. He’s second in Wheeler’s Bruins prospect rankings.

Ullmark has an .889 save percentage as a second-year Senator. He is at minus-13.8 goals saved above expected, per MoneyPuck.

Grade: A+

Andrew Peeke from Columbus for Jakub Zboril and a 2027 third-round pick

Peeke, the right-shot defenseman on the No. 3 pair, is averaging 19:20 of ice time per game. He is unrestricted at year’s end, and he may walk.

Zboril, the No. 13 pick in 2015, is playing in the Czech Extraliga. 

Grade: A-

Lukas Reichel from the Vancouver Canucks for a 2026 sixth-round pick

Reichel, the Chicago Blackhawks’ 2020 first-round pick, has one goal and two assists in six games. He’s brought speed and skill to the third line. The 23-year-old is restricted after this season.

Grade: B+

Henri Jokiharju from the Buffalo Sabres for a 2026 fourth-round pick

Jokiharju has no goals and 11 assists in 38 games. He is the No. 7 defenseman when the Bruins are healthy. He is in the first season of a three-year, $9 million contract.

Grade: B