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The Sabres acquired Taylor Leier from the Flyers for Justin Bailey on Thursday.

Leier was a fourth-round pick back in 2012 and has registered just seven points (2G / 5A) in 55 career NHL games with the Flyers. The 24-year-old has performed well in the AHL, picking up 10 goals and nine assists in 34 games this season.

Taylor Leier
The Penguins acquired Joseph Blandisi from the Ducks for Derek Grant.

Blandisi has spent the majority of the season with San Diego (AHL), where he had 23 points (8G / 15A) in 27 games. The 24-year-old could replace Grant as the Penguins 12th/13th forward. He has 26 points (8G / 18A) in 74 career NHL games with the Devils and Ducks.

Joseph Blandisi
The Ducks acquired Derek Grant from the Penguins for Joseph Blandisi.

Grant has scored twice with three assists (five points) in 25 games with the Penguins this season. The 28-year-old returns to Anaheim, where he had the best year of his career, scoring 12 goals with 12 assists (24 points) in 2017-18.

Derek Grant
The Wild acquired Pontus Aberg from the Ducks for Justin Kloos.

Aberg had 11 goals and eight assists (19 points) in his first 37 games with the Ducks but has been a healthy scratch for the last four games. Aberg fell out of favour with head coach Randy Carlyle so he gets moved to Minnesota, where he will fight with Matt Hendricks and J.T. Brown for playing time in the bottom-6.

Pontus Aberg
The Ducks acquired Justin Kloos from the Wild for Pontus Aberg.

Kloos has registered 12 goals and 18 assists (30 points) in 34 games with Iowa (AHL) this season. Aberg had a nice run but fell out of favour with head coach Randy Carlyle as of late, serving as a healthy scratch for four straight games. Kloos will report to San Diego (AHL) at first but could earn a call-up if the Ducks continue to struggle.

Justin Kloos
The Ducks have acquired Devin Shore from the Stars for Andrew Cogliano.

Shore is a former second-round pick who looked like he had some offensive side after picking up 26 points (15G / 11A) in 25 AHL games in 2016. However, he has a career-high of 33 points and has registered just 17 points (5G / 12A) in 42 games this year. He could play on a line with Ryan Kesler after Cogliano was sent the other way.

Devin Shore
The Stars have acquired Andrew Cogliano from the Ducks for Devin Shore.

Cogliano, 31, has been a consistent albeit unspectacular producer of the years but has just 11 points (3G / 8A) in 46 games this season. Cogliano has three years left on a deal that carries a $3.25M cap-hit. He will likely replace Shore in the Stars bottom-6.

Andrew Cogliano
The Blues have acquired Jared Coreau from the Ducks for future considerations.

Ville Husso was hurt for the Blues AHL team so acquiring Coreau adds some goaltending depth at the AHL-level. Coreau once looked like a promising young netminder but has struggled mightily at the NHL-level and is 3-6-2 with a 3.57 GAA and .895 SV% in 13 games with San Diego (AHL) this season.

Jared Coreau
The Senators have acquired Darren Archibald and Anders Nilsson from the Canucks for Mike McKenna, Tom Pyatt and a 2019 sixth-round pick.

Archibald has spent most of the season with Utica (AHL), where he has 11 goals and five assists (16 points) in 23 games. The 28-year-old forward, who stands at 6-foot-3, 210 lbs., Archibald has 14 points (6G / 8A) in 52 career NHL games.

Darren Archibald
The Senators have acquired Anders Nilsson and Darren Archibald from the Canucks for Mike McKenna, Tom Pyatt and a 2019 sixth-round pick.

Nilsson has gone 3-8-1 with a 3.09 GAA and .895 SV% in 12 games with the Canucks this season. With Craig Anderson out with a concussion the Senators are trying to upgrade their goaltending situation by swapping McKenna for the 28-year-old Nilsson. His career .905 SV% suggests that he won’t be too big of an upgrade though.

Anders Nilsson
The Canucks have acquired Tom Pyatt, Mike McKenna and a 2019 sixth-round pick from the Senators for Anders Nilsson and Darren Archibald.

Pyatt has recorded just two assists, 29 shots and a minus-16 rating in 37 games this season—averaging 11:42 TOI/gm. Pyatt will switch locker rooms tonight but will likely serve as a healthy scratch against the team that just traded him. Pyatt could be on his wait to Utica (AHL) after clearing waivers at noon.

Tom Pyatt