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The Hurricanes have traded Jiri Tlusty to the Jets for a 2016 3rd round pick and a 2015 conditional 6th round pick.

Tlusty, 26, is set to become an unrestricted free agent in the offseason. He has played under Jets head coach Paul Maurice both when he was with the Maple Leafs and Hurricanes. Maurice is obviously familiar with Tlusty and like what he brings to the Jets. Winnipeg recently lost Mathieu Perreault for a long period of time, so a winger was needed. Tlusty has 13 goals and 10 assists (27 points) in 52 games this season.

Jiri Tlusty
The Wild have acquired Sean Bergenheim and a 7th round pick from the Panthers for 3rd round pick.

Bergenheim has been the subject of trade talks for some time now. He has been a healthy scratch for the last seven games and has scored eight goals and 10 assists (18 points) in 39 games with the Panthers. The Wild are ready to make a playoff push and Bergenheim should be able to fill in for Jason Zucker.

Sean Bergenheim
The Ducks have acquired Jiri Sekac from the Canadiens for Devante Smith-Pelly.

Sekac, 22, was a healthy scratch in two of the last five games and has totalled just 16 points (7G / 9A) in 50 games this season. He is very skilled and his fantasy stock could be on the rise if he lands in the Ducks top-6.

Jiri Sekac
The Canadiens have acquired Devante Smith-Pelly from Anaheim for Jiri Sekac.

Smith-Pelly was a second round pick (42nd overall) in 2010. He is a big body at 6-foot, 220 lbs. so he definitely brings some size up front for the Canadiens. In 54 games this season, he has recorded five goals and 12 assists (17 points).

Devante Smith-Pelly
The Maple Leafs have acquired Brendan Leipsic, Olli Jokinen and a 2015 first round pick from the Predators for Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli.

Leipsic, 20, was a third-round pick (89th overall) in 2012. He is under-sized but feisty and is currently 4th in rookie scoring in the AHL. He recorded seven goals and 28 assists (35 points) in 47 games with Milwaukee (AHL).

Brendan Leipsic
The Predators have acquired Mike Santorelli and Cody Franson from the Maple Leafs for Olli Jokinen, Brendan Leipsic and a 2015 first round pick.

Santorelli, 29, was originally a sixth round pick of the Predators back in 2004. He spent the first three years of his career with the Nashville organization before heading to Florida, Winnipeg, Vancouver and then finally landing with the Maple Leafs this season. In 57 games he has registered 11 goals and 18 assists (29 points) in 57 games.

Mike Santorelli
The Predators have acquired Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli from the Maple Leafs for Olli Jokinen, Brendan Leipsic and a 2015 first round pick.

Franson, 27, who was originally drafted by the Predators in 2005, spent the first four years of his career in Nashville. 2014-15 was his fourth year in Toronto, he has registered 32 points (6G / 26A) in 55 games at the point of today’s trade. Franson heading to Nashville makes the Preds even more of a legitimate Stanley Cup favourite.

Cody Franson
The Sabres have acquired Anders Lindback and a conditional 3rd round pick from the Stars for Jhonas Enroth.

Lindback, 26, is a pending unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. He has gone 2-8-0 with a 3.71 GAA and .875 SV% with the Stars this season. He was already a scary option in Dallas, but now he is a terrifying option in Buffalo. He will likely serve as Michal Neuvirth’s backup, while Matt Hackett should stay in the NHL until next season.

Anders Lindback
The Stars have acquired Jhonas Enroth from the Sabres for Anders Lindback and a conditional 3rd round pick.

Enroth, 26, is a pending unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. He has gone 13-21-2 with a 3.27 GAA and .903 SV% with the Sabres this season. His addition gives the Stars a little more stability in goal, but he is likely to serve as Kari Lehtonen’s backup until he is able to start outplaying him.

Jhonas Enroth
The Sabres have traded Brendan Lemieux, Drew Stafford, Tyler Myers, Joel Armia and a 1st round pick to the Jets for Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf.

Lemieux, 18, was a second-round pick (31st overall) of the Sabres in last summer’s draft. The son of former NHLer Claude Lemieux, Brendan is a gritty forward who can put the puck in the net. He has 35 goals and 15 assists (50 points) in 46 games with the Barrie Colts (OHL) this season.

Brendan Lemieux
The Sabres have traded Joel Armia, Drew Stafford, Tyler Myers, Brendan Lemieux and a 1st round pick to the Jets for Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf.

Armia, 21, was the 16th overall pick in the 2011 draft. The 6-foot-3, 187 lbs. forward has great size and great skill. He had registered 10 goals and 15 assists (25 points) in 33 games so far in his second season with Rochester (AHL). There is no word whether he will report to St. John’s (AHL) or Winnipeg.

Joel Armia
The Sabres have traded Drew Stafford, Tyler Myers, Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux and a 1st round pick to the Jets for Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf.

Stafford, who is a pending UFA at the end of the season, had nine goals, 15 assists (24 points) and a minus-18 rating in 50 games with the Sabres this season. He is a one-time 30-goal scorer and will likely fill Evander Kane’s role on the Jets’ third line.

Drew Stafford
The Sabres have traded Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux and a 1st round pick to the Jets for Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf.

Myers, 25, was the 12th overall pick in the 2008 draft. He has seemingly regressed at the same rate as his team in each of his first five and a half seasons in the NHL. He was asked to do a lot on a bad team and the move to Winnipeg should definitely help him. He is in the third year of a seven year deal and his fantasy value is now much higher than it was when he woke up this morning. This is a defenseman who had 48 points (11G / 37A) in his rookie season.

Tyler Myers
The Jets have reportedly traded Zach Bogosian, Evander Kane, and Jason Kasdorf to the Sabres for Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux and a 1st round pick.

Bogosian, 24, was the third overall pick in 2008, but has had a hard time staying healthy early in his career. Bogosian has mixed 15 games this season and a total of 74 games (27.6% of games) since 2011-12. Injuries have slowed down his development, but the young blue liner has 13 points (3G / 10A) in 41 games this season. A change of scenery should help Bogosian, especially because he should play a massive role in Buffalo.

Zach Bogosian
The Jets have reportedly traded Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and Jason Kasdorf to the Sabres for Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux and a 1st round pick.

Kane, 23, is out for the season after undergoing shoulder surgery earlier in the week. He is in the third year of a six-year deal with a $5.25M cap-hit. He is a dynamic, goal-scoring winger who will be a nice piece for the Sabres as they continue their rebuild. Kane has 109 goals and 113 assists (222 points) in 361 games in his first six seasons in the NHL. He makes for a nice keeper option, because you could see him on the wing with Connor McDavid next season.

Evander Kane
The San Jose Sharks have acquired Evgeni Nabokov from Tampa Bay for future considerations.

Originally drafted by San Jose in the ninth round (219th overall) of the 1994 NHL Draft, the 39-year old Nabokov holds nearly every San Jose Sharks franchise goaltending record, including: games played (563), wins (154) and shutouts (50). Nabokov will make an announcement regarding the future of his hockey career on Wednesday, he is expected to retire as a Shark.

Evgeni Nabokov
The Maple Leafs traded Carter Ashton and David Broll to the Lightning in exchange for a conditional 2016 7th round pick on Friday.

Ashton, 23, has eight points (4G / 4A) in 12 games with the Toronto Marlies this season. He will need to either re-sign or play 15 games with the Lightning next season for the Maple Leafs to get the seventh round pick. This deal opens up some salary flexibility for the Maple Leafs more than anything.

Carter Ashton
The Blackhawks acquired Gustav Forsling from the Canucks for Adam Clendening.

Forsling, 18, was the Canucks fifth round pick (126th overall) in 2014. The Blackhawks did not have room for Clendening, who deserved to be in the NHL, so they moved him for a younger prospect, who they will let develop for the next few years. Forsling has three goals and two assists in 35 games with Linkopings HC in Sweden.

Gustav Forsling
The Canucks acquired Adam Clendening from the Blackhawks for Gustav Forsling.

Clendening, 22, is a solid puck-moving defenseman who has had a hard time cracking the roster in Chicago. He has registered 13 points (1G / 12A) in 38 games with Rockford (AHL) this season and his move to Vancouver immediately makes him their top D prospect. You could see him swap places with Frank Corrado and be playing with the Canucks right away.

Adam Clendening
The Penguins have traded Marcel Goc to the Blues for Maxim Lapierre.

Goc, 31, has two goals and four assists in 43 games with the Penguins this season. He averaged 12:26 TOI per game this season, with 3:00 coming on the penalty kill. He is a strong PK guy and is great on the dot--Goc led the Penguins and is 25th in the NHL winning 54% of his face-offs.

Marcel Goc