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The Stars have traded Alex Chiasson, prospects Alex Guptill, Nicholas Paul and a 2nd round pick in 2015 to the Senators for Jason Spezza and Ludwig Karlsson.

Chiasson, 23, recorded 35 points (13G / 22A) in 79 games for the Stars last season. Chiasson is a big forward at 6-foot-4, 205 lbs. and has shown an ability to score in the NHL. At this point in his career, Chiasson will likely find himself in the Senators top-9 opposed to the top-6.

Alex Chiasson
The Senators have traded Jason Spezza and Ludwig Karlsson to the Stars for Alex Chiasson, prospects Alex Guptill, Nicholas Paul and a 2nd round pick in 2015.

Spezza, 31, scored 23 goals with 43 assists (66 points) in 75 games with the Senators in 2013-14. Spezza, who made it clear that he wanted out of Ottawa, refused a deal to Nashville on Draft Day, but is now on his was to Dallas. He will join Tyler Seguin as the Stars 1-2 punch. He carries a $7 million cap-hit in this, his final season on a seven-year deal.

Jason Spezza
The Avalanche acquired Daniel Briere from the Habs in exchange for P.A Parenteau and a 2015 fifth-round pick.

Briere, 36, scored 13 goals with 12 assists (25 points) in 69 games with Montreal. He found himself relegated to the fourth-line for much of the season and playoffs. The trade adds an experienced forward to a young and up-and-coming team. Briere will be entering his final year of a two-year $8 million dollar deal.

Danny Briere
The Canadiens traded Daniel Briere to the Avalanche in exchange for P.A Parenteau and a 2015 fifth-round selection.

There were rumblings of a possible trade in the middle of the season, but the Avs waited until the offseason to ship him for a veteran forward. Parenteau missed 27 games with a knee injury in 2013-14 and finished the year with 14 goals and 19 assists (33 points) in 55 games. He will look to land a top-6 role in Montreal. The trade has no effect on the salary cap of either team for the 2014-15 season, with Briere and Parenteau each scheduled to make $4 million. The difference is Parenteau has an extra year on his contract with Briere entering the final season of his.

P.A. Parenteau
After acquiring Sam Gagner from the Oilers, the Lightning flipped Gagner along with B.J Crombeen to the Coyotes for a 2015 sixth-round pick.

The Coyotes were in the market for a center after buying out Mike Ribeiro on Friday. Gagner, 24, had 10 goals and 27 assists in 67 games last season after missing the first 13 games recovering from a broken jaw. He has two years remaining on a contract with an annual cap-hit of $4.8 million.

Sam Gagner
The Oilers acquired Teddy Purcell from the Lightning for Sam Gagner.

Purcell is signed through the next two seasons with a $4.5 million dollar cap-hit. The 6-foot-3, 203 lbs. right winger had 12 goals and 30 assists (42 points) in 81 games with the Lightning. Purcell has missed just three games over the last four seasons and is capable of scoring 25 goals with the Oilers this season. He will likely find himself in the Oilers top-6.

Teddy Purcell
The Jets traded Ed Pasquale and a sixth-round pick to the Capitals for a sixth-round and two seventh-round picks.

Pasquale, 23, was 17-13-1 with a 2.43 GAA and .920 SV% in 31 games with the St. John's IceCaps last season. He will likely find himself with the Hershey Bears in 2014-15.

Ed Pasquale
The Flames have acquired Brandon Bollig from the Chicago Blackhawks for a third-round pick.

Bollig scored seven goals with seven assists and appeared in all 82 games with the Hawks last season. He brings a physical style of play to the Flames, but he likely won't help anyone's fantasy team next season.

Brandon Bollig
The Blues acquired Carl Gunnarsson in exchange for Roman Polak and a fourth-round pick on Saturday.

Gunnarsson had three goals and 14 assists in 80 games with the Maple Leafs last season. He averaged 19:25 TOI playing on the top pairing with Dion Phaneuf. He will likely slot in on the Blues' bottom pair or on the second unit with Kevin Shattenkirk. He will be better off playing a reduced role in St. Louis.

Carl Gunnarsson
The Maple Leafs traded Carl Gunnarsson to the Blues for Roman Polak and a fourth-round pick.

Polak, 28, is 6-foot-1, 225 lbs. and plays a very safe, stay-at-home defensive style. The Leafs blueline was questionable at times in 2013-14, but now they can slide the physical Polak beside Jake Gardiner or Morgan Rielly and allow them to play more offence while Polak provides a steady presence in the defensive zone.

Roman Polak
The Kings traded Linden Vey to the Canucks for a second round pick.

Vey had five assists in 18 games with the Kings last season. While in the AHL he recorded 14 goals and 34 assists (48 points) in 43 games. Vey will challenge to make the Canucks out of training camp.

Linden Vey
The Penguins have acquired Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling from Nashville for James Neal.

Spaling, who is a pending a restricted free-agent, had a strong season with the Predators in 2013-14. He goes to Pittsburgh where he will find himself in a third or fourth-line role. If he can repeat the 13 goals and 19 assists (32 points) in 71 games he had last season, the Pens will be more than happy.

Nick Spaling
The Penguins have acquired Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling from Nashville for James Neal.

Hornqvist has 22 goals and 31 assists (53 points) in 76 games last year. 2013-14 was a career year for the 27 year-old winger who will see his fantasy value rise heading into this year. He has never played with a centre like Evgeni Malkin or Sidney Crosby, but that is about to change. Hornqvist should be around 30 goals and 30 assists with his new team.

Patric Hornqvist
On Friday, the Penguins dealt James Neal to the Predators for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling.

Neal missed 23 games this season, but still notched 27 goals and 34 assists (61 points) in the 59 games he did play. After a strong regular season, Neal struggled in the playoffs posting just four points (2G / 2A) in 13 games. The Penguins were looking to dump some salary but they part ways with a $5 million dollar cap-hit and take on a $4.25 million cap-hit in Hornqvist. Neal beams the focal point of the Predators offence and should produce around the same rate as he did on Evgeni Malkin's wing in Pittsburgh.

James Neal
The Canucks have traded the 85th overall pick in this weekend's draft to the Rangers for Derek Dorsett.

Dorsett, 27, had four goals and four assists (eight points) with 128 penalty minutes in 51 games with the Rangers this past season. He is a go-hard player who gives it his all on every shift. New Canucks' head coach Willie Desjardins was Dorsett's head coach with the Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) from 2004-2007. Dorsett has 64 points in 61 games and a 16 playoff points in 17 games en route to a WHL Championship in 2006-07. Desjardins brings in a player he is familiar with to fill an important fourth line role.

Derek Dorsett
The Lightning have acquired Jason Garrison, the rights to Jeff Costello and a 2015 seventh-round pick from the Canucks for the 50th overall pick in this year's draft.

After scoring 16 goals (9 PPG) with the Panthers in 2011-12 the Canucks signed him to a six-year, $27.6 million dollar deal. In two seasons with Vancouver, Garrison had 15 goals and 34 assists (49 points) in 128 games. Trading Garrisson is a cap-dump by the Canucks. It is not just for this season, but the next four seasons he is signed through while carrying a $4.6 million dollar cap-hit. He heads to an aging blueline where he is expected to get a lot of power-play time because of the cannon he possesses.

Jason Garrison
The Canucks have acquired Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa, the 24th overall pick and the 85th overall pick in this year's draft from the Ducks for Ryan Kesler and 2015 third-round pick.

Sbisa, 24, missed 52 games this past season with a combination of ankle, hand and knee injuries. He finished the season with six points (1G / 5A) in 30 games. Sbisa does not shy away from contact but has yet to develop into the offensive-defenseman he was expected to be. He will look to stay healthy in 2014-15 and attack his career high of 24 points (2011-12).

Luca Sbisa
The Canucks have acquired Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa, the 24th overall pick and the 85th overall pick in this year's draft from the Ducks for Ryan Kesler and 2015 third-round pick.

Bonino had the best season of his young career in 2013-14. He scored 22 goals with 27 assists (49 points) which shattered his previous career-high of 18 points (2011-12). Bonino should head to Vancouver and slide into the second-line centre role that was just opened by dealing Ryan Kesler.

Nick Bonino
The Ducks have acquired Ryan Kesler and 2015 third-round pick from the Canucks for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa, the 24th overall pick and the 85th overall pick in this year's draft.

Kesler scored 25 goals and 18 assists (43 points) but was a career worst minus-15 in 77 games this season. Kesler has spent his entire 10-year career with the Canucks but will now move the Anaheim where he will likely centre the second line behind Ryan Getzlaf. This trade makes the Ducks a much more difficult team to play against, especially come playoff time. Kesler will turn 30 in August and is signed through the next two seasons at a $5 million dollar cap-hit.

Ryan Kesler