The 2021 NHL trade deadline has passed and it was… well it was certainly a day! In total, 17 deals were made on deadline day itself, a very slow moving morning and afternoon after the majority of the trades were made over the weekend or in the early morning hours on Monday.
It was as many suspected it would be, a slow deadline day with teams mostly unable to make major splashes thanks to the flat cap and the impending expansion draft for Seattle in the upcoming summer.
Still, there were some big trades that caused some waves — some expected and some, not so much. Let’s break down the 2021 NHL trade deadline’s biggest deals and give them grades based on our early, gut feelings.