Monday was a good time to be an NHL fan as the trade deadline officially slammed shut. It was hard to keep up as several deals became official throughout the morning and afternoon.
The Tampa Bay Lightning barely waited for the calendar to turn over to March 2 before working the phones and finalizing two trades. They first dealt Brett Connolly to the Boston Bruins for second-round picks in 2015 and 2016, per the Bruins' official site. The bigger trade saw Tampa Bay trade two picks and Radko Gudas to the Philadelphia Flyers for Braydon Coburn, per Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.
Coburn played nine seasons and 576 games for the Flyers, so leaving Philadelphia wasn't easy. It certainly wasn't the kind of way to wake up after a good night's sleep, per Tim Panaccio of CSNPhilly.com:
However, he found a great way to break the news to his daughter, per Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times:
Flyers general manager Ron Hextall thinks Coburn won't have any trouble finding a role on the Lightning's roster, per Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer:
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