As noted physicist Sir Isaac Newton decreed in his Third Law of Motion, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton died in 1727, two centuries before hockey embedded itself in our cultural landscape. He would have been pleased to see how his Third Law applies at the NHL trade deadline.
A week ago, I highlighted the worst deals that have been made by general managers around the league over the last 10 seasons. Now, it's time to look at the best.
Some of those bad deals turned out well for the teams on the other side, but this piece will focus primarily on different trades. Some deals succeeded because they paid immediate dividends in the form of Stanley Cups, while others took a little time to deliver on their promise. Others still deserve praise because of the low price paid for a high-value asset.
Once again, this list will go year by year over the past decade since the 2004-05 NHL lockout, highlighting the best trade-deadline deals that went down each season.
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The Best NHL Deadline-Day Trades in the Past Decade
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