Front-office executives completed 66 trades between the beginning of the 2014-15 season and the March 2 deadline. Some trades, such as the Nick Leddy and Johnny Boychuk deals for the New York Islanders, were made earlier in the year, but a majority came on deadline day and a week before the freeze occurred.
A total of 18 days have passed since the March 2, 3 p.m. EST trade deadline, and some deals have really paid off despite the lack of fanfare when the deal was initially announced. Trades are always a tricky proposition, because there are never any guarantees of whether or not the investment will be worth the potential return.
With that in mind, here are underrated NHL trade deadline moves that look great now.
*Due to the frequency of early trades, this slideshow will cover "deadline deals" that occurred from February 23, 2015 to March 2, 2015.
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Underrated NHL Trade-Deadline Moves That Look Great Now
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