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That’s the reality and New Jersey’s best deadline is one where the team doesn’t waste assets on a likely lost cause. Whether the Devils choose to accept that remains to be seen, but trading a second-round pick for Brian Dumoulin in 2025 is certainly not a good start.

The NHL trade deadline has come and gone. Let’s take a look at how each team is ranked and what they’ve been up to this past week.

The trade deadline has come and gone, and boy, was it a douzy. While it didn’t boast the number of trades we usually expect, the quality of the players moved undoubtedly made up for it.