While you were sleeping, Brooks Laich became a Maple Leaf

Daniel Winnik Traded To Washington Capitals | PPP
"Stop me if you've heard this one before: the Leafs have traded Daniel Winnik."

Daniel Winnik to Capitals: Latest Trade Details, Comments and Reaction | Bleacher Report
"The Capitals acquired a player who had four goals and 10 assists in 56 games for the Maple Leafs as well as a minus-three rating."

Brooks Laich traded by Capitals to Maple Leafs in exchange for Daniel Winnik | Washington Times
"Laich, 32, was obtained from the Ottawa Senators in Feb. 2004 and played parts of 12 seasons with the team, making him the longest-tenured professional athlete in Washington. "

Traaaaaadez

Goalie Rentals; Or, Making Peace With The Reimer Trade | Mr. Fulemin
"Just to recap: Reimer and Jeremy Morin were traded to San Jose for Alex Stalock, Ben Smith, and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2018, which will become a third if the Sharks make the finals this year. I decided to investigate the return on goalie rentals."

This is for you James | Mr. ReiministerOfDefence
"Thank you for all the times you've owned the Sens and for the 34 times you've had to face 40 or more shots."

Eric Staal Traded To New York Rangers For Aleksi Saarela And Two Second Round Picks | BSB

Hurricanes GM: Staal trade part of bigger picture for Carolina | PD
"I feel thankful that Eric was willing to waive the no-move. He didn’t have to do that. He did it in order to allow us to do this and we feel it gives us some building blocks to continue to move forward in the direction we want to go in."

New York Rangers Trade: NYR Acquire Chris Brown from WSH In Exchange for Ryan Bourque | BSB

Islanders at the trade deadline: Quiet as the storm picks up steam, but still nothing Drouin | LHH

Canucks acquire Markus Granlund from Flames for Hunter Shinkaruk | THW
Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the Canucks have acquired Markus Granlund from Calgary in exchange for Hunter Shinkaruk.

Kings add Kris Versteeg from Hurricanes for prospect, pick | PD
"Kris Versteeg disappeared from the Carolina Hurricanes bench in the second period during their Sunday matinee against the St. Louis Blues. A few hours later, we found out why."

Loui Eriksson To The Blues For A Dmitrij Jaskin Package Deal? | SLGT
"Could the Blues be in talks to snag the Bruins' forward for offensive help?"

Senators’ Wiercioch, Chiasson, Prince On The Block | THW

Ron Hextall Shows Awareness In Michael Raffl Extension | THW

Marc Bergevin attends game between AHL affiliates of San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks | HEOTP

Should the Devils Welcome Back Ilya Kovalchuk to New Jersey? | THW
"Some speculation as to why the Devils couldn’t land Parise involves one of the more ludicrous contracts ever given out. Everyone knows the guy who was given this controversial contract. His name is Ilya Kovalchuk."

The Winnipeg Jets will probably not trade any more big names yet | AIH
"If you want to see Tobias Enstrom, Drew Stafford, Tyler Myers, Blake Wheeler, Ondrej Pavelec et al be traded at the deadline this year, you will probably end up disappointed because of the trade landscape the salary cap has created, but hey, there is always summer."

Flyers sign Phantoms captain Colin McDonald to multi-year contract extension | BSH
"McDonald has by all accounts done a very good job in his first year with the Flyers' organization, as he's captained the Phantoms while putting up 21 points in 34 games prior to the Phantoms' game tonight against Utica."

Could the Canadiens trade for Jordan Eberle? | HEOTP
Sure, Price for Eberle, sounds good.

AND

Captain America cheers for Canada's Team | PPP
"At Oscar rehearsals today Chris Evans showed his true colours, and they aren't red, white, and blue."

**UPDATE**

With it being trade deadline day, there's lots of misinformation flying around. We here at PPP Kitten Ranch, Draft Pick Storage, and Tank Supplies Ltd want to make sure no one falls for any fake insider accounts. Please, double check your sources before posting trades/rumours.

As a added incentive, we will have a LIST OF SHAME here at the bottom of the FTB for those who post fake accounts and tweets from insiderrrrrrrs like Eklund.

Also, please keep real trades and things to one thread per. Thanks!

LIST OF SHAME

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