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2019 NHL Trade Deadline: Grading each team’s performance

By Jeremy Tuch

OTTAWA, ON - JANUARY 2: Mark Stone #61 of the Ottawa Senators celebrates his late third period game-tying goal against the Vancouver Canucks at Canadian Tire Centre on January 2, 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)
OTTAWA, ON - JANUARY 2: Mark Stone #61 of the Ottawa Senators celebrates his late third period game-tying goal against the Vancouver Canucks at Canadian Tire Centre on January 2, 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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Buffalo Sabres

With the glut of first round picks the Sabres have at the 2019 NHL Draft, as well as the position they are in, it’s certainly worth it to upgrade at defense. Brandon Montour is a good young defenseman who’s played on a bad team this year, and spending what should be a late first round pick to get him is a good idea. It’s not a move that’ll put them over the top, but it’s good for the long term.

Minnesota Wild

Ryan Donato is already proving a good pickup, and Kevin Fiala is young and has had flashes of success for Nashville. The Wild are a team that needed some change, and shipping out two of their better players (Charlie Coyle and Mikael Granlund) for two younger players with potential is a decent shake-up for a middle of the road team stuck in some contract trouble.

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St. Louis Blues

They did nothing besides adding Michael Del Zotto for a late pick. The team is finally clicking after a rough start, so no reason to shake things up. Honestly, do we think it would have been worth it to try and chase the Jets or Predators? Probably not.

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