The NHL trade deadline is fast approaching.
Monday, April 12, at 3 p.m. ET is the cutoff for teams to decide whether they're playoff contenders or playoff pretenders — although, with the way things are set up this year, that may not actually be known until the last day of the season. With border and quarantine constraints, abnormal division alignments and the Kraken expansion cloud hanging over the league, will teams even be looking to wheel and deal?
2021 NHL TRADE DEADLINE: Date, time, salary cap and quarantine implications
Some general managers, such as the Maple Leafs' Kyle Dubas, have expressed their desire to make moves, but they want them to happen sooner rather than later.
"I think given the quarantine that's in place right now and the 14 days where the player's going to come in and sit for 14 days in their hotel and then join the club, we're going to be in a tougher spot to certainly get as much out of it as we can," Dubas told reporters earlier this month. "And if you look at the schedule where it goes, where April 12 is the deadline and then if you go the two weeks beyond that you're April 27 or 28 before they get out of their hotel, and then they're only with the team for I think it's like six games or 10 days or something like that [before playoffs].
"So it certainly provides an incentive to try to make the moves earlier. It takes two to make that happen, though."
How much will get done is anyone's guess. But when trades do happen, Sporting News will have them covered.
Here's a list of every trade completed before the 2021 NHL trade deadline.
NHL trade deadline tracker 2021
| DATE | TEAM | PLAYERS | TEAM | PLAYERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 12 | Capitals | Anthony Mantha (F) | Red Wings | Richard Panik (F), Jakub Vrana (F), 2021 first-round pick, 2022 second-round pick |
| April 12 | Canucks | Madison Bowey (D), 2021 fifth-round pick | Blackhawks | 2021 fourth-round pick |
| April 12 | Jets | Jordie Benn (D) | Canucks | 2021 sixth-round pick |
| April 12 | Capitals | Michael Raffl (F) | Flyers | 2021 fifth-round pick, retain 25 percent of Raffl's salary |
| April 12 | Ducks | Haydn Fleury (D) | Hurricanes | Jani Hakanpaa (D), 2022 sixth-round pick |
| April 12 | Maple Leafs | Antti Suomela (F) | Sharks | Alexander Barabanov |
| April 12 | Predators | Erik Gudbranson (D) | Senators | Brandon Fortunato (D), 2023 seventh-round pick |
| April 12 | Maple Leafs | Ben Hutton (D) | Ducks | 2022 fifth-round pick |
| April 12 | Canadiens | Erik Gustafsson (D) | Flyers | 2022 seventh-round pick |
| April 12 | Panthers | Sam Bennett (F), 2022 sixth-round pick | Flames | Emil Heineman (F), 2022 second-round pick |
| April 12 | Golden Knights | Mattias Janmark (F), 2022 fifth-round pick from Blackhawks; Nick DeSimone from Sharks | Blackhawks/Sharks | Blackhawks: 2021 second-round pick, 2022 third-round pick, retains 50 percent of Janmark's contract Sharks: 2022 fifth-round pick, retains 25 percent of Janmark's salary |
| April 12 | Avalanche | Carl Soderberg (F) | Blackhawks | Ryder Rolston (F), Josh Dickinson (F) |
| April 12 | Lightning | Fredrik Claesson (D) | Sharks | Magnus Chrona (G) |
| April 12 | Oilers | Dmitry Kulikov (D) | Devils | 2022 conditional fourth-round pick |
| April 12 | Canucks | Matthew Highmore (F) | Blackhawks | Adam Gaudette (F) |
| April 12 | Bruins | Taylor Hall (F), Curtis Lazar (F) | Sabres | Anders Bjork (F), 2021 second-round pick |
| April 12 | Penguins | Jeff Carter (F) | Kings | 2022 conditional third-round pick, 2023 conditional fourth-round pick, retain 50 percent of Carter's contract |
| April 11 | Islanders | Braydon Coburn (D) | Senators | 2022 seventh-round pick |
| April 11 | Maple Leafs | David Rittich (G) | Flames | 2022 third-round pick, retain 50 percent of Rittich’s contract |
| April 11 | Bruins | Mike Reilly (D) | Senators | 2022 third-round pick |
| April 11 | Maple Leafs | Stefan Noesen (F) | Sharks | 2021 fourth-round pick, retain 50 percent of Foligno's remaining contract |
| April 11 | Maple Leafs | Nick Foligno (F) | Blue Jackets | 2021 first-round pick, 2022 fourth-round pick, retain 50 percent of Foligno's contract |
| April 11 | Canadiens | Jon Merrill (D) | Red Wings | Hayden Verbeek (F), 2021 fifth-round pick |
| April 11 | Devils | Jonas Siegenthaler (D) | Capitals | 2021 conditional third-round pick |
| April 10 | Blue Jackets | 2021 first-round pick, 2022 third-round pick | Lightning | Brian Lashoff (D) |
| April 10 | Red Wings | 2021 fourth-round pick, DET retains 50 percent of Savard's contract | Lightning | David Savard (D) |
| April 10 | Blue Jackets | Brian Lashoff (D), CBJ retains 50 percent of Savard's contract | Red Wings | David Savard (D) |
| April 10 | Avalanche | Devan Dubnyk (G) | Sharks | Greg Pateryn (D), 2021 fifth-round pick |
| April 10 | Panthers | Brandon Montour (D) | Sabres | 2021 third-round pick |
| April 9 | Avalanche | Patrik Nemeth (D) | Red Wings | 2022 fourth-round pick |
| April 9 | Maple Leafs | Riley Nash (F) | Blue Jackets | 2022 conditional seventh-round pick (becomes sixth if Nash appears in 25 percent of Toronto's 2021 playoff games). |
| April 8 | Panthers | Lucas Carlsson (D), Lucas Wallmark (F) | Blackhawks | Brett Connolly (F), Riley Stillman (D), Henrik Borgstrom (RFA F), 2021 seventh-round pick |
| April 7 | Islanders | Kyle Palmieri (F), Travis Zajac (F) | Devils | AJ Greer (F), Mason Jobst (F), 2021 first-round pick, 2022 conditional fourth-round pick |
| March 29 | Blackhawks | Vinnie Hinostroza (F) | Panthers | Brad Morrison (F) |
| March 29 | Kings | Christian Wolanin (D) | Senators | Mike Amadio (F) |
| March 27 | Kings | Brendan Lemieux (F) | Rangers | 2021 fourth-round pick |
| March 26 | Canadiens | Eric Staal (F) | Sabres | 2021 third and fifth-round picks |
| March 24 | Lightning | Antoine Morand (F), 2023 seventh-round pick | Ducks | Alexander Volkov (F) |
| March 20 | Sabres | 2021 sixth-round pick | Avalanche | Jonas Johansson (G) |
| March 13 | Maple Leafs | Veini Vehvilainen (G) | Blue Jackets | Mikko Lehtonen (D) |