The defending Stanley Cup champions and a strong contender in the West pulled out their demolition permits on Friday, with two blockbusters to cap NHL trade deadline day. After a long night and day of negotiating,

Aleksander Barkov looked across the Florida Panthers’ locker room on Saturday morning and noticed a new addition.

NHL trade deadline is here and big names Mikko Rantanen, Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser could be changing teams.

Boston captain Brad Marchand was shipped to the Florida Panthers on Friday, a deal near the end of the NHL trade deadline that sent a longtime Bruins star to not only a division rival, but a first-place team gearing up for another run at the Stanley Cup.

ESPN's Emily Kaplan reports that the Bruins and Brad Marchand continued to negotiate an extension until at least last month.

Let's take a look at which NHL teams improved the most, which took the biggest chances and which fell flat on its face on deadline day.

The NHL's 2024-25 trade deadline was on Friday at 3 p.m. ET, and some big names, like Mikko Rantanen and Brad Marchand, changed teams to significantly alter the balance of power in the NHL.

The Florida Panthers add Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand, per Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.