81.   The Canadiens sent veteran defenseman Eric Weinrich to Boston last month for defenseman Patrick Traverse.

82.   The Blue Jackets, last in the Western Conference, traded veteran defenseman Lyle Odelein to Chicago, and forward Blake Sloan to Calgary.

83.   The Blues, with their top two defensemen out indefinitely, acquired veteran defenseman Alexei Gusarov from the Rangers on Monday.

84.   The Buffalo Sabres made two moves clearing the way for the return of goaltender Dominik Hasek and veteran defenseman James Patrick on Tuesday.

85.   The Canadiens are also missing veteran defenseman Patrice Brisebois, who has a back injury.

86.   The Detroit Red Wings found the veteran defensemen they were seeking when they acquired Dmitri Mironov and Jamie Macoun as the National Hockey League trade deadline approached Tuesday.

87.   The Detroit Red Wings signed veteran defenseman Vyacheslav Fetisov, whom they acquired late last season, to a one-year contract Thursday.

88.   The first was veteran Detroit defenseman Paul Coffey trying to clear the puck in front of his own net, and shooting it into the goal instead.

89.   The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, announced the acquisition of veteran defenseman Larry Murphy from Pittsburgh for Russian defenseman Dmitri Mironov and a second-round pick next year.

90.   The other key addition came at the trading deadline this year, when they acquired veteran defenseman Larry Murphy, who became a steadying influence on the blue line.