1.   Another critical move was a multi-player trade last January that amounted to sending junior defenseman Wade Redden to Ottawa for the junior defenseman Bryan Berard.

2.   -- Buffalo sent defenseman Petr Svoboda to Philadelphia for defenseman Garry Galley.

3.   -- To make room for Giguere, Anaheim sent defenseman Antti-Jussi Niemi back to Cincinnati.

4.   A few minutes earlier, Fraser had sent Devils defenseman Ken Daneyko off for cross-checking Sundstrom, another call that was debatable.

5.   After the Devils changed lines, Doug Gilmour sent defenseman Scott Niedermayer in on Theodore at the Montreal blue line.

6.   Calgary also traded veteran defenseman Jamie Huscroft to Tampa Bay for goalie Tyler Moss and sent minor league defenseman Marc Hussey to Chicago for left wing Ravil Gusmanov.

7.   Carolina also sent defenseman Nolan Pratt to Colorado.

8.   Kings goalie Kelly Hrudey denied a report on ESPN that he was almost included in the deal that sent defenseman Darryl Sydor to Dallas.

9.   Look for the Oilers to try to send defenseman Bryan Marchment to the Penguins before the trade deadline.

10.   New Jersey sent defenseman Jason Smith, rookie center Steve Sullivan and junior center Alyn McCauley to the Maple Leafs.