Well, it's March and back to work for NHL GMs with roughly 55 hours to go until the NHL's trade deadline. Here are 20 teams to watch for activity from between now and 3 p.m. EST Wednesday:
Top 10 Sellers (and who's for sale):
Atlanta: Slava Kozlov, Pavel Kubina, Colby Armstrong
Carolina: Ray Whitney, Joe Corvo, Scott Walker, Aaron Ward, Andrew Alberts
Colorado: John-Michael Liles, Marek Svatos
Columbus: Fredrik Modin, Raffi Torres, Milan Jurcina
Edmonton: Fernando Pisani, Tom Gilbert, Patrick O'Sullivan, Sheldon Souray, Ladislav Smid, Ethan Moreau, Steve Staios, Jason Strudwick
Florida: Tomas Vokoun, Rostislav Olesz, Dennis Seidenberg, Jordan Leopold
Minnesota: Marek Zidlicky, Owen Nolan, Eric Belanger
NY Islanders: Andy Sutton, Dwayne Roloson, Martin Biron, Doug Weight
St. Louis: Paul Kariya, Keith Tkachuk, Alex Steen, Carlo Colaiacovo
Toronto: Alexei Ponikarovsky, Lee Stempniak, Tomas Kaberle, Wayne Primeau, Garnet Exelby
Top 10 Buyers (and what they want):
Boston: Scoring winger
Buffalo: Offensive defenceman
Chicago: Goaltender
Los Angeles: Scoring winger
Ottawa: Depth on defence
Philadelphia: Goaltender
Pittsburgh: Scoring winger
Tampa Bay: Scoring winger
Vancouver: Depth on defence
Washington: Depth on defence, goaltender
I expect the other 10 teams will be relatively less active given their situations: Anaheim, Calgary, Dallas, Detroit, Montreal, Nashville, New Jersey, N.Y. Rangers, Phoenix, San Jose. Some have already made their deals while others are probably in for only minor tinkering. (The Ducks and Predators have a few rentals they could move out, but given they're in the playoff mix, that seems unlikely.)
