Today is the day, it's the NHL Trade Deadline. We're roughly 5 hours away from the deadline so news should be rolling in all day.

- Ottawa has acquired Pascal Leclaire and a 2nd round pick from Columbus for Antoine Vermette.

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10:14 EST

- Reports are that the Sabres have offered Tim Connolly a 2 year deal worth better than $4 million per season. Reports shortly after that have said that Connolly has left the HSBC arena this morning. Stay tuned.

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10:17 EST

- TheFourthPeriod.com is reporting that the Sabres have reached an extension with Tim Connolly.

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10:50 EST

- Calgary acquires D Jordan Leopold from Colorado for Lawrence Nycholat, a prospect and a draft pick.

- Pittsburgh acquires Andy Wozniewski from St. Louis for Danny Richmond.

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12:07 EST

- Buffalo acquires G Mikael Tellqvist from Phoenix for a 4th round pick.

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12:17 EST

- Dallas has picked Brendan Morrison up off waivers. He was put on waiver by Anaheim yesterday.

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12:40 EST

- Anaheim acquires Petteri Nokelainen from Boston for Steve Montador.

- Calgary acquires Olli Jokinen from Phoenix for Matthew Lombardi, Brandon Prust and a 1st round pick.

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1:26 EST

- Boston acquires Mark Recchi and a 2nd round pick from Tampa Bay for Matt Lashoff and Martins Karsums.

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2:07 EST

- Pittsburgh acquries Bill Guerin from the Islanders for a conditional draft pick.

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3:14 EST

- Philadelphia acquires Daniel Carcillo from Phoenix for Scottie Upshall and a 2nd round pick.

- NY Rangers acquire Nik Antropov from Toronto for a 2nd round pick and a conditional pick.

- NY Rangers acquire Derek Morris from Phoenix for Dmitri Kalinin, Nigel Dawes and Petr Prucha.

- Buffalo acquires Dominic Moore from Toronto for a 2nd round pick.

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5:46 EST

I stepped away a little after 3PM so there were a few trades that came in just in time. Here is a round up of those deals.

- Anaheim acquires Erik Christensen from Atlanta for Eric O'Dell.

- Tampa Bay acquires Noah Welch and a 3rd round pick from Florida for Steve Eminger.

- Columbus acquires Kevin Lalande from Calgary for a 4th round pick.

- Philadelphia acquires Kyle McLaren from San Jose for a 6th round pick.

- Chicago acquires Samuel Pahlsson from Anaheim for James Wisniewski.

- San Jose acquires Travis Moen and Kent Huskins from Anaheim for Nick Bonino, Timo Pielmeier and a conditional draft pick.

- Carolina acquires Patrick O'Sullivan and a 2nd round pick from Los Angeles for Justin Williams.

- Edmonton acquires Patrick O'Sullivan and a 2nd round pick from Edmonton for Erik Cole.

- Edmonton acquires Ales Kotalik from Buffalo for a 2nd round pick.

- Toronto acquires Olaf Kolzig, Jamie Heward, Andy Rogers and 4th round pick from Tampa Bay for Richard Petiot.

I believe that is the final round up, although there could be a few deals that haven't been cleared through the NHL office just yet. It's been a very long day and I'm looking forward to watching some games tonight. So with that, I bid the blog goodbye.