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.

News is flying but none much is official yet. We’re about 24.5 hours away from the NHL trading deadline and a few moves have been made today. Some of them are being made in anticipation for moves tomorrow so things should get interesting.

- Sean Avery is officially back with the Rangers. I’m sure my hatred for the guy will boil over in about two weeks.

- The Minnesota Wild signed goalie Niklas Backstrom to a four deal with yanks him off the trade market. He is getting a significant pay raise to stay in Minnesota, which is a good deal for both sides.

- Last evening the New Jersey Devils beefed up their defense when they acquired defenseman Niclas Havelid from the Atlanta Thrashers.

- Brendan Morrison, Miroslav Satan and Gary Roberts were all placed on waivers today. Nothing surprises me about Satan. He is about as worthless as they come and I at least got a hearty laugh out of Pittsburgh signing him last off-season. Gary Roberts is a player, depending on his health, that I wouldn’t mind having in Buffalo for the remainder of the season.

- The Sabres are still trying to work out a deal with Tim Connolly but if they don’t, I see a very good chance of him being moved before the deadline tomorrow. He is an impact player, but at what cost? The Sabres have eaten quite a bit of the money from his last contract and they will be cautious in spending a ton on the guy. I’d like to have him back in Buffalo but only at the right cost. If he wants too much and the alternative is losing him in July for nothing, I’m not opposed to moving him if it means getting something worthwhile in return.

Be sure to check in as more stories develop over the next 24 hours.

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6:05EST Update

- Toronto forwards Nik Antropov and Dominic Moore are being held out tonight which almost guarantees that a trade is in the works. There is no information at this time as to what team(s) are involved.

- There is still no word on Bill Guerin and where he is going. He was held out last night for the second straight game so I'd be shocked if a deal didn't go down by tomorrow, although I expected it would've happened by now.

- There are some rumblings that Buffalo is looking to bring back goalie Martin Biron from Philly. I'm not sure if this would be for a rental or if they would eventually want Biron to be the back-up to Ryan Miller again and move Patrick Lalime (which I wouldn't understand).