Mikael Hakkarainen will always have the honor of being traded straight up for the reigning Vezina Trophy winner. He was the sole return for the Vegas Golden Knights when they sent Marc-Andre Fleury to the Chicago Blackhawks last year in a salary dump.
The Red Wings and Hurricanes are among the teams who did well, while the Flyers and others did . not so well. We digest the opening round of deals here.