Kings acquired defenseman Jamie Heward

for:conditional draft pick

Hockey Guy Notes: Yawn!

Blackhawks aquired Nikita Alexeev

for 6th round pick in 07 and Karl Stewart

Hockey Guy Notes: Yawn!

Lightning acquired defenseman Joe Rullier

for future considerations

Hockey Guy Notes: yawn!

Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Jason Ward

for a 5th rounder

Hockey Guy Notes: yawn!

David Hale to the flames

for a 3rd round pick

Hockey Guy Notes: good deal for the flames! make the d-line scary!

Penguins make two more trades

They were planning to send a fourth-round draft choice to Florida for defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski and a seventh-rounder to San Jose for minor-league goalie Nolan Schaefer.

Hockey Guy notes: helps with depth!

Sabres acquired defenseman Mikko Lehtonen

for 4th rounder

Hockey notes guy: yawn!