The Fourth Period: Top 30 NHL trade watch list leading up to the April 12th NHL trade deadline.
1. Filip Forsberg – LW
2. Rickard Rakell – RW/LW
3. Taylor Hall – LW
4. Mattias Ekholm – LD
5. Mikael Granlund – C/RW
6. Jake Virtanen – RW
7. Kyle Palmieri – RW/LW
8. Eric Staal – C
9. Sam Bennett – LW/C – linked to the Maple Leafs and Hurricanes
10. Marc Staal – LD
11. Brandon Montour – RD/LD
12. David Savard – RD
13. Tanner Pearson – LW
14. Ryan Murray – LD
15. Alex Kerfoot – C
16. Hampus Lindholm – LD
17. Alexander Edler – LD
18. Nick Foligno – LW
19. Alex Goligoski – LD/RD
20. Erik Gudbranson – RD
21. Bobby Ryan – RW
22. Luke Glendening – C
23. Ryan Johansen – C
24. Brandon Sutter – C
25. Erik Haula – C/LW – linked to the Golden Knights and Penguins
26. Nikita Gusev – RW/LW
27. Calle Jarnkrok – RW/LW
28. Danton Heinen – RW
29. Adam Henrique – C
30. Jonathan Bernier – G
Craig Custance and Eric Duhatschek of The Athletic: There are not many teams that are in the position to take on salary ahead of the trade deadline. There is also the quarantine issue that some teams will need to take into consideration.
2021 NHL trade bait board
1. Mattias Ekholm – one-year at $3.75 million
2. Jack Eichel – five years at $10 million
3. Chris Driedger – $850,000 – UFA
4. Filip Forsberg – one-year at $6 million
5. Rickard Rakell – one-year at $3.789 million
6. Clayton Keller – six years at $7.15 million
7. Dylan Strome – one-year at $3 million
8. Brandon Sutter – $4.375 million – UFA
9. Mikael Granlund – $3.75 million – UFA
10. Kyle Palmieri – $4.65 million – UFA
11. Alex Wennberg – $2.25 million – UFA
12. Sam Bennett – $2.55 million – RFA
13. Luke Glendening – $1.8 million – UFA
14. Brandon Montour – $3.85 million – UFA
15. Jonathan Bernier – $3 million – UFA
16. Bobby Ryan – $1 million – UFA
17. Jake Virtanen – one-year at $2.55 million
18. Tanner Pearson – $3.75 million – UFA
19. Dustin Brown – one-year at $5.875 million
20. Casey Mittelstadt – $874,125 – RFA
21. Jonathan Quick – two years at $5.8 million
22. Alex Goligoski – $5.475 million – UFA
23. Ryan Dzingel – $3.375 million – UFA
24. Taylor Hall – $8 million – UFA
25. Victor Rask – one-year left at $4 million
26. Ryan Murray – $4.6 million – UFA
27. Adam Henrique – three years left at $5.82 million
28. Jake Bean – $863,333 – RFA