Some big names could be on the move before March 1, but there are several less productive players who could still provide value to buyers looking to add ahead of the trade deadline.

From veteran forwards to seasoned blue-liners, more than a handful of reasonably priced options abound for teams looking to bolster their playoff-ready rosters.

Here are five under-the-radar players who might find new homes before the clock strikes 3 p.m. ET on deadline day:

Mike Ribeiro

Ribeiro went unclaimed on waivers Saturday, so he's not exactly in high demand, but his value should rise closer to the deadline as teams get a better idea of where they stand.

The 36-year-old center has certainly flown under the radar with only four goals and 25 points, but he's only a season removed from a 43-assist, 50-point campaign.

He's a pending unrestricted free agent with a cap hit of $3.5 million, and that figure shouldn't be too cumbersome for teams looking to add depth down the middle.

Patrick Eaves

There's a ton of parity in the league at the moment, and that's essentially led to crickets in terms of significant trades, because so many teams aren't sure whether they'll be buyers or sellers.

The Dallas Stars are one of those teams, sitting third-last in the Western Conference but only four points out of a playoff position.

If they bottom out and decide to sell, Patrick Eaves would have to be considered a trade candidate, considering his status as a UFA, his age (32), and his team-friendly cap hit of $1 million.

The fact that he's on pace for a career year - leading the Stars with 19 goals - doesn't hurt his value, either.

Drew Stafford

When you look at Stafford's production this season as a whole, it's not very impressive, but the Winnipeg Jets' notoriously streaky forward was putting together a nice run before an injury forced him to miss the last six games.

He's posted only 12 points in 34 contests, but eight of those points came in the last 13 games he played prior to getting hurt.

He's nearing a return, and if he picks up where he left off upon retaking the ice, he'll be a possible trade target as a pending UFA who's proven he can contribute.

The Jets are only two points out of a playoff spot, so they may opt to hold on to him, but, should they falter in the weeks ahead, Stafford could garner some interest despite his $4.35-million cap hit.

Brian Gionta

The Buffalo Sabres won't admit it, but let's be honest - they're not really in contention this season, sitting eight points out with effectively seven teams to leapfrog if they hope to claim a playoff berth.

That means, barring a February surge, general manager Tim Murray will look to do what he did at last year's deadline, when he dealt versatile forward Jamie McGinn to the Anaheim Ducks.

McGinn was a pending UFA, just like Sabres captain Brian Gionta is this year. The latter is 38 years old, but he can still score on occasion, and teams might covet his wealth of experience.

Dennis Seidenberg

The New York Islanders have resurrected their season under new head coach Doug Weight, but it's still going to be an uphill battle to qualify for the postseason.

If they deem the playoffs a lost cause come deadline time, Dennis Seidenberg would likely be discussed considering his ultra-affordable cap hit of $1 million, and his status as a steady defenseman with plenty of playoff experience, including a Stanley Cup championship with the Boston Bruins in 2011.

He's 35, and the offensive production hasn't quite been there this season, but Seidenberg could be a reliable bottom-pairing addition for a team looking to solidify its blue line.

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Frank Corrado might finally be freed.

The Toronto Maple Leafs placed the seldom-used defenseman on waivers Saturday and claimed blue-liner Alexey Marchenko off the wire from the Detroit Red Wings, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman and Chris Johnston.

Corrado never managed to carve out consistent playing time since the Leafs claimed him off waivers last season. He appeared in only two games for Toronto this year after getting a 39-game look in 2015-16.

The 25-year-old Marchenko recorded six points in 30 games this season for the Red Wings, who drafted him in the seventh round in 2011.

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Each week, theScore looks at the teams, players, and other hockey figures trending upward and taking a step back. This week, we're examining the NHL's most recent replacement head coaches.

▲ Mike Yeo

Ken Hitchcock's firing means Yeo takes over the St. Louis Blues a little earlier than he - or anyone else - was expecting, and he'll do so with the club in relative free fall.

It wasn't Hitchcock's fault that the Blues had the worst goaltending in the NHL, nor will it be Yeo's, but it will be the new bench boss' responsibility to right the ship until and unless general manager Doug Armstrong is willing to make a move to improve the team's netminding woes.

Yeo has enough previous head coaching experience with the Minnesota Wild and associate coaching time learning under Hitchcock to be fully prepared for this role.

He's expected to lead the Blues for three more seasons after this one, so while there's certainly pressure to make the playoffs and match last season's Western Conference Final run, Yeo can take comfort in knowing he was hand-picked and groomed for this opportunity.

▼ Tom Rowe

Coaching changes often rouse teams regardless of whether it's a necessary move, but that awakening simply hasn't happened in Florida.

When the Panthers fired Gerard Gallant and named general manager Tom Rowe the interim head coach for the rest of the season, it was a puzzling move, not only because of Gallant's abrupt departure but also because his replacement occupied a desk in the front office.

Rowe isn't without coaching experience, but the skepticism appears to have been warranted. The Panthers have reeled off two straight wins, but they're 11-10-9 in the 30 games since he took the reins. For those scoring at home, that's really 11-19, or eight games below .500.

The defending Atlantic Division champions find themselves on the outside of the playoff picture looking in - two points back of the Philadelphia Flyers for the second wild-card spot in the East, and one point behind the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have three games in hand.

▲ Doug Weight

The New York Islanders look like an entirely new team under Weight, who was elevated to the head coaching position when Jack Capuano was fired last month.

They're 5-0-1 with Weight behind the bench, rising from last place to within three points of the Flyers for that final playoff position in the parity-riddled Eastern Conference.

The Islanders have outscored opponents 19-10 in the first six games of the Weight era. Like Yeo, he was groomed for the job, but, unlike his Blues counterpart, his tutelage came as an assistant coach. Either way, he's proving that experience paid off.

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theScore's new series, "The Noise," is published every Monday. It normally kicks off each week with a quick look at three teams or players making headlines, good or bad, but we made an exception this time around.

When you think about lasting memories from this past All-Star weekend in Los Angeles, what immediately comes to mind?

Other than Chris Pronger giving Justin Bieber a gleeful back massage, the main takeaway for many was the presence of the NHL's past luminaries and the mutual admiration between them and the league's current stars.

The legends were there as part of the league's centennial celebrations and in conjunction with the "NHL 100" list that was unveiled Friday night to commemorate that anniversary, but surely the alumni can and should be involved more in future All-Star celebrations.

Even though it wasn't in the original plans, tabbing Wayne Gretzky to fill in as head coach for the victorious Metropolitan Division squad was a brilliant move that ultimately had a major impact on the event itself, both in terms of the outcome and Gretzky's own redemption story behind the bench.

Doing more of this with the legends in future years, and intentionally as opposed to as a last-minute replacement, would go a long way in terms of increasing interest in All-Star weekends that lack a John Scott-esque transcendent must-watch factor.

There are a number of ways to do it, too. Getting the best of the best like Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, and Joe Sakic to serve as head coaches of the four respective divisions or having one legend from the host city lead that team's divisional squad would be fun ways to get the league's greats more involved.

That might be a bit unfair to the best current head coaches, who deserve to be honored with All-Star nods of their own, so here's another way: Work the alumni into the skills competition.

This year's skills event was a snoozer for several reasons, and while there are other ways to liven it up, teaming the modern-day players up with the legends would be delightful, as long as it was done in a way that didn't embarrass the old-timers.

They wouldn't be expected to fire 100-mph slap shots or set fastest-skater records against the current stars. Just have them square off against each other while representing the four divisions (by virtue of their most identifiable former team), and award points to the current squads based on the assistance of their legendary partners.

It could be much simpler than that, like having the elders feed passes to the active players in the accuracy event, or how about ditching the less than thrilling four-line challenge for an entirely new event that gets the alumni and current players to work together in another way?

For the second straight year, the NHL lucked into a compelling All-Star angle, this time thanks in large part to the 100th anniversary. To its credit, though, the league got this one right, incorporating its alumni in a way that both gave the past stars their proper due and celebrated the vast history of the league.

But this shouldn't be a once-in-a-century phenomenon. Whether it's behind the bench or on the ice, the league's most respected figures need to be front and center at these events more often.

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Michel Therrien, fortune teller.

The Montreal Canadiens head coach is predicting big things for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the years to come.

"I believe this is the team of the future," he told reporters Sunday, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston, at the NHL All-Star festivities in Los Angeles, where Therrien guided the Atlantic Division squad.

The central piece of the Leafs' rebuild, Auston Matthews, was center stage Sunday, scoring his first All-Star goal for Therrien's team in a semifinal loss to the Metropolitan Division.

Therrien's assessment isn't exactly a stretch, considering the wealth of young talent in Toronto including Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, Connor Brown, and Zach Hyman.

The Leafs sit one point out of a playoff spot at the All-Star break with three games in hand on the Philadelphia Flyers for the second and final Eastern Conference wild-card berth.

Montreal leads the Atlantic Division with a record of 29-14-7.

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Tim Raines is finally Cooperstown-bound, and the city where he spent the majority of his career hasn't forgotten about him.

Raines was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, joining a 2017 class that also includes Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez.

The legendary leadoff man spent 13 of his 23 seasons with the Montreal Expos after they made him a fifth-round pick in 1977.

He thanked Montreal in a statement on Twitter following his election to the Hall on Wednesday night.

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The 3-on-3 tournament is here to stay on All-Star weekend, but the NHL's annual skills showcase will be slightly different this time around.

In a minor tweak from last year's format, the league's All-Star Skills Competition will now be contested between divisional teams rather than those of conferences, with the winner earning the right to select its first (semifinal) opponent and game time in the 3-on-3 tournament, the NHL announced.

Last year, the skills event was a matchup of the Western and Eastern conferences, and the winner did have the right to select its 3-on-3 semifinal time, but not the opponent.

The 2017 All-Star Skills Competition will take place Jan. 28 in Los Angeles, and the 3-on-3 tournament is scheduled for the following day at Staples Center.

The tourney's format will remain as it was in Nashville last year, with two 3-on-3 semifinal games and a championship final with a prize pool of $1 million going to the winner.

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Desperate times call for unexpected measures.

The Vancouver Canucks have recalled goaltender Thatcher Demko from the AHL's Utica Comets, Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins confirmed Saturday.

Ryan Miller attended the game-day morning session ahead of Saturday's matchup with the Florida Panthers, but the veteran netminder didn't skate. Canucks backup goalie Jacob Markstrom is expected to start in Sunrise.

The Canucks play the first game of a back-to-back Saturday before heading to D.C. to face the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

Demko is 7-5-1 with a 2.59 GAA and .909 save percentage in 14 AHL games.

He led the Boston College Eagles to the Frozen Four semifinals in the spring and represented the United States at the 2015 World Junior Hockey Championship.

The highly touted prospect signed his entry-level contract in April after Vancouver selected him 36th overall in the 2014 draft.

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Patrick Kane made history Wednesday night.

The Chicago Blackhawks forward won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player at the NHL Awards in Las Vegas, becoming the first American-born player to receive the honor.

Kane won it over Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn.

He is the first Blackhawks player to win the award since Stan Mikita won his second straight Hart Trophy in 1968.

Kane claimed the Art Ross Trophy this season, leading the NHL with a career-high 106 points while appearing in all 82 regular-season games.

He authored a franchise-record 26-game point streak between Oct. 17 and Dec. 13, which was the longest such stretch by an American-born player.

Kane also received the Ted Lindsay Award as the league's most oustanding player as voted on by his peers.

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Barry Trotz of the Washington Capitals won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's best head coach on Wednesday night.

Trotz earned the honor over Florida Panthers head coach Gerard Gallant and Lindy Ruff of the Dallas Stars.

In his second season with the Capitals, Trotz guided them to the Presidents' Trophy with the league's best record of 56-18-8.

The 53-year-old joined Washington before the 2014-15 campaign after 15 seasons behind the bench with the Nashville Predators.

It's the first time Trotz has won the Jack Adams Award, and the first win by a Capitals head coach since Bruce Boudreau in 2008.

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