Marko Dano won't have to wait long to debut with his new team.
The 21-year-old prospect was recalled by the Winnipeg Jets on Friday, and he'll join the team in Pittsburgh ahead of Saturday's game against the Penguins.
It was the second time Dano has been traded in the last seven months. He was dealt to the Blackhawks by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the Brandon Saad swap last June.
Dano registered 23 points in 34 games with the AHL's Rockford IceHogs this season.
The Blue Jackets selected him 27th overall in 2013.
The 29-year-old skated with the team at practice Friday and expressed excitement for his expected return to the lineup Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets.
"Everything is good," Malkin said. "Today was a hard skate, but I'm ready to play. I'm ready to show my best."
Malkin has missed Pittsburgh's last 10 games, but remains second in team scoring with 49 points in 49 games and is the only Penguins player producing at a point-per-game pace.
Forward Nick Bonino also skated and, like Malkin, is expected to make his return against the Jets after missing six weeks with a hand injury.
"I can't wait. It's been a long six weeks," Bonino said. "We should find out the lineup tomorrow."
St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong has no interest in dealing captain David Backes ahead of the trade deadline.
Though the 31-year-old center's had an underwhelming season with just 15 goals and 33 points through 63 games, Armstrong hasn't toyed with the idea of asking Backes to waive his no-trade clause.
"If we were in 10th or 11th or 12th spot in the Western Conference I'd probably be going to him right now, 'Obviously you're an unrestricted free agent, do you want to go a contending team?'" Armstrong told Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"We are that contending team. We are that team that is in the top part of the NHL. Trading David Backes for some form of a draft pick, I think, would be an injustice to the players in that room right now."
With Backes not appearing to be among St. Louis' trade bait, Armstrong will have to find other means to obtain an emergency backup between the pipes.
Brian Elliott is currently on the long-term injured reserve, so the Blues could be looking to add some insurance in goal. As Armstrong explains, however, such a deal would come with cap stipulations.
"It has to be a player that can go back to the minors when (Elliott) comes back or else we're over the cap," he said.
Whether or not Armstrong can swing a deal over the next three days, he remains confident in his club as currently constructed.
"I believe in those players in that room," the GM said. "If I can find a way to support them, I'm certainly going to try and do that. But my belief is that group in there, I really truly believe this is the year that for us to have success, our best players, they're not looking for assistance from outside. They know the responsibilities lie on their shoulders. I think to a man they are ready for that challenge."
The deal carries an average annual value of $3.7 million, according to TSN`s Bob McKenzie.
It includes a full no-trade clause starting now and extending over the first two seasons, then a limited no-trade clause in the final year, ESPN's Pierre LeBrun reports.
Coburn was a pending unrestricted free agent with a cap hit of $4.5 million this season.
For Stanley Cup hopefuls, the NHL trade deadline is a day to make one last push to build a roster strong enough to capture the chalice, while for others, it may be the first day of a potentially painful rebuild.
Over the past handful of years, the deadline has seen deals that nearly cemented championships before the playoffs began - and other moves that not only crippled teams' chances of success at the time, but derailed potential future glory.
Here are the five biggest deadline-day trades since 2010:
Beyond the significance of the player, what made the trade so monumental was the building tension between St. Louis and general manager Steve Yzerman that preceded it.
Though it became known that St. Louis had requested a trade to the Rangers earlier in his career in order to be closer to his family, St. Louis was believed to hold a grudge about being the final player cut from Team Canada's 2014 Olympics roster by his very own GM, which didn't bode well.
St. Louis was ultimately added to that squad thanks to a Steven Stamkos injury, but the damage was done, and soon after, his ticket to the Big Apple was punched.
Filip Forsberg to the Nashville Predators
While this trade did little to aid either team for its playoff push, it had drastic implications later.
The move was a complete head-scratcher: Why did the Capitals give up on a budding prospect so early for a question mark in Erat?
Erat failed miserably in his tenure with his new club, putting up just one goal and three points in the final nine games of the 2013 season and going pointless in the postseason.
He managed just one goal in 53 games with the Capitals the following season before being shipped to the then-Phoenix Coyotes. He's now playing in the KHL.
Meanwhile, in his first taste of the NHL last year, Forsberg impressed by tallying 26 goals and 63 points - marks Erat never hit in 12 full seasons in the league.
Marian Gaborik to the Columbus Blue Jackets
Marian Gaborik has become one of the more talked-about bodies at recent trade deadlines.
It was interesting to see the Rangers deal Gaborik - who'd tallied 41 goals just one season earlier - as the team was heading into the playoffs.
The trade worked appeared to work out for the Rangers, though: Brassard went on to lead the team in scoring in the postseason, totaling 12 points in 12 games, and remains a key piece of the club's roster to this day. The move also set up Gaborik for success later - but not with Columbus.
After setting the American Hockey League on fire, Conacher burst onto the scene in Tampa, potting nine goals and 24 points in his first 35 games. The Lightning appeared to know his capabilities and sold him at his highest value, acquiring their potential franchise goaltender in the process.
Conacher has since been traded twice more and is now producing effectively in the Swiss Elite League, making it fairly easy to name a winner in this transaction.
Bishop, meanwhile, has amassed 104 wins as a member of the Lightning and helped the team reach the Stanley Cup Final last season, falling just two wins shy of hockey's ultimate prize.
Marian Gaborik to the Los Angeles Kings
After the 34-year-old was shipped out to aid a club in 2013, one year later, Gaborik was the key piece in a move to construct a Stanley Cup champion.
The deal paid immediate dividends for the Kings as Gaborik was reborn on the West Coast, putting up five goals and 16 points in 19 games to conclude the regular season.
However, he truly demonstrated his value during the playoffs when he went off for 14 goals and 22 points in 26 games, making a large contribution to the Kings' second Stanley Cup in three seasons.
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Johnson was forced from Thursday's game against the New Jersey Devils with the injury in the second period.
He had dressed in 60 of the team's 62 games this season, recording six goals and 14 points. Meanwhile, the Blue Jackets are expected to call up a replacement from their American Hockey League affiliate.
The deal carries an average annual value of $4,083,000 and runs through the 2021-22 season.
Maatta was a pending restricted free agent with a cap hit of less than $1 million this season.
The 21-year-old ranks third on the Penguins in average time-on-ice at 19:35, logging less than only Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby.
Despite posting only 16 points in 53 games, he's driving possession with an even-strength Corsi For percentage of 51.1, according to War-On-Ice.
The Penguins buy two of Maatta's hypothetical unrestricted free agent years with the six-year pact, as Sportsnet's Chris Johnston points out.
The extension includes a limited no-trade clause in the last two seasons, when Maatta can provide an eight-team list of teams to which he can't be traded, ESPN's Pierre LeBrun reports.
