Douglas Murray returned two 2nd's and Brewer is better then him. Veteran D hold decent value at the deadline. Not saying we could've done better holding onto him.
I think we got Edmonton's 3rd because we retained salary. Anaheim was also desperate which helped.
I'll take a 3rd in this draft over 2 2nds in that draft any day.
As for those looking at the bigger picture and possibly picking up a rental dman. There honestly arent that many appealing options.
Top one IMO is Sekera but he will cost a ton and he's a lefty. Another "big name" guy is Mike Green, great puck moving righty but the defense not so much.
Teams that are gonna make the playoffs aren't going to trade top 4 guys. So guys like Martin won't be available.
Here's the list:
Irwin, Matt » D 26 SJS 11 2 1 3 4 -9 17.67
McBain, Jamie » D 26 LAK 8 1 2 3 0 0 11.88
Petry, Jeff » D 26 EDM 22 1 2 3 4 -13 20.19
Bartkowski, Matt » D 26 BOS 10 0 3 3 4 1 17.83
Bellemore, Brett » D 26 CAR 13 0 3 3 12 1 15.01
Holzer, Korbinian » D 26 TOR 1 0 0 0 0 2 17.83
Franson, Cody » D 27 TOR 20 3 11 14 8 7 20.20
Martinez, Alec » D 27 LAK 17 2 5 7 2 9 19.71
Staal, Marc » D 27 NYR 21 0 4 4 22 3 23.00
Schlemko, David » D 27 ARI 11 1 2 3 4 -3 17.02
Stollery, Karl » D 27 COL 1 0 0 0 0 1 12.48
Wilson, Ryan » D 27 COL 3 0 0 0 0 -3 11.21
Sekera, Andrej » D 28 CAR 20 0 8 8 4 -4 22.61
Prosser, Nate » D 28 MIN 17 1 1 2 6 -4 14.53
McQuaid, Adam » D 28 BOS 20 1 1 2 19 2 19.41
S.-Denis, F. » D 28 CBJ 4 0 1 1 0 -1 13.30
Butler, Chris » D 28 STL 2 0 0 0 7 0 11.65
Hillen, Jack » D 28 WAS 2 0 0 0 0 1 13.23
Diaz, Raphael » D 28 CGY 9 0 0 0 2 -2 11.75
Green, Mike » D 29 WAS 19 3 9 12 6 2 19.94
Hunwick, Matt » D 29 NYR 19 0 6 6 8 4 17.83
Meszaros, Andrej » D 29 BUF 16 0 3 3 18 -6 19.33
Kostka, Mike » D 29 NYR 7 0 1 1 0 1 15.39
Boychuk, Johnny » D 30 NYI 21 2 12 14 10 7 22.17
Strachan, Tyson » D 30 BUF 12 0 4 4 4 -1 18.65
Pardy, Adam » D 30 WPG 12 0 2 2 10 3 14.98
Benoit, Andre » D 30 BUF 15 0 0 0 8 -13 20.78
Michalek, Zbynek » D 31 ARI 23 0 5 5 2 -4 20.87
Gleason, Tim » D 31 CAR 19 1 3 4 17 -4 16.46
Colaiacovo, Carlo » D 31 PHI 5 0 2 2 4 2 16.48
Harrold, Peter » D 31 NJD 1 0 0 0 0 -2 19.70
Ehrhoff, C. » D 32 PIT 21 0 7 7 4 13 21.66
Schultz, Nick » D 32 PHI 20 0 5 5 14 4 18.91
Volchenkov, Anton » D 32 NSH 18 0 3 3 4 5 13.86
Ballard, Keith » D 32 MIN 10 0 1 1 21 -1 13.54
Martin, Paul » D 33 PIT 21 1 4 5 10 6 22.39
Jackman, Barret » D 33 STL 22 0 4 4 13 1 16.78
Oduya, Johnny » D 33 CHI 22 1 1 2 8 1 20.39
Beauchemin, F. » D 34 ANA 18 0 5 5 6 3 22.72
Regehr, Robyn » D 34 LAK 20 1 2 3 19 5 19.48
Leopold, Jordan » D 34 CBJ 12 1 1 2 4 -2 15.05
Allen, Bryan » D 34 MTL 8 0 1 1 4 -2 17.06
Brewer, Eric » D 35 ANA 17 0 4 4 18 5 17.84
Hannan, Scott » D 35 SJS 17 0 0 0 10 -1 16.04
Weaver, Mike » D 36 MTL 21 0 4 4 6 2 15.40
Hejda, Jan » D 36 COL 23 0 4 4 12 -3 21.33
Rozsival, Michal » D 36 CHI 13 0 1 1 4 2 16.16
Zidlicky, Marek » D 37 NJD 22 3 8 11 18 -2 21.58
Visnovsky, L. » D 38 NYI 16 1 5 6 0 5 20.58
Salvador, Bryce » D 38 NJD 15 0 2 2 20 -5 18.50