Our plans for deadline day

by Travis Hughes on Mar 2, 2010 10:00 AM EST in Features

Trade deadline day (and the days leading up to it) are some of the most entertaining days on the calendar each hockey year. In terms of Internet traffic, it very well may be the biggest. With that in mind, here are our plans for deadline day.

We'll have one big open thread for all the rumors and non-Flyers deals. It'll be open pretty early in the morning, probably around 8 AM, ready for action. We'll update the main post body with information as the day progresses, but most of the action will be in the comments. We can all bounce rumors off of each other as they day goes on and have the usual lively discussion to which we're accustomed.

If the Flyers make a deal, or there's a large bit of speculation surrounding the team like we saw Monday night with the Dan Hamhuis rumors, a story will be published with the details.

If you'd like one centralized location for trade information, SBNation.com really might have the best comprehensive coverage around. Using all the resources of the SBN Hockey network, myself and the other contributors to the SBN.com hockey page will be updating one so-called story stream with all the information as it happens.

For an example of how this concept works, head on over to that stream now. We've already covered all of Monday's moves over there and you can see how effective we're able to combine trade news and instant fan analysis all in one place. For a more raw look at all the trade news and analysis from around SBN Hockey, check out our trade deadline hub.

Also, for live updates from the best Flyers news sources on the web, check out our Flyers Twitter tracker. It centralizes all of the messages from the best Flyers news sources in one spot and in real time. It's linked on the left side of the home page at all times, too. Not just a trade deadline feature.

We're taping Broad Street Hockey Radio on Tuesday evening and it'll be available on Wednesday morning, just in time for the deadline. We'll, of course, be discussing the latest wheeling and dealing.

If you have any suggestions for our deadline coverage, leave it in the comments.

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come on pull the trigger Hartnell for Johnson

You cut major salary and get a young defenceman. And what is going on with the guy we picked up from Detroit. He is either moving to the Carter line or moving out of Philly.

by whosyourjockey on Mar 2, 2010 10:22 AM EST reply actions

I think Leino should be in Adirondack, but he has a one-way deal and can’t be sent down since he’d probably get picked up. And he’s unlikely to find playing time as a LW with Gagne, Hartnell, JVR, and Carcillo stacked on that side.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 2, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions

Teach him to be a right winger – we don’t have enough of those.

(And yes, I know that’s much easier said than done.)

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by The Dark on Mar 2, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions

I remember I joined this site last season to talk about the trade deadline. I know it doesn’t mean much(and probably sounds creepy) but congrats on keeping this site so awesome that it kept me coming back a whole year.

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by JpH89 on Mar 2, 2010 10:33 AM EST reply actions

I love deadline day. I should plan to always take it off and just post nonsense, unfortunately, I’ll probably be busy all day and then headed off to see the Flyers vs. Panthers that night.

I’m just hoping that Holmgren doesn’t completely destroy this team like he did last season. (okay, I’m exaggerating, but you get my point)

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by HockeyOutsiders on Mar 2, 2010 11:18 AM EST reply actions

The Thrashers signed Chris Chelios....

Why?

by EREX21 on Mar 2, 2010 12:32 PM EST reply actions

I have no clue

But can we sign Hextall to beat him up again?

"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"

by The Dark on Mar 2, 2010 12:38 PM EST up reply actions

great idea on Hextall that is so funny.

by whosyourjockey on Mar 2, 2010 12:48 PM EST up reply actions

Insurance in case of injury during a playoff run.

Yes, you can laugh at that sentence.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 2, 2010 12:53 PM EST up reply actions

I’m not sure which part confuses me more, the “insurance” or the “playoff run”

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I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"

by The Dark on Mar 2, 2010 1:16 PM EST up reply actions

Right now, Atlanta is the 8th seed in the East.

by MarioD on Mar 2, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t doubt they have a shot at making the playoffs. The idea of them making a playoff run is still confusing. They’re the epitome of the phrase first-round exit.

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I'll be right there
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Believe"

by The Dark on Mar 2, 2010 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

If they can sell tickets to just two home playoff games, it might make their fiscal year.

by MarioD on Mar 2, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions

You know the reason

so they can trade a young future top-4 defenseman (coughcoughBogosianorEnstromcoughcough) for an almost-done veteran defenseman.

Bogosian for Pronger, in other words, or something to that extent.

Just kidding, but these older players seem to always be good influences on younger players. Bogosian can look up to a fellow American defenseman in Chelios.

Ovechkin = Green Backs

by red army line on Mar 2, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions