Hello everyone, welcome to Trade Wars, the ninth installment. As the series is winding down, I'd just like to say thank you to everyone who commented, voted and viewed. Its been really fun for HF101 and I and we want to do it again next season. So without further ado, lets get to the trades that we have already completed.

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New York Rangers trade:

Wojtek Wolski, Artem Anisimov, Dan Girardi and a conditional 2012 1st round pick

(if the Rangers make it to the Eastern Conference Finals)

To the Calgary Flames for:

Jarome Iginla.

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Vancouver Canucks trade

Robert Luongo

To the Florida Panthers for

Scott Clemmenson, Rasmus Bengtsson, Nick Bjugstad and Florida's 1st round pick in 2012

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Buffalo Sabres trade:

Paul Gaustad, Patrick Kaleta, Andrej Sekera and a 2012 2nd round pick

to the Chicago Blackhawks for

Brandon Pirri, Kyle Beach, Nick Leddy and Andrew Shaw

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Philadelphia Flyers trade

James Van Riemsdyke, Jody Shelley, Marc-Andre Bourdon and a 2012 2nd round draft pick

To the Los Angeles Kings for:

Jack Johnson, Trent Hunter and Thomas Hickey

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Nashville Predators trade

Ryan Suter and Chet Pickard

To the Pittsburgh Penguins for

Paul Martin and Tyler Kennedy

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The Toronto Maple Leafs offer:

Clarke MacArthur, Tyler Bozak and a 2012 1st round pick

to The Columbus Blue Jackets for

Jeff Carter

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The Minnesota Wild trade:

Josh Harding

To the Tampa Bay Lightening for

Teddy Purcell and Carter Aston

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The Detroit Red Wings trade:

Petr Mrazek, Landon Ferraro and a 2012 3rd round pick

to Winnipeg Jets for

Johnny Oduya and Chris Mason

the latest deals that HF accepted in the previous blog.....

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The Carolina Hurricanes trade:

Tuomo Ruutu and Bryan Allen

To the Colorado Avalanche for

Joey Hishon, Cameron Gaunce and Tyson Barrie

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The Ottawa Senators trade:

Filip Kuba

To the Anaheim Ducks for:

Jason Blake

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The Washington Capitals trade:

Jeff Schultz, Mike Knuble, Braden Holtby, and a 2012 1st round pick (Colorado)

To the Edmonton Oilers for

Ales Hemsky, Magnus Paargarvi-Svensson and Cam Barker

now the offers I accept from HF in his latest blog...

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The Dallas Stars trade:

Radek Dvorak and Brett Richie

To the New Jersey Devils for:

Dainius Zubrus

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The St Louis Blues trade:

Kris Russel and Jori Lehtera

To the New York Islanders for:

Milan Jurcina

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I love the fact that we're getting a cagey vet in Radek Dvorak and a great prospect in Brett Richie (here is his prospect profile -----> http://www.hockeysfu...s/brett_ritchie) for the aging, dried up Dainius Zubrus. Dvorak has 20 points this season and would be a welcome addition to New Jersey's roster. While I didn't get the young goalie prospect I wanted to get for New Jersey, I did manage to get young Brett Richie, who is projected to be a top 6 forward and based on his scouting report, he seems like he could be comparable to Milan Lucic.

As for the Isles deal, I accepted it because Jurcina will definitely help St. Louis in their play off run, and we will get two solid players in return. Kris Russel has offensive upside and has the potential to run a 2nd powerplay unit. While Jori Lehtera (here is his prospect profile ---> http://www.hockeysfu...ts/jori_lehtera) is a young, big center who can score; a hot commodity in the NHL these days. I liked this offer from HF.

Now to get to the two trades I declined from HF....

HF's first counter offer:

The Phoenix Coyotes offer:

Ray Whitney

To the Boston Bruins for

Jared Knight

Offer Declined:I decided to reject this offer because Jared Knight will be a scoring machine in the NHL. He is slotted as a future 2nd line power forward, and he drives the net hard (here is his prospect profile ----> ( http://www.hockeysfu...ts/jared_knight). I don't think trading a prospect of his caliber for the aging rental Ray Whitney is beneficial for us looking forward. I am going to abandon all talks between Phoenix and Boston.

HF's second counter offer:

The San Jose Sharks offer:

Brandon Mashinter and a third round pick

To the Montreal Canadiens for

Andrei Kostitsyn

Offer Declined: This offer has been rejected because I think we can get more for Andrei than a future 4th line power forward. I am going to abandon all talks between San Jose and Montreal.

First offer:

The Montreal Canadiens offer:

Andrei Kostitsyn, Chris Campoli, Mike Blunden and a 2013 2nd round pick

to The Phoenix Coyotes for:

Rostislav Klesla and Gilbert Brule

Why I like this offer is because Phoenix will get a bit of everything in this deal: a 2nd - 3rd line scoring winger for a different threat besides Whitney, Doan and Vbrata, a puck moving defenceman who can play on a second power play unit, a grinding 4th line forward who can chip in offensively and a promised 2nd rounder in the 2013 draft. My Habs on the other side, will get a 29 year old defenceman who is going to hit his stride in the next year or two and a big (FRENCH) forward in Gilbert Brule, who hasn't really caught on to the NHL game yet. I think its a win-win scenario for both teams, as Montreal takes a gamble on Brule but receives Klesla, and Phoenix gambles on Campoli but gets Kostitsyn, plus others.

Second offer:

The Boston Bruins offer:

Greg Campbell and a 2012 2nd round pick

to The San Jose Sharks for:

Doug Murray

Even though San Jose just traded for Moore, any team will benefit from having Greg Campbell playing for them. Greg, son of former NHL sheriff Colin Campbell, is a hard hitting, face off winning, grinding center who play off teams would truly drool over this trade deadline. Coming back to Boston will be hard hitting defender Doug Murray, who will certainly lay a few crippling hits on my Habs this post season

Okay guys so there it is. Hopefully we'll get this done before Monday!!!! Don't forget to comment and vote!!!!!!