TRADE DEADLINE REWIND

JARED CLINTON

>VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS ACQUIRE:> Mark Stone> Tobias Lindberg >OTTAWA SENATORS ACQUIRE:> Erik Brannstrom> Oscar Lindberg2020 second-round pick (Egor Sokolov) < THE MAX PACIORETTY deal was the first blockbuster trade in Golden Knights history. But ultimately, acquiring the Canadiens captain was just the amuse-bouche. Because if any trade made clear Vegas’ intention to become more than a feel-good expansion story, it was stepping up to the plate and taking the biggest swing at the 2019 trade deadline. The target? Ottawa Senators alternate captain Mark Stone. Ottawa was in the midst of a full-fledged fire sale, having started the season by sending captain Erik Karlsson packing and later offloading Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel. Stone was the final domino to fall. A pending UFA, Stone had established himself as one of the NHL’s top two-way talents and…

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