Ed. Note: We're live blogging every hour of the NHL trade deadline until its completion at 3 p.m. EST. Older time-stamped entries are found at the end of the post.
1:59 p.m. ET: Two deals to report: Another Panther is on the move as defenseman Bryan Allen waived his no-trade clause and is on his way to Carolina in exchange for Sergei Samsonov according to Sportsnet.
This is a One Milbury deal. The move frees up cap space for Florida as Allen is signed through next season at a $2.9 million cap hit, while Samsonov will be a UFA this summer. Carolina gets a guy in Allen that averages 19 minutes a night and can provide additional leadership for the Canes.
The Florida firesale continues as does the one in Ottawa as per TSN's Bob McKenzie, the Senators have sent defenseman Chris Campoli and a conditional seventh round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for a conditional second rounder and Ryan Potulny.
How did Campoli hear about the deal? Why he was watching TSN, of course.
Another One Milbury here. With the injury to Jordan Hendry, GM Stan Bowman said over the weekend that he was on the hunt for a blueliner and Campoli (RFA) helps the depth for the Blackhawks. Current Senators GM Bryan Murray continues clearing salary and turning over the roster for the next GM of the Ottawa Senators. Both teams get what they want out of the deal.
1:30 p.m. ET: Last hour, our partner in snark Down Goes Brown tweeted "Let's make our own entertainment. At 12:50, everyone tweet Joffrey Lupul at the same time with some variation of 'Good luck in Long Island!'"
The Philadelphia Flyers website wasn't in on the joke:
Whoops ...
1:07 p.m. ET: As 3 p.m. ET gets closer and closer, the chances of Brad Richards being dealt by the Dallas Stars gets lower and lower. From ESPN Dallas' Richard Durrett:
Stars would need to come to Brad Richards with deal. He did not give them list of teams he'd waive no-trade clause for.
Richards did skate this morning for 45 minutes.
The talk around the Vancouver Canucks has been about whether or not GM Mike Gillis will make a deal and tinker with a roster that sits No. 1 overall in the NHL. Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun believes a move could do some good:
The idea that acquiring a good fourth-line centre or a big, strong winger would upset team chemistry is a canard. The players in the room, who have been the middle of a so-so stretch of performances with not much urgency to win, would probably welcome the minor (or heaven forbid, major) jolt of energy a trade would bring -- and anyway, it's not as though they haven't seen a dozen different bodies on that fourth line already this season.
Marty Reasoner was one of those names linked with the Canucks, but ESPN's Scott Burnside reports he's been told he likely won't be on the move today.
Reminder: The Yahoo! Sports trade tracker which will be updated throughout the day, and our Puck Daddy Trade Deadline Chatter Box, in which 24 of the NHL's top insiders will keep you updated throughout the day.