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.
3:34 p.m. ET: Late deals coming as teams filed with the NHL before the 3 p.m. ET deadline. First up, Atlanta deals Fredrik Modin to the Calgary Flames for a seventh-round pick. Modin reunites with Jay Feaster, who was GM with Tampa Bay when they won the Stanley Cup in 2004. Modin will become a UFA this summer.
Canucks GM Mike Gillis adds a couple of smaller pieces to his lineup as Florida has dealt Chris Higgins to the Vancouver for Evan Oberg and a third rounder. Higgins is currently sidelined with a broken finger, but he's expected back in the next 7-10 days. Keeping busy right at the 3 p.m. ET deadline, Gillis also added super-pest Maxim Lapierre from the Anaheim Ducks for Joel Perreault and a third-round pick.
One Milbury all around here. Calgary and Vancouver with some minor additions to their lineups, nothing major and nothing that would affect chemistry as some thought. Dale Tallon and the Panthers continue their housecleaning and continue to stockpile draft picks. The combination of a decreased role with the Ducks and the acquisitions of Jarkko Ruutu and Brad Winchester made Lapierre expendable.
3:09 p.m. ET: Brian Burke makes a move, but it's a minor one dealing forward John Mitchell to the New York Rangers for a 2012 seventh-rounder. Mitchell wasn't in the long-term plans for the Leafs and New York gets an extra body up front. One Milbury.
3:05 p.m. ET: The deadline has officially passed, but deals can still trickle through as teams wait to complete trade calls with the NHL.
It's also official that Brad Richards, Ales Hemsky and John-Michael Liles aren't going anywhere despite all the rumored talk of their futures.
Richards was not approached by Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk about waiving his no-trade clause.