2017 NHL Trade Deadline: Top 25 Available Players

The 2017 NHL Trade Deadline is set for March 1, 2017, and the names on our top 25 list are starting to move. Many in our top 10 and have found new homes, while there is still plenty of moves to come.

In an effort to keep up-to-date with the most popular targets rumoured as on the trade block, THW has put together a list of the 25 best players that have been talked about regarding a trade this season. This list will be updated as trades are made or player earn their way onto and work their way off of the list.

THW Trade Deadline Coverage:  Trade Tracker | No-Trade/Movement Clauses | Rumour Tracker

THW Top 25 Available Players
No.	Player	Player Details	Linked Teams
1		Name: Kevin Shattenkirk Pos: D Age: 27 Salary: $4.25	Traded to the Washington Capitals
2		Name: Martin Hanzal Pos: C Age: 29 Salary: $3.1M	Traded to the Minnesota Wild
3		Name: Matt Duchene Pos: C Age: 26 Salary: $6M	Montreal Nashville New York Islanders St. Louis Ottawa
4		Name: Radim Vrbata Pos: RW Age: 35 Salary: $1.5M	Ottawa Chicago Columbus San Jose Anaheim
5		Name: Ben Bishop Pos: G Age: 30 Salary: $5.95M	Traded to the Los Angeles Kings
6		Name: Thomas Vanek Pos: RW Age: 32 Salary: $2.6M	Traded to the  Florida Panthers
7		Name: Gabriel Landeskog Pos: LW Age: 24 Salary: $5.57M	New York Rangers Los Angeles Boston Ottawa
8		Name: Marc-Andre Fleury Pos: G Age: 32 Salary: $5.75M	Calgary Carolina Winnipeg St. Louis
9		Name: Patrick Eaves Pos: RW Age: 32 Salary: $1M	Traded to Anaheim Ducks
10		Name: Michael Stone Pos: D Age: 26 Salary: $4M	Traded to Calgary Flames
11		Name: Evander Kane Pos: LW Age: 25 Salary: $5.3M	Detroit St. Louis
12		Name: Patrick Sharp Pos: RW Age: 35 Salary: $5.9M	Pittsburgh San Jose New York Rangers
13		Name: Patrik Berglund Pos: C Age: 28 Salary: $3.7M	Signed extension to stay in St. Louis
14		Name: Shane Doan Pos: RW Age: 40 Salary: $3.8M	San Jose Washington New York Rangers Anaheim
15		Name: Jarome Iginla Pos: RW Age: 39 Salary: $5.3	Traded to Los Angeles Kings
16		Name: Brian Boyle Pos: LW Age: 32 Salary: $2M	Traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs
17		Name: Dmitry Kulikov Pos: D Age: 26 Salary: $4.3M	Pittsburgh Washington Edmonton Toronto
18		Name: Jannik Hansen Pos: RW Age: 30 Salary: $2.5M	Traded to the  San Jose Sharks
19		Name: Johnny Oduya Pos: D Age: 35 Salary: $3.75M	Traded to the Chicago Blackhawks
20		Name: Alex Burrows Pos: RW Age: 35 Salary: $4.5M	Traded to the Ottawa Senators
21		Name: Jaroslav Halak Pos: G Age: 31 Salary: $4.5M	Edmonton Calgary Boston
22		Name: Ron Hainsey Pos: D Age: 35 Salary: $2.8M	Traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins
23		Name: Mathieu Perreault Pos: LW Age: 29 Salary: $3M	Florida Ottawa New York Islanders
24		Name: Brendan Smith Pos: D Age: 27 Salary: $2.75M	Traded to the New York Rangers
25		Name: Valtteri Filppula Pos: C Age: 32 Salary: $5M	Traded to the  Philadelphia Flyers

Notables

There are plenty of players not on this list of 25 who could potentially see a change of scenery. Those include youngsters from Arizona, Anthony Duclair and from Ottawa, Curtis Lazar. Meanwhile, players like Drew Stafford from Winnipeg and Brian Gionta from Buffalo deserve some consideration. So does Jaroslav Halak from the Islanders who may get some attention.

What we know, is that teams like Arizona and Colorado are in full sell mode. Franchises like Dallas and Carolina have just joined the sellers group. Detroit, Tampa Bay, Vancouver and Buffalo may not be far behind.

Expansion

What will make this year’s deadline all the more interesting is the way teams incorporate the upcoming NHL Expansion Draft into their plans. Will teams move players in an effort to get something instead of nothing? Will general managers make trades with the Vegas Golden Knights in an effort to keep some of their assets untouchable? The expansion draft makes the 2017 Trade Deadline just a bit more unpredictable. For fans of the NHL, the draft also makes things just a bit more “must-see”.