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Panthers/Thrashers Get Things Going: More Intra-Southeast Deals to Come? [Updated 11:54]

by Jon Jordan on 02/28/11 at 02:14 PM ET
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[Update: As per Mike Vogel via Twitter, that team Florida was talking d-man with was the Caps indeed. Florida sends Dennis Wideman to Washington for Jake Hauswirth and a third-round pick.]

Southeast Division counterparts Rick Dudley and Dale Tallon hook up to get this trade deadline day going finally, with Niclas Bergfors and Patrick Rissmiller going from Atlanta to Florida and Radek Dvorak and a fifth-round pick headed back the other way.

Dvorak brings a wealth of experience to the Atlanta lineup, including that of four post-season berths in his 15 NHL campaigns. Bergfors, a key component in last year’s Ilya Kovalchuk deal, never really worked out for the Thrashers and was in and out of the lineup and reportedly on the trade block all year. Rissmiller made his Atlanta debut last week after splitting time this season between AHL Chicago and Lake Erie.

I suspect that Florida is just getting started today and this might not be the only time two GMs from the Southeast Division get together on a deal. Rumors of Tampa Bay and Carolina working on a deal involving defenseman Randy Jones have been tossed about today, though nothing there has been completed and well-traveled broadcaster Billy Jaffe tweeted word of Florida talking with another Southeast club about moving a defenseman. (Might that team be Washington? Just a hunch.)

The fun begins…

JJ
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