from Michael Traikos of the National Post,

The road to the Stanley Cup is going through Tampa Bay.

Or is it Winnipeg? Or Pittsburgh? Or Las Vegas, Boston or Nashville? Or maybe it’s San Jose?

It’s tough to say after the significant improvements made by the NHL’s top contenders before Monday’s 3 p.m. ET NHL trade deadline. Every team got better. Almost ever player who was rumoured to be on the move is wearing a different jersey today....

It was hard to find a team that wasn’t going for it. General managers parted with first-round picks like Oprah Winfrey giving out automobiles. Almost every team got one.

With six weeks to go to the playoffs, the balance of power hasn’t really shifted. If anything, the gap between the contenders and the pretenders has widened.

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