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Welcome to the NHL Trade Buzz. The 2022 NHL Trade Deadline on March 21 (3 p.m. ET) is two days away.Heres a look around the League at the latest deadline doings:

Nicolas Deslauriers was traded to the Minnesota Wild by the Anaheim Ducks for a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft on Saturday.

Hampus Lindholm was traded to the Boston Bruins by the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday for defensemen John Moore and Urho Vaakanainen and three NHL Draft picks.

The Colorado Avalanche starts a two-game road trip spent in California, first facing the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. MT. In their last game, the Avs shutout the Calgary Flames at home by a final score of 3-0. Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals, while Mikko Rantanen scored the final goal. Rantanen also had one assist, alongside Nazem Kadri, Darren Helm, and J.T. Compher.

Lindholm is a pending unrestricted free agent and has 22 points in 61 games this season while averaging 22:32 of ice time per contest.

The Colorado Avalanche have already made two moves this week ahead of the NHL trade deadline, which is Monday at 1 p.m. Defenseman Josh Manson arrived alongside high praise. There

The 30-year-old blueliner will help Colorado in its own zone, addressing an issue for the club the past few postseasons. We grade both GMs on the swap.

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If Tuesday was Marc-André Fleury's final performance at the United Center in a Blackhawks sweater, it was a masterful one.

Monday’s Josh Manson trade between the Ducks and Avalanche sets a return precedent for a theoretical de Haan trade.