Two sentences on every trade made in the 48 hours before NHL’s deadline The Hockey Central panel recaps the biggest trade on Deadline Day, the Taylor Hall trade from Buffalo to Boston, delving deep into why this move could wipe out anything that has happened to Hall so far this season. | April 13, 2021, 12:34 PM April 13, 2021, 12:34 PM With the trade deadline officially in our wake, let’s take a quick look back at what happened before powering on towards the post-season. As you’d expect with the flat salary cap in a weird pandemic-tinged year, it was a relatively inactive deadline compared to most years.