We&#8217;re a month and a day out from the NHL&#8217;s March 7th trade deadline, and the market is starting to take shape.

Over the last two weeks, we&#8217;ve seen blockbuster trades sending <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/25/forget-the-blackhawks-the-colorado-avalanche-are-the-big-losers-in-the-mikko-rantanen-trade/">Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes</a> and <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/31/drama-in-vancouver-results-in-canucks-trading-j-t-miller-to-rangers/">JT Miller to the New York Rangers</a>, while other smaller, but still impactful deals have come through.
The Vancouver Canucks also swung a deal to <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/31/vincent-desharnais-era-abruptly-ends-in-vancouver-as-canucks-deal-former-oiler-to-penguins/">acquire Marcus Pettersson and Drew O&#8217;Connor</a>, while the <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/31/flames-swing-trade-with-flyers-nab-two-potential-oilers-targets/">Calgary Flames picked up</a> forward Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost. The Dallas Stars, meanwhile, brought in an old friend of the Oilers in Cody Ceci, while also picking up Mikael Granlund.
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Stan Bowman has the Oilers sniffing around the market right now, reportedly finding himself &#8220;in the mix&#8221; for the Oilers to acquire winger Drew O&#8217;Connor <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/oilers-were-in-the-mix-for-drew-oconnor-before-canucks-nabbed-winger">before the Canucks nabbed him</a>. The Oilers aren&#8217;t expected to sit idle as things continue to happen, though.
And while there&#8217;s been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6084291/2025/01/24/bruins-brad-marchand-trade-deadline/">some chatter</a> about the Boston Bruins potentially trading captain Brad Marchand, Daily Faceoff&#8217;s Frank Seravalli poured cold water on the Oilers potentially being fit during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/1amripeUEYU?si=oYXKZ0pCWKQXUhL_&amp;t=2349">Wednesday appearance on </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/1amripeUEYU?si=oYXKZ0pCWKQXUhL_&amp;t=2349">Oilersnation Everyday</a>.
What Seravalli did highlight, however, is that the Oilers could be looking at the market for acquiring a top-six winger, but that could depend on a few things.
<blockquote>Liam Horrobin: A top-six winger might be something the Oilers look come the deadline, right?
Seravalli: I think they’re going to have to prioritize. That’s why I think this <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/02/03/the-jury-is-still-out-on-john-klingberg-but-the-oilers-need-to-be-looking-for-upgrades-regardless/">(John) Klingberg signing</a> could be so big, Liam, because if he can be that top-four, right-shot D, then you can potentially go after a top-six guy. And then you also have to figure out what is the likelihood <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/10/oilers-winger-evander-kane-undergoes-knee-surgery-causing-him-to-pause-abdominal-surgery-recovery/">Evander Kane</a> can be that impact piece. He might be in-house, or he might be internal. If so, I think what that allows you to be is aggressive in trying to add at the best value proposition you can find, position agnostic.
If you can add a quality middle-six winger, if you could add another impact defenceman, whether it’s speed, whatever it might be, the chessboard becomes open for you to play if you have some degree of certainty if Kane and Klingberg are what you need them to be.
Tyler Yaremchuk: We got a comment in here from McDoused, who says — and our chat is buzzing with it, so I need to ask you — he says ‘perfect segway to Marchand. Top-six guy.’ Can you throw some cold water on that for me? Because I think the rumour is getting a little out of hand in Oil Country.
Seravalli: I don’t understand where some of these things come from. As best as I can tell, the generation of this is quite literally no different than any of the mock deals we did on our show today, which is basically ‘spit out anything you want, who says no?’ But because it came in some sort of ‘reporting fashion,’ that somehow we need to address this, which… okay.
I don’t see the Boston Bruins trading Brad Marchand. Period. Full stop. Is there a place or a position where the Bruins get to this season and they feel like ‘we’re so far out of it, and does it really make sense, as much as he’s been a heart and soul guy, for us to re-sign Brad Marchand to buy the last few seasons of his career?’ Yeah, I could see that, but I don’t think they’re there yet.
Beyond that, I don’t really see him being a fit for the Oilers.</blockquote>
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Marchand, 36, would make all the sense in the world for the Oilers as a top-six addition, if things were to change and he shook loose. He&#8217;s in the final year of an eight-year deal paying him $6.125-million, and his 16-season track record speaks for itself. A Stanley Cup title with the Bruins in 2011, four all-star appearances, five 30-goal seasons and 13 20-goal campaigns. He&#8217;s racked up 420 goals and 972 points in his 1085 regular season games, adding another 56 goals and 138 points in 157 games.
His style of play would fit what the Oilers are looking for in a hard-nosed, elite offensive play driver. He&#8217;d surely add some jam the team is missing. Could you imagine Marchand and Corey Perry mucking things up in the playoffs?
Foot speed is a definite issue for Marchand at this point in his career, with his top speed below the 50th percentile, though he still has speed bursts over 32 km/h grading out in the 61st percentile, according to NHL Edge.
He&#8217;s still scoring, racking up 19 goals and 43 points in 56 games this year, and his play driving in all facets is elite, according to Hockey Viz, who has his impacts slightly above a top-flight first-line player. This season he&#8217;s driving offence at an 11 percent rate above league average and defence at a one percent rate below league average. On the power play, he&#8217;s driving play at a six percent rate above league average and is an incredibly effective penalty killer, bringing positive results at a nine percent rate above league average.
Simply put: Marchand has still got it, and he&#8217;ll get a first-hand look at one Edmonton Oiler in Connor McDavid, when the two take to the ice for the 4-Nations Face-Off.
Citing an anonymous agent, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6084291/2025/01/24/bruins-brad-marchand-trade-deadline/">The Athletic&#8217;s Fluto Shinzawa</a> said a return for Marchand could come in the form of &#8220;a second-round pick and a promising young NHL player under team control.&#8221; The Oilers have <a href="https://puckpedia.com/team/edmonton-oilers">all their second-round picks</a> in future years, as well as some young players with team control.
How Boston fares over the next month will be something to monitor.
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Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QX_QCiZyIo&amp;list=PLRSWOpthKmdtmFOKQDd7TQdTU2KSKXYvX">DFO DFS Report</a>. He can be followed on Twitter, currently known as X, at <a href="http://www.x.com/zjlaing">@zjlaing</a>, or reached by email at zach@thenationnetwork.com.
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We're a month and a day out from the NHL's March 7th trade deadline, and the market is starting to take shape.



Over the last two weeks, we've seen blockbuster trades sending <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/25/forget-the-blackhawks-the-colorado-avalanche-are-the-big-losers-in-the-mikko-rantanen-trade/">Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes</a> and <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/31/drama-in-vancouver-results-in-canucks-trading-j-t-miller-to-rangers/">JT Miller to the New York Rangers</a>, while other smaller, but still impactful deals have come through.

The Vancouver Canucks also swung a deal to <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/31/vincent-desharnais-era-abruptly-ends-in-vancouver-as-canucks-deal-former-oiler-to-penguins/">acquire Marcus Pettersson and Drew O'Connor</a>, while the <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/31/flames-swing-trade-with-flyers-nab-two-potential-oilers-targets/">Calgary Flames picked up</a> forward Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost. The Dallas Stars, meanwhile, brought in an old friend of the Oilers in Cody Ceci, while also picking up Mikael Granlund.
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Stan Bowman has the Oilers sniffing around the market right now, reportedly finding himself "in the mix" for the Oilers to acquire winger Drew O'Connor <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/oilers-were-in-the-mix-for-drew-oconnor-before-canucks-nabbed-winger">before the Canucks nabbed him</a>. The Oilers aren't expected to sit idle as things continue to happen, though.

And while there's been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6084291/2025/01/24/bruins-brad-marchand-trade-deadline/">some chatter</a> about the Boston Bruins potentially trading captain Brad Marchand, Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli poured cold water on the Oilers potentially being fit during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/1amripeUEYU?si=oYXKZ0pCWKQXUhL_&amp;t=2349">Wednesday appearance on </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/1amripeUEYU?si=oYXKZ0pCWKQXUhL_&amp;t=2349">Oilersnation Everyday</a>.

What Seravalli did highlight, however, is that the Oilers could be looking at the market for acquiring a top-six winger, but that could depend on a few things.
<blockquote>Liam Horrobin: A top-six winger might be something the Oilers look come the deadline, right?

Seravalli: I think they’re going to have to prioritize. That’s why I think this <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/02/03/the-jury-is-still-out-on-john-klingberg-but-the-oilers-need-to-be-looking-for-upgrades-regardless/">(John) Klingberg signing</a> could be so big, Liam, because if he can be that top-four, right-shot D, then you can potentially go after a top-six guy. And then you also have to figure out what is the likelihood <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/01/10/oilers-winger-evander-kane-undergoes-knee-surgery-causing-him-to-pause-abdominal-surgery-recovery/">Evander Kane</a> can be that impact piece. He might be in-house, or he might be internal. If so, I think what that allows you to be is aggressive in trying to add at the best value proposition you can find, position agnostic.

If you can add a quality middle-six winger, if you could add another impact defenceman, whether it’s speed, whatever it might be, the chessboard becomes open for you to play if you have some degree of certainty if Kane and Klingberg are what you need them to be.

Tyler Yaremchuk: We got a comment in here from McDoused, who says — and our chat is buzzing with it, so I need to ask you — he says ‘perfect segway to Marchand. Top-six guy.’ Can you throw some cold water on that for me? Because I think the rumour is getting a little out of hand in Oil Country.

Seravalli: I don’t understand where some of these things come from. As best as I can tell, the generation of this is quite literally no different than any of the mock deals we did on our show today, which is basically ‘spit out anything you want, who says no?’ But because it came in some sort of ‘reporting fashion,’ that somehow we need to address this, which… okay.

I don’t see the Boston Bruins trading Brad Marchand. Period. Full stop. Is there a place or a position where the Bruins get to this season and they feel like ‘we’re so far out of it, and does it really make sense, as much as he’s been a heart and soul guy, for us to re-sign Brad Marchand to buy the last few seasons of his career?’ Yeah, I could see that, but I don’t think they’re there yet.

Beyond that, I don’t really see him being a fit for the Oilers.</blockquote>
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Marchand, 36, would make all the sense in the world for the Oilers as a top-six addition, if things were to change and he shook loose. He's in the final year of an eight-year deal paying him $6.125-million, and his 16-season track record speaks for itself. A Stanley Cup title with the Bruins in 2011, four all-star appearances, five 30-goal seasons and 13 20-goal campaigns. He's racked up 420 goals and 972 points in his 1085 regular season games, adding another 56 goals and 138 points in 157 games.

His style of play would fit what the Oilers are looking for in a hard-nosed, elite offensive play driver. He'd surely add some jam the team is missing. Could you imagine Marchand and Corey Perry mucking things up in the playoffs?

Foot speed is a definite issue for Marchand at this point in his career, with his top speed below the 50th percentile, though he still has speed bursts over 32 km/h grading out in the 61st percentile, according to NHL Edge.

He's still scoring, racking up 19 goals and 43 points in 56 games this year, and his play driving in all facets is elite, according to Hockey Viz, who has his impacts slightly above a top-flight first-line player. This season he's driving offence at an 11 percent rate above league average and defence at a one percent rate below league average. On the power play, he's driving play at a six percent rate above league average and is an incredibly effective penalty killer, bringing positive results at a nine percent rate above league average.

Simply put: Marchand has still got it, and he'll get a first-hand look at one Edmonton Oiler in Connor McDavid, when the two take to the ice for the 4-Nations Face-Off.

Citing an anonymous agent, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6084291/2025/01/24/bruins-brad-marchand-trade-deadline/">The Athletic's Fluto Shinzawa</a> said a return for Marchand could come in the form of "a second-round pick and a promising young NHL player under team control." The Oilers have <a href="https://puckpedia.com/team/edmonton-oilers">all their second-round picks</a> in future years, as well as some young players with team control.

How Boston fares over the next month will be something to monitor.

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Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QX_QCiZyIo&amp;list=PLRSWOpthKmdtmFOKQDd7TQdTU2KSKXYvX">DFO DFS Report</a>. He can be followed on Twitter, currently known as X, at <a href="http://www.x.com/zjlaing">@zjlaing</a>, or reached by email at zach@thenationnetwork.com.

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