LA has acquired forward Jeff Halpern from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Teddy Purcell and a 3rd orund pick 

In a swap of young, struggling wingers, Colorado dealt Wojtek Wolski to Phoenix for Peter Mueller and Kevin Porter.

Carolina has moved forward Scott Walker to thr Washington Capitals for a 7th rd pick.

The Anaheim Ducks have acquired veteran defenseman Aaron Ward from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for goaltender Justin Pogge and a 4th round pick.

The Bruins have acquired defensemen Dennis Seidenberg and Matthew Bartowski from the Florida Panthers in exchange for forwards Byron Bitz, Craig Weller and a 2nd round pick.

The Maple Leafs have dealt recently acquired Martin Skoula to the New Jersey Devils for a 5th round pick.

The Bruins sent defensemanDerek Morris to Coyotes in exchange for a 4th round pick in 2011.

Morris, who played for Phoenix in the past, will be that depth defenseman all playoff teams seek. A two way defender he is reliable in his own end and can help the rush and powerplay. It has been a while since the Coyotes have a buyer at the deadline, and it is nice otsee a struggling franchise, especially one with the very public ownership issues involving Jim Balsillie, to be doing well. Morris will be a good addition to the Phoenix blue line.

This is a bit of an odd move for the Bruins. They signed Morris in the off season because they needed more puck movement form their blue line, andas they are still within reach of the playoffs Morris would be the kind of guy they would want to have. If Bruins Gm Peter Chiarelli flips the pick to fill another need (likely a scoring forward), I will notbe surprised. However, a 4th round pick for Morris, when a similar defender like Jordan Leopold goes for a 2nd rd pick (and in general defenders are going for a 2nd), this is a surprisingly low return. Boston could have done much better than this as it seems they are trying more to free up cap space than anything.

Winner: Phoenix. They get a second a pairing defender for a very cheap deadline price. Boston would have been better off keeping Morris for that price.

The first trade of the day has occurred, with the Montreal Canadiens shipping forward Marc D'Agostini to St. Louis for forward Aaron Palushaj.

D'Agostini was once a fairly touted prospect in Montreal despite being a sixth round pick. He has fallen out of favor after a rough year, Montreal decided to give him a fresh start in St. Louis. Palashuaj is a second round pick from 2007 who has yet to see any NHL duty, this being his first year of pro hockey after attending college at Michigan. While Montreal will have to take the time to develop him, whereas less time is need for D'Agonistini.

Winner: Even. A swap of young players, one of whom is struggling. Time will tell who got the better of this deal, but neither player will make an impact on their team this year.

Why so far? Because having free time tomorrow I will be attempting to do a live blog, barring life getting in the way. So, here are the trades that have gone down in the past 24 hours with my analysis on them. Minor league deals are not included for brevity’s sake.