The NHL trade deadline has passed us by, and to be honest, nothing special happened. The best players were traded before the deadline, and the best available players weren’t moved, which left a bunch of role players to be traded. Exciting, huh? Well, at least there will be no major moves in the NHL odds.

Washington and surprisingly, Phoenix were the busy teams on deadline day, and the Capitals picked up Joe Corvo from Carolina to go on the power play with Mike Green. Milan Jurcina, Eric Belanger and Scott Walker also are headed to Washington, and with their upper-level players like Alex Ovchekin, Alex Semin and Nicklas Backstrom, they don’t really need any stars.

Phoenix, who everyone figured was out of the running after the offseason which almost saw them move to Canada, currently sit in fifth in the Western Conference and may be the biggest surprise of the season. Derek Morris returned to Phoenix from Boston, giving them a big body on the blue line to counter the forwards in San Jose, Chicago and Vancouver. They also acquired Wojtek Wolski from Colorado and Lee Stempniak from Toronto, giving them some more scoring punch. The most intriguing pickup may have been Matheiu Schneider, who has been in Vancouver’s minor-league system, and Schneider could had some championship experience to a young team. Schenider won the Stanley Cup with Montreal back in 1993, and the 40-year-old defenseman has played in 111 playoff games.