2023 NHL trade deadline: Grades for every big deal

The March 3 NHL trade deadline is less than a week away. And big deals are happening, with the Toronto Maple Leafs acquiring center Ryan O'Reilly, the New York Islanders trading for Bo Horvat, the New York Rangers bringing in Vladimir Tarasenko and the New Jersey Devils landing Timo Meier.

We're breaking down and grading all of the biggest moves from now through the deadline.

Jump to a deal:Meier (NJ)Barbashev (VGK)Niederreiter (WPG)Orlov (BOS)O'Reilly (TOR)Tarasenko (NYR)Horvat (NYI)

The trade: The Lightning acquire forward Tanner Jeannot in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2023 draft, a fourth-round pick in the 2023 draft, a fifth-round pick in the 2023 draft, a second-round pick in the 2024 draft, a conditional first-round pick in the 2025 draft and defenseman Cal Foote.

Here's one way to think about this trade: Tanner Jeannot landed as many draft picks as Ryan O'Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko did… combined.

Everything about this past weekend showed the Predators are an organization that is thinking about their future. That was made clear Saturday when they traded Nino Niederreiter to the Winnipeg Jets. It was even more evident Sunday when David Poile, the only general manager in franchise history, announced he was stepping down at the end of the season and would be replaced by former Preds coach Barry Trotz.

Jeannot was a pending restricted free agent who could have been part of that future. His offensive production dipped from scoring 24 goals and 41 points in 81 games last season to just five goals and 14 points in 56 games this season. His cap hit only cost them $800,000, and they could have either signed him to a $750,000 qualifying offer to keep him for one more season or they could have signed him to a