Giordano, Fleury among players available before NHL trade deadline

Mark Giordano played his 1,000th regular-season NHL game in a Seattle Kraken uniform and skated in four more before the team sat him to avoid the risk of injury.

The respected veteran defenceman and first captain of the expansion franchise was even a healthy scratch when he was honoured at home for the milestone. Giordano's 1,005th game almost certainly will be with another team.

After the recent trades of Claude Giroux to Florida, Brandon Hagel to Tampa Bay and Hampus Lindholm to Boston, Giordano and reigning Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury are the most prominent players still available before the deadline. Dozens of depth moves are expected before 3 p.m. ET Monday, with contenders in the Eastern and Western Conferences bulking up for long playoff runs.

Here's a look at who could be on the move:

More important than any regular-season numbers, Giordano would love to get back to the playoffs and take a run at the Stanley Cup. Despite playing 16 NHL seasons — the first 15 with the Calgary Flames — he has dressed in only 23 playoff games.

Even at 38, Giordano has a game well-suited for playoff hockey, and his presence would give any team a boost in a locker room of players trying to help a guy hoist the Cup in his twilight years.

It's more "if" Fleury will be traded than "where to" because he has strong protection in his contract and Chicago word that they will move him only if that's his choice. It's quite possible nothing materializes and he remains in Chicago the rest of the season.

The Washington Capitals in recent weeks asked around about multiple goaltenders, including Fleury. But after so many memorable playoff series against the Capitals while with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Fleury doesn't seem keen