Morning Coffee: A post-NHL trade deadline futures update

The National Football League did it again.

There were 27 trades in the NHL on Monday, and the biggest deal in sports featured the Indianapolis Colts acquiring quarterback Matt Ryan from the Atlanta Falcons.

While the NFL stole the spotlight, we did see some notable NHL trades on deadline day, including Marc-Andre Fleury to the Minnesota Wild, Rickard Rakell to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Andrew Copp to the New York Rangers.

While the Wild and Rangers dealt conditional second-round picks that could turn into first-round picks, it was the first time in five years that a first-round pick wasn’t actually dealt on the NHL trade deadline day.

As was the case with the trades, the biggest movement we saw from an NHL futures perspective happened before deadline day.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Tuesday, March 22, 2022.

Stanley Cup futures updates

The Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames and Carolina Hurricanes are this season’s biggest risers in terms of NHL futures.

The Panthers, which added Claude Giroux and Ben Chiarot in the days leading up to the deadline, went from +2200 to win the Stanley Cup on opening night to +500 this morning.

Only the Colorado Avalanche (+400) have shorter odds to win it all.

Florida is also the favourite to win the Eastern Conference at +250, and an overwhelming favourite to win the Atlantic Division at -700.

The #StanleyCup contenders stocked up and the sellers took advantage of the hot market...@cherylpounder, @cherylpounder, @odognine2 & @rayferrarotsn assess the biggest winners and losers of the trade deadline: https://t.co/oAl7kKNFp7#TSNHockey | #TradeCentre pic.twitter.com/mYNAtHybPD

The Calgary Flames added forward Ryan Carpenter on Monday following trades for Tyler Toffoli and Calle