NHL's quartet of rookie GMs hit ground running at trade deadline

Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes and Anaheim Ducks counterpart Pat Verbeek accumulated plenty of assets ahead of the NHL trade deadline.

Vancouver's Patrik Allvin, meanwhile, started to put his stamp on the Canucks.

And Kyle Davidson of Chicago dealt the reigning Vezina Trophy winner as that franchise pivots to its rebuild.

He also appeared to ruffle some feathers.

The league's four rookie GMs — three of whom have been on the job a matter of months — all had eventful lead-ins to the league's 3 p.m. ET cutoff Monday.

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Hughes, who was hired Jan. 18, scooped up a boatload of picks and prospects in five separate trades since the middle of February, including sending winger Tyler Toffoli to the Calgary Flames and defenceman Ben Chiarot to the Florida Panthers. Montreal also waved goodbye to winger Arturri Lehkonen (Colorado Avalanche) and blue-liner Brett Kulak (Edmonton Oilers).

Verbeek, who got the Anaheim job Feb. 3, also shipped veterans out, turning winger Rickard Rakell (Pittsburgh Penguins), defenceman Hampus Lindholm (Boston Bruins), forward Nicolas Deslauriers (Minnesota Wild) and blue-liner Josh Manson (Colorado) into 12 combined assets.

"You have to evaluate the situation you're in and where you are in your process," Verbeek told reporters in Anaheim. "This is the decision the organization made."

Allvin was in a slightly different position compared to the league's three other recent GM hires with Vancouver still in the Western Conference playoff conversation.

The Canucks did, however, trade veteran defenceman Travis Hamonic to the Ottawa Senators and acquire a younger blue-liner with more upside in Travis Dermott from the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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