In order to cover Wednesday's trade deadline, TSN had nine correspondents in the field, six satellite contributors, five panelists, four insiders, four reporters, three instant analysts, a "satirical blogger," a live blogger and a host. Canada's Sports Leader came on the air at 7 a.m. and provided deadline coverage for 10 hours straight.
"There is a chance that TSN's coverage leading into the 3 pm deadline will be must-see TV," wrote Star Tribune Wild beat writer Michael Russo, one of the greatest hockey minds in the business, "for no reason other than to watch how a 30-person team can twiddle its thumbs for hours."
Yes, with Jaromir Jagr, Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow and countless others already dealt prior to the show's 7 a.m. airing, TSN's trade deadline coverage had the potential of becoming hockey's version of the power outage intermission during the Super Bowl.
Instead, this turned out to be one of the most eventful deadlines in recent history. Seventeen trades were made on Wednesday, which tops the 16 that were completed on deadline day in 2011 and 2012. In fact, 12 trades were made from 2-3 p.m.
Unlike my usual weekly power rankings, which focus heavily on recent performance (and admittedly, last week's rankings focused way too much on recent performance—thanks again everyone for your comments!), this special post-trade-deadline slideshow looks at things through a larger scope.
Remember the weekly rankings place more emphasis on recent performance. Therefore, you might see a large jump here. Again, this slideshow focuses more on the big picture rather than how each team performed this week.
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