Hard to grade really because of the situation the team is in where they are in a playoff spot but still a good possibility to miss the playoffs. I would have preferred no trades for incoming players but I understand why they felt they had to. I also believe that it was in the best interests of the organization long term to trade Brodie and recoup some high draft picks for an asset that will be leaving the organization. If Treliving was bold enough to do that it would have been an A+ deadline for the team. I will give Treliving a C- grade because while I don't agree with sending out a 3rd and 4th round draft pick for depth defensemen, it could have been much, much worse as some other teams that also won't get a sniff of the cup made some pretty bad trades around this deadline.
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