The NHL trade deadline passed Wednesday afternoon.

Although several teams made moves to improve their rosters, others failed to make deals to address areas of weakness.

Among the most notable NHL trade day winners is the Los Angeles Kings.

Seated in fourth place in the Western conference at the deadline, the Kings weren’t expected to contend for a playoff spot in the west so soon. However with that a legitimate possibility with just 20 games left in the regular season, the Kings added some key veteran pieces on trade deadline day in Jeff Halpern and Fred Modin. What’s more impressive is it cost the Kings no higher than a third-round draft pick to make the desired moves.

Another team that wasn’t expected to contend for a playoff spot out west so soon was the Phoenix Coyotes. The Coyotes acquired some offensive pieces at the deadline adding Wojtek Wolski from Colorado and Lee Stempniak from Toronto.

Although they made their deals before the deadline day, the Pittsburgh Penguins also made significant moves to improve their roster, acquiring a top-six forward in winger Alex Ponikarovsky and a depth defenseman in Jordon Leopold while losing no pieces that will hinder the team in the immediate future.

The Carolina Hurricanes, ranked fourteenth overall in the East heaing into deadline day, did an excellent job compiling northbet.com picks and prospects in a rebuilding effort.