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Hearing you've been traded is tough; making the move is tougher

Updated: February 28, 2008, 4:50 PM ET
By Scott Burnside | ESPN.com

DALLAS -- The trade deadline.

Players, picks and prospects flit from team to team like chips across the felt; give you this for that and then move on; build, rebuild; pieces on an icy chess board.

And then, there's what happened to Jay Feaster.

The Tampa Bay general manager called Brad Richards on Tuesday morning to tell the former Conn Smythe Trophy winner he had been traded to Dallas. Feaster, Richards and Richards' agent, Pat Morris, had been talking ...

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2008 TRADE DEADLINE

Brian Campbell and Brad Richards both went West and Marian Hossa was sent to the Pens in another big day of deals before Tuesday's 3 p.m. ET trade deadline.

THE DEALS

• Trade Tracker: Complete list of deals

Marian Hossa to Pittsburgh Penguins
• Atlanta sends Marian Hossa and Pascal Dupuis to Pens for Colby Armstrong, Erik Christensen, Angelo Esposito and picks. Trade details

Brad Richards to Dallas Stars
• Tampa Bay trades Brad Richards and Johan Holmqvist to Dallas for Mike Smith, Jeff Halpern, Jussi Jokinen and pick. Trade details

Brian Campbell to San Jose Sharks
• Brian Campbell to San Jose forSteve Bernier and a first-round pick. Trade details

Roundup: Huet traded to Capitals
• Leading off our roundup of the rest of Tuesday's deadline deals is Montreal's move to send goalie Cristobal Huet to the Capitals. Story

ANALYSIS

• Burnside: Grading the deadline deals
• Burnside: The deadline deals that didn't happen
• Burnside: How trades impact playoff picture
• Buccigross: Me, Ken the Otter, and a bunch of deadline intrigue
• Trade deadline blog: Countdown to 3 p.m.
• Fantasy: Hossa headlines deadline deals

WATCH/LISTEN ESPN Video

• Melrose podcast: Maple Leafs, Habs lose out
• Hradek: Breaking down the big deadline deals
• Melrose: Trade deadline winners
• Melrose: Trade deadline losers
• GM Dave Tallon on Blackhawks' moves

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