MILAN -- When Niko Mikkola, Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen take the ice for Team Finland in the semifinals of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at Santagiulia Arena on Friday, they will bring with them a wealth of big-game experience.

Which teams should we expect to make moves by the deadline? Here are the seven clubs — four of them buyers and three of them sellers — that are most likely to wheel and deal before the deadline. Others will make trades too, but these are the teams with the most urgent need to consider a move.

When the NHL returns from the Olympic break, there are only going to be a handful of games before the March 6 NHL Trade Deadline. It is closer than you realize, and we already have a pretty good sense of who the NHL's buyers and sellers will be.

Here, the eight NHL.com and NHL.com/international writers and editors covering the Olympics in Milan make their predictions for the semifinals: Why: Finland's offense has struggled to get going. Keeping Canada down to two or three goals might be possible for Juuse Saros and company, but that still won't be enough.

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The Chicago Blackhawks have an advantage over other NHL teams this week — all but one of their players will be at practice during the Olympic break.

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It’s entirely possible that the Vancouver Canucks have already completed their last major trade of the 2025-26 season. Not their last trade, period. Chances are still very good that UFAs like Evander Kane,