After a dearth of player-centered trades on Day 1 of the 2024 NHL draft, there was a blockbuster to begin Day 2.
One team might be able to keep its captain and possibly add another big player, while the other showed it's serious about taking big swings ahead of the first season in franchise history.
The Tampa Bay Lightning took an opportunity to potentially solve their Steven Stamkos problem by trading defenseman Mikhail Sergachev to the Utah Hockey Club for defenseman J.J. Moser, center Conor Geekie, a 2025 second-round pick (via Toronto) and a 2024 seventh-round pick.
It's a trade with quite a bit of significance for several reasons.
Which GM did better in the swap? Here are our grades for both teams.