The NHL trade deadline is less than a week away, and the market is starting to heat up. The Colorado Avalanche just acquired defenseman Ryan Lindgren from the New York Rangers, and there will be more moves in the coming days.

The Rangers are trading Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Avalanche for Juuso Parssinen, Calvin de Haan. Conditional draft picks are also involved.

The Colorado Avalanche traded for the best friend of one of its top centers. No, not Now, just like Nathan MacKinnon and Crosby last month at the 4 Nations Face-Off, they finally get to play together.

The Rangers on Saturday traded pending unrestricted free agents defenseman Ryan Lindgren and winger Jimmy Vesey, along with unsigned prospect defenseman Hank Kampf, to the Colorado Avalanche for forward Juuso Parssinen,

The Avalanche has a clear need on the blue line. Colorado has added several options to be the No. 6 defenseman since the end of last season, including de Haan as a free agent, but none of them have found a regular, successful spot next to Sam Malinski on the third pairing.

The Colorado Avalanche acquired a big boost ahead of the NHL trade deadline. The Avalanche announced Saturday they traded defenseman Calvin de Haan, forward Juuso Parssinen ad two draft picks to the New York Rangers in exchange for defenseman Ryan Lindgren,

The 27-year-old defenseman, who's played all seven of his NHL seasons in New York, is trying not to let his mind go there.