Hockey Wilderness' 2009 NHL Trade Deadline Open Thread

Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope you enjoy today as much as I do. Click on the button above to acces SB*Nation's NHL Trade Deadline hub. That page will have updates from across SB*Nation's NHL community. There will be articles there from each team's site covering the moves of the day.

We here are Hockey Wilderness will be posting moves as they happen in the comments section, so please feel free to drop by and let us know what you think of the various transactions, the impact those moves may have on the Wild, and of course, breaking news as it happens.

After the jump, I've listed the Wild's potential commodities.

So, here are the guys we think will be on the block

While the injury-bug and his repaired hips are clearly an issue, and have likely brought his trade value down to AIG stock levels, the fact remains that he is a juicy target for a team willing to take that risk to add his scoring punch to a Stanley Cup playoff run.

Johnsson's price-tag is high at $5.2 this season, but unlike many others, he's under contract for next season as well at $5.3M. While this will hurt his value as a rental player, he may be a juicy target for a team looking past this season, and getting that contract off the books would help the Wild land some scoring punch and size on the blue-line for next year.

A team like San Jose, who just lost Mike Grier and Jeremy Roenick for four to six weeks would be a prime candidate for someone like Nolan. He can provide the grit and loves to play in traffic.

Everyone's favorite scapegoat is having his best year as a member of the Wild, and while Jacques Lemaire would hate to lose him, Skoula is a UFA and could be the kind of guy to provide depth on the blueline for a team in the playoffs. He's proven that he is durable, would cost virtually nothing for the rest of the season, and is playing a solid defensive game this year.

With the ascension of Cal Clutterbuck to fan favorite and Veilleux's status as a UFA, he'll likely not be re-signed this offseason, making him appealing to a playoff team in need of some spark.