Report card: Team grades for all 3 draft-day blockbuster trades

Three shocking blockbuster deals were made on the day of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, an event that essentially serves as the new trade deadline. And after key players swap teams, fans and media members alike will argue, "who won this trade?" for a long time.

The following grades will either settle the debate once and for all, or simply stir the pot even more.

Blackhawks trade Panarin to Blue Jackets for Saad

Blackhawks: C
Blue Jackets: B+

Full deal: Blackhawks trade forwards Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte, and 2017 sixth-round pick to the Blue Jackets for forward Brandon Saad, goaltender Anton Forsberg, and 2018 fifth-round pick.

Motte, Forsberg, and the draft picks essentially cancel each other out. This swap is basically Panarin for Saad straight up.

Panarin is without a doubt the more dynamic offensive player of the two. He has hands softer than butter and a bullet of a one-timer that's led to 61 goals in two seasons. He also has great vision as a passer, compiling 90 assists in two seasons.

Much of Panarin's success can be credited to his linemate, Patrick Kane. However, Kane has also enjoyed his two best offensive seasons playing alongside Panarin. Coincidence? I think not.

Even though Saad is a five-year veteran, he's actually a year younger than Panarin. He is a reliable two-way player and a legitimate top-six forward with 30-goal potential.

Both of these players come with a cap hit of $6 million per season, although Panarin has just two years left on his deal, while Saad has four years remaining.

Goals are tough to come by in the NHL these days. Columbus, which needed that one dynamic offensive player to compliment its deep, well-rounded offensive attack, gets that player in Panarin. He's a difference-maker offensively, and that's why Columbus wins this trade.

Rangers trade Raanta, Stepan to Coyotes for DeAngelo, 7th overall pick

Rangers: A-
Coyotes: D

Full deal: Rangers trade goaltender Antti Raanta, forward Derek Stepan to the Coyotes for defenseman Anthony DeAngelo and the seventh overall pick in Friday's entry draft.

This is quite a puzzling move for Arizona, to say the least.

For a team that's supposed to be/should be doing a total tank/rebuild/overhaul, trading away a top-10 pick (albeit in a weak draft) and DeAngelo - a former first-round pick who has the potential to be an elite offensive defenseman in this league - makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Sure, Arizona is addressing a need in goal with Raanta, who owns a career .917 save percentage and 2.33 goals-against average, but it's also taking on the horrible contract of Stepan, who has a cap hit of $6.5 million through 2020-21.

Stepan is an average second-line center at best, and while his contract is helping Arizona get to the cap floor today, it could hurt the team in the long run when it's ready to compete.

The Rangers now need a backup goaltender and a center, but this move gives them much-needed cap flexibility and two players (DeAngelo and whomever they select seventh overall) that will help them in the long run.

Blackhawks trade Hjalmarsson to Coyotes for Murphy, Dauphin

Blackhawks: B
Coyotes: C-

Full deal: Blackhawks trade defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson to the Coyotes for defenseman Connor Murphy and forward Laurent Dauphin.

Another questionable move by the Coyotes.

Murphy is 24 years old, stable but not flashy, shoots right-handed (teams covet right-handed defensemen), and is locked up at a modest $3.85-million cap hit for the next five years.

Hjalmarsson is certainly a better defenseman than Murphy today, but he's 30 years old. Again, this move just doesn't make sense for a rebuilding team. It's not like Hjalmarsson is going to push the Coyotes over the top to become a playoff team.

Just for good measure, Dauphin is only 22 years old and scored 17 goals in 38 AHL games last year, so he obviously has some potential.

If the Coyotes decide to flip Hjalmarsson - a legitimate top-four defenseman with championship pedigree - for assets to a team that's ready to compete, then this deal could make sense for the Yotes. But as of now, it's ugly.

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