Good friend and colleague Scott Burnside has already tackled the teams that benefited the most or didn't accomplish their goals during the trade deadline season. But what about the people involved over the last couple of weeks?
Here's a look at individual winners and losers as we hit the stretch run before what's shaping up to be an incredible postseason.
Winners
Jeff Carter -- Carter never wanted to be dealt to Columbus in the first place, so imagine how good he felt when he got the news that he was being shipped to Los Angeles and reunited with old friend Mike Richards. It's a chance to redeem his reputation and takes him from the bottom of the standings to a team right in the mix for a playoff spot.
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- Wrote for Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Wrote for The Sporting News
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Craig Custance
Craig Custance joined ESPN in September 2011 as an NHL reporter for ESPN the Magazine, ESPN Insider and ESPN.com. A graduate of Michigan State University, he lived for nearly a decade in Georgia working for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he spent time covering the late Atlanta Thrashers. He was the only Thrashers beat writer to get the team to the playoffs.
From 2008-11 he was the national hockey writer for the Sporting News, writing regularly in print and online. A member of the PHWA, he's a proud voter for the major NHL awards and can occasionally defend his selections.
Like hockey, he left Atlanta to return north where he currently lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, with his wife Cassie and their three kids.
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