NEW YORK - NHL clubs made 16 trades involving 32 players today prior to the 3 p.m., ET, trade deadline. Following is a list of the transactions:

Anaheim traded RW Andrew Gordon to Vancouver for D Sebastian Erixon.

Anaheim traded D Mark Fraser to Toronto for RW Dale Mitchell.

Buffalo traded C Paul Gaustad and its 4th-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft to Nashville for Nashville's 1st-round pick in 2012.

Buffalo traded D Marc-Andre Gragnani to Vancouver for D Alexander Sulzer.

Buffalo traded RW Zack Kassian to Vancouver for C Cody Hodgson.

Chicago traded D John Scott to NY Rangers for the Rangers' 5th-round pick in the 2012 NHL Draft.

Colorado traded LW T.J. Galiardi, LW Daniel Winnik and Anaheim's 7th-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft (previously acquired) to San Jose for LW Jamie McGinn, C Mike Sgarbossa and LW Mike Connolly.

Columbus traded C Samuel Pahlsson to Vancouver for D Taylor Ellington, the New York Islanders' 4th-round pick in the 2012 NHL Draft (previously

acquired) and Vancouver's 4th-round pick in 2012.

Detroit traded D Mike Commodore to Tampa Bay for a conditional 7th-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft.

Edmonton traded D Tom Gilbert to Minnesota for D Nick Schultz.

Minnesota traded D Greg Zanon to Boston for D Steven Kampfer.

Montreal traded LW Andrei Kostitsyn to Nashville for Nashville's 2nd-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft and Montreal's 5th-round pick in 2013 (conditionally acquired by Nashville in a previous trade).

NY Islanders traded RW Brian Rolston and D Mike Mottau to Boston for D Marc Cantin and C Yannick Riendeau.

Ottawa traded D Brian Lee to Tampa Bay for D Matt Gilroy.

Tampa Bay traded RW Carter Ashton to Toronto for D Keith Aulie.

Winnipeg traded D Johnny Oduya to Chicago for Chicago's 2nd- and 3rd-round picks in the 2013 NHL Draft.

      There also were two waiver claims today:

Montreal claimed RW Brad Staubitz from Minnesota.

Winnipeg claimed D Grant Clitsome from Columbus.

Trade Deadline Activity Since 1979-80

Season      Date            Trades   Players

1979-80     March 11, 1980     3        5

1980-81     March 10, 1981     12       22

1981-82     March 9, 1982      5        11

1982-83     March 8, 1983      1        1

1983-84     March 6, 1984      2        2

1984-85     March 12, 1985     4        7

1985-86     March 11, 1986     8        14

1986-87     March 10, 1987     5        9

1987-88     March 8, 1988      8        12

1988-89     March 7, 1989      9        21

1989-90     March 6, 1990      10       16

1990-91     March 5, 1991      14       33

1991-92     March 10, 1992     11       22

1992-93     March 22, 1993     9        14

1993-94     March 21, 1994     18       35

1994-95     April 7, 1995      19       32

1995-96     March 20, 1996     13       21

1996-97     March 18, 1997     18       35

1997-98     March 24, 1998     19       38

1998-99     March 23, 1999     21       30

1999-00     March 14, 2000     12       23

2000-01     March 13, 2001     17       31

2001-02     March 19, 2002     17       35

2002-03     March 11, 2003     24       46

2003-04     March 9, 2004      20       32

2005-06     March 9, 2006      25       40

2006-07     February 27, 2007  25       44

2007-08     February 26, 2008  25       45

2008-09     March 4, 2009      22       47

2009-10     March 3, 2010      31       55

2010-11     February 28, 2011  16       35

2011-12     February 27, 2012  16       32

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