Deadline days are numbered

With the 2012 NHL Trade Deadline Day slated for Feb. 27, exactly seven days away, we took 60 minutes to crunch the numbers and deliver 27 statistics for hockey nuts to peruse with two eyes and blow their one mind. Time to get your orange pie on, fellow trade trivia nerds.

2 Draft round of the pick Edmonton traded to Boston in 2006, along with Marty Reasoner and Yan Stastny, for winger Sergei Samsonov. Samsonov scored 15 points in 24 playoff games that spring, helping the Oilers reach Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final. That Round 2 pick? Milan Lucic, selected 50th overall, who helped Boston to its own Stanley Cup Game 7, five years later, which they won.

8 Seasons played by Phil Housley for Buffalo, who acquired the defenceman as L.A.’s 1982 first-round pick in exchange for defenceman Jerry Korab at the 1980 deadline.

12 Games the New York Islanders went undefeated to close out the 1980 season after acquiring Butch Goring from L.A. one day prior to the deadline. The Isles would go on to win their first of four straight Cups that year.

14 Active NHLers who have been traded at the deadline on two separate occasions.

15 Years of experience Brad May brought to Anaheim (via Colorado) at the deadline, helping the Ducks hoist their first Stanley Cup.

20 Points scored by Peter Mueller in the remainder of the 2009-10 season (15 games) after Colorado picked him up from Phoenix, making Mueller the most immediately productive player dealt on D-Day.

22.5 Over/under on the number of trades to take place on Feb. 27, according to popular sports book Bodog.

26 Days prior to season’s end that Deadline Day occurred prior to the 2004-05 lockout.

40 Days prior to season’s end that Deadline Day occurs, according to the current rule.

32 Goals Vincent Lecavalier scored in 2003-04, en route to helping the Tampa Bay Lightning to its first Stanley Cup. Lecavalier was acquired at the 1998 deadline as a first-round pick from San Jose (via Florida) for Bryan Marchment, David Shaw and Tampa Bay’s 1998 first-rounder. Tampa Bay also got Andrei Nazarov. Lecavalier would score 52 goals for the team in 2006-07. Pretty good pickup.

103 Active NHL players who have experienced the joy/pain of being traded at the deadline.

4 Times right-winger Alan May was traded on Deadline Day, an NHL record.

1 NHL records May holds, including that one.

443 NHL Deadline Day trades since 1980.

813 Players traded on D-Day since 1980.

275 Draft picks traded since 1980.

58 Third-round picks traded on Deadline Day since 1980, the most popular round to swap.

100 Points Islanders winger John Tonelli scored in 1984-85, increasing his trade value at the 1986 deadline. The Flames picked him up for Steve Konroyd and Richard Kromm and reached the final for the first time in franchise history, losing to the Canadiens in five games.

811 Career points accumulated by 17-year vet Bill Guerin when he joined the Pittsburgh Penguins at the 2009 deadline and helped No. 87 & Co. in their Cup drive.

1983 Year of the softest Trade Deadline Day ever: Ken Solheim was traded from Minnesota to Detroit for future considerations. And that was it.

2010 Busiest Deadline Day since 1980: 31 trades involved 55 players.

7 a.m., time the NHL shift at Sportsnet.ca starts on Feb. 27, 2012, much earlier than usual.

400 Estimated percentage by which Sportsnet.ca’s traffic increases on NHL Trade Deadline Day. “It’s our Super Bowl!” is the water-cooler soundbite.

100 Per cent chance of someone pointing out if the sports media makes a mistake on Deadline Day.

2/1 Odds that the Chicago Blackhawks will acquire a goaltender before the deadline hits, the same odds that the Toronto Maple Leafs will deal Luke Schenn.

11/2, 7/1 Odds that Rick Nash will be playing for the Leafs or Canucks, respectively, after the deadline passes.

30 NHL teams that would be better with Rick Nash than without him.