While the trade deadline has come and gone at the NHL level, the same restriction is not in place in the AHL, where the deadline won't hit until the 14th of March. As such, the Red Wings organization swung a deal to acquire left-handed defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for now more than "future considerations.

Nikolai Knyzhov is one of the more intriguing defenseman in the Penguins organization, but now, he's been traded to the Detroit Red Wings in a surprising deal.

Detroit acquires veteran forward, familiar face and draft capital as final quarter of season gets underway