The trade deadline isn't officially here until Monday, but what better way to truly kick the festivities into high gear than with a true whopper of a trade such as this one. 

The Florida Panthers have won the Claude Giroux sweepstakes, landing the most impactful rental player available for a package built around Owen Tippett, and a 2024 first-round pick. While it's obviously not necessarily the first big trade we've seen this week -- with all due respect to players like Hampus Lindholm, Ben Chiarot, Josh Manson, and Calle Järnkrok --, the impact of this one registers on an entirely different scale than those acquisitions because of the calibre of player Giroux still is. 

I have to admit that I'm personally quite pleased with this landing spot for Giroux here, after extensively laying out why