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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I would start with how many major player for player mid season trades happens at all
The cap is a huge factor in those deals not being made anymore
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Since January 2012 -- the date of the Flames' last major midseason player-for-player trade -- here are the biggest players each NHL team has acquired in a midseason player-for-player shakeup deal.
Anaheim: Adam Henrique, David Perron
Arizona: Nick Schmaltz, Darcy Kuemper, Richard Panik, Anthony Duclair, Antoine Vermette
Boston: Charlie Coyle
Buffalo: Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian, Matt Moulson, Jaroslav Halak, Chris Stewart, Cody Hodgson
Carolina: Nino Niederreiter, John-Michael Liles
Chicago: Dylan Strome, Brendan Perlini, Anthony Duclair, Kris Versteeg
Colorado: Samuel Girard, Mikkel Boedker, Jamie McGinn
Columbus: Seth Jones, Thomas Vanek, Marian Gaborik, Jack Johnson
Dallas: Andrew Cogliano, Greg Pateryn, Jason Demers, Erik Cole
Detroit: David Legwand
Edmonton: Sam Gagner, Mike Cammalleri, David Desharnais, Zack Kassian, Derek Roy
Florida: Derick Brassard, Riley Sheahan, Roberto Luongo
Los Angeles: Carl Hagelin, Tobias Rieder, Dion Phaneuf, Jussi Jokinen, Ben Bishop, Vincent Lecavalier, Jeff Carter
Minnesota: Kevin Fiala, Ryan Donato, Victor Rask, Tom Gilbert
Montreal: Jordie Benn, Philip Danault, Devante Smith-Pelly, Sergei Gonchar, Dale Weise (twice), Michael Ryder, Dustin Tokarski
Nashville: Ryan Johansen, Wayne Simmonds, Mikael Granlund, Kyle Turris, Patrick Eaves, Filip Forsberg (techically)
New Jersey: Sami Vatanen
NY Islanders: Thomas Vanek, Michal Neuvirth
NY Rangers: Ryan Strome, Marty St Louis, Derick Brassard, Vlad Namestnikov
Ottawa: Anders Nilsson, Marian Gaborik, Dion Phaneuf, Cory Conacher (Kyle Turris barely misses the cut by like three weeks)
Philadelphia: Ryan Hartman, Cam Talbot, Valtteri Filppula, Jordan Weal, Radko Gudas, Steve Downie
Pittsburgh: Erik Gudbranson, Jared McCann, Nick Bjugstad, Tanner Pearson, Derick Brassard (kinda), Riley Sheahan, Trevor Daley, Carl Hagelin, David Perron
San Jose: James Reimer, Brenden Dillon, Daniel Winnik
St Louis: Ryan Miller, Robert Bortuzzo, (Kris Russell barely misses the cut)
Tampa Bay: Ryan McDonagh, JT Miller, Peter Budaj, Braydon Coburn, Ryan Callahan, Ben Bishop
Toronto: Milan Michalek, Jared Cowen, Alex Stalock, Tim Gleason
Vancouver: Tanner Pearson, Josh Leivo, Markus Granlund, Jacob Markstrom, Zack Kassian
Vegas: Ryan Reaves (kind of)
Washington: Jaroslav Halak, Nick Jensen, Daniel Winnik
Winnipeg: Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford
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Calgary: Dalton Prout? Curtis Lazar? Hunter Shinkaruk? Nicklas Backstrom? Drew Shore? Kevin Westgarth? Ladislav Smid? Akim Aliu?
Basically every single team in the NHL has added multiple impact players through midseason player-for-player trades. The Flames' biggest add in that time is Ladislav Smid, a 6/7 defenseman. And this doesn't even include pure buys, where teams added to their lineup without making any player subtractions (picks only).
But even then, with those "buying" trades considered, the Flames have only added Michael Stone, Oscar Fantenberg, and Nick Shore since 2012. Not exactly gearing up for a late-season playoff push.