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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I think fans want trades to improve from mediocrity to contention now. It is not an unreasonable desire. Those trades are not happening for us, unfortunately, while they are happening for other teams. If GM believes in the team being a contender, he should go and make aggressive trades happen to improve team's chances. If he doesn't believe that the team is a contender, he should aggressively sell and get picks. When nothing happens, the signal is "everything is fine", when we know it's not; then mediocrity seems to be a preferred "safe" route and that is very disappointing to observe for the past few deadlines.
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Last year at on this date:
St.Louis had 72 points
St.Louis made one trade at the trade deadline for Michael Del Zotto who played 7 games for them and 0 in the playoffs
Calgary this year 70 points and acquired at least one defenseman who will play regularly, probably 2.
The biggest trades of the trade deadline day last year:
Vegas got Mark Stone - lost in the 1st round
Nashville got the good Granlund - lost in the 1st round
Winnipeg got Kevin Hayes - lost in the 1st round