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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
He’s no different from other NHL GMs. This isn’t the 90s anymore. There are one or two mid-season impact trades a year in the NHL these days, in a 32 team league. Then a flurry of depth moves at the deadline. In today’s NHL, teams remake their rosters at the draft and UFA window. The roster that takes the ice on opening night is the same roster that cleans out their lockers on garbage bag day.
This thread, along with whole ecosphere of NHL trade rumours, is a testament to the triumph of hope in defiance of reality.
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There are no quick fixes anymore as the roster that was good enough to be decided on in the offseason is the roster that's going to play out the season for better or worse. The trade deadline is the lone opportunity to bolster their lineup for the playoffs but even that has become more of a benefit of asset accumulation for bad or rebuilding teams who usually get the better of these deals. I personally don't want the Flames to make any moves between now and the end of the season that involves assets going out as most deadline acquisitions fail to make the desired impact.