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Originally Posted by Gaskal
Coulda sworn we picked up Nicklas Backstrom and gave him a few games that one year
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I recall that too but, that rule might have changed recently. This morning one of the Fan960 guys mentioned that trades after the deadline meant that traded players couldn't play in the playoffs or regular season games. I thought that was wrong too. I searched it and even though the NHL has nothing on its website (which I thought was weird), the Sporting News has this in one of their articles (from the 5th of this month)
"Can NHL teams make a deal after the trade deadline?
While there is a specific deadline for trades, teams can still acquire players from other clubs after March 8. The caveat is that any player traded after the deadline is not eligible to play in any regular season or playoff games for their new teams."