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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The trade market was weak because the flat cap had left many teams capped out.
And in general, teams are becoming more reluctant to trade away firsts. Young players who can come in and contribute on entry-level contracts are gold in today’s NHL. The reason the Stars were able to ice a contender in spite of the Seguin and Benn contracts is they have Johnston, Stankoven, and Harley on entry-level deals.
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Yup. The days of GMs easily giving up 1sts in trades for 28+ year old players are gone and will be quite rare moving forward with teams understanding how critical high value ELC players are to a team's success if they want to also have high contract stars on their team.