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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
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It is going to be fascinating to see how it plays out because just about every team could make just about any case they wanted.
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I think this adds to why you see GM's wait until after the Olympics for any meaningful trade. Standings will be clearer by then, there will be more accrued cap space, and any potential injury at the Olympics will have passed.
*All rough, quick calculations*
Each Olympic team carries 22 skaters and 3 goalies (not including goalies in this calculation). There's 12 teams so 264 skaters. Not all are NHL players, Switzerland only has 7 out of 22. Other teams have 22/22. Assume 70% of participants are NHL players so 185 NHL players participating. There were 726 players on opening day NHL rosters. Remove 64 goalies and that's 662 skaters. So 185 out of 662 skaters participate or 27.9% of skaters.
That's nearly 1/3 of the league. I imagine GM's are leery about committing resources and then seeing a key injury over the Olympics which would derail any plan. I think most GM's will have a plan and barring anything unforseen you see them pull the trigger post-Olympics with a flurry of activity.