Plan A or Plan B?
Buying or selling?
It is, cautioned Calgary Flames GM Brad Treliving, not quite that simple.
Not yet.
And not even when Leap Day 2016 rolls around, doubling this year as the NHL’s always-hectic trade deadline.
“Well … you’re always trying to help your team,” Treliving said Friday, the start of the one-month countdown to deadline day. “Some people, coming up to the deadline, just always classify you as either buyers or sellers. I guess there’s a hint of truth to that, but if you can help yourself now and put yourself in a better position for now without hurting your long-term aspirations, then that’s great.