A thought experiment: if every kid in a class turns in their homework prior to the deadline, does the deadline really mean all that much in the first place?
The NHL is about to find out. A wild week of trades with big names moving and salary cap space getting dumped all over the place might mean that today’s trade deadline is a far cry from the frenzy that we normally see every year at 3:00 on deadline day.
I mean, Joel Edmundson is #3 on the TSN trade bait board, and no disrespect intended to the former Hurricanes defenseman, but if Joel Edmundson is one of the biggest names left on the market, you could say that the pickings are a bit slim.