Ron Francis always had a patient approach to key deadline days on the NHL calendar. He also had a go-to phrase; “More GMs get fired because of trade deadline and day one of free agency than any other days.”
In saying that, he meant that NHL general managers spend too much money and make too many risks. Ironically, he was fired for doing the opposite.
Two weeks separate the Carolina Hurricanes and the other 30 NHL teams from the February 25 trade deadline, and there are a lot of decisions to be made by Don Waddell and company with regards to their defensive log-jam, rumored interest in another top-six forward, and pending unrestricted free agent winger Micheal Ferland.