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Colorado Avalanche: Evaluating the Trade Deadline

Now that the trade deadline has passed, let’s take a look at the moves the Colorado Avalanche made.

And that’s a wrap, thanks for reading.

No, GM Joe Sakic didn’t quite do nothing at the deadline, but he certainly did nothing adjacent. His two moves were to claim borderline NHLer Mark Alt off waivers and trade stalled prospect Chris Bigras for Ryan Graves.

But if the old adage is true, and the best trade is the one you don’t make is true, Sakic had a great deadline. Let’s go with that, otherwise it was just an anti-climactic day rife with hijinks from bored hockey commentators (at least here in Canada).