We've just barely cracked through into 2025, and as exciting as a new year is, for many teams and players around the NHL, it helps bring into focus how wild it might get in just a couple of months.
That's right. We're talking about the NHL trade deadline, which arrives March 7. Even though most everyone across the league is halfway through their schedules, have you looked at how close the playoff races are shaping up?
The Eastern Conference essentially has all 16 teams thinking about the playoffs, with even the last-place Buffalo Sabres sitting seven points back of the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card.