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Every NHL Team's Top Trade Chip at the Trade Deadline

When it comes to the upcoming NHL trade deadline, the immortal words of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper come to mind: "just when they think they got the answers, I change the questions."

We think we know who is going to be traded between now and March 21, but there's this feeling in the air that some wild things could go down. With the cap flattening for the foreseeable future, multiple teams dealing with various stages of rebuilding and a small number of high-end contenders, this deadline feels less predictable than in years gone by.

There are also multiple situations across the league where general managers could be forced to tip their hands about how they perceive the future of their franchise.