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The NHL trade deadline arrives Monday at 3 p.m. ET, and buyers are lining up their last best offers to make the upgrades they hope will turn them from pretenders into contenders for the Stanley Cup.
There have already been several deals made in the past week but no blockbusters with the potential to rock the foundation of the league. As ESPN's Dimitri Filipovic noted, there's "mild trepidation" around the NHL because most of the league is jumbled together, fighting for postseason positioning.
Even with the parity around the league, there are plenty of trade rumors to analyze leading up to the deadline.