The NHL trade deadline is a week from today, and I don’t know about you guys, but this one feels like it’s going to be a dud for the whole league, and for Pittsburgh as well. In the last two months there has only been six total somewhat significant trades made in the whole NHL.
There are a few major reasons for this. There is a flat salary cap that didn’t grow from last year, leaving many teams having little to no space to wheel and deal (and this large list of teams includes the Penguins).