Can you tell the future by looking in the past? Probably not entirely, but it’s fun to go down memory lane and judge things so we’ll look at Jim Rutherford’s deadline (or close enough) type trades to see what trends and patterns have happened. Pics from nhltradetracker.com
2018
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Grade: D-
In theory it was a home run move (then again, aren’t all ideas great at the time?) but this one deserves praise. The Penguins cleverly involved a third team in Vegas in the deal when cheap old Ottawa couldn’t/wouldn’t retain salary on Derick Brassard.