Last season, at about this time of year Jim Rutherford and the Pittsburgh Penguins got really aggressive. They weren't happy with their floundering team so they made some monumental in-season changes. The coach was fired. The Daley/Scuderi trade joyously happened, followed soon after by the Hagelin for Perron trade. Young forwards were called up and given chances to perform and add speed and enthusiasm to a team that needed it.
We all know the rest of the story: everything worked out aces and all those changes helped the core group of players rally to the franchise's 4th Stanley Cup.