As we quickly approach the trade deadline at noon Pacific tomorrow, Feb. 25, plenty of decisions will have be made by general managers across the league as they deliberate on their asset management and future of their franchises, both short-term and long-term. Some of these decisions will result in the movement of pending unrestricted free-agent players on largely non-playoff bound teams, and others, such as the likely decision to be made from Blue Jacket GM Jarmo Kekäläinenin retaining UFA winger Artemi Panarin, will result in GMs allowing for these UFA contracts to play out in their entirety due to expected playoff pushes, which Columbus will be making after their recent acquisition of former Senators Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel.
3 trade deadline targets for Sharks
