A few trade deadline related questions in our mailbag today, ahead of March 1…
Do you think [Nikolay] Goldobin's call-up has anything to do with showcasing him for a potential trade? Or was it just his time to be called? (Adam Smith @kickback408)
It’s fair to wonder if this is a showcase situation. It’s telling that there were six other Barracuda forwards recalled this season before Goldobin, and although some of them like Kevin Labanc and Timo Meier were clearly more deserving earlier in the year, and others like Ryan Carpenter and Danny O’Regan are centers rather than wingers, Goldobin seems to have been pushed down the organizational depth chart.