It’s hard to keep up with the NHL’s trade deadline machine. Rumors — both real and fake — are everywhere, and on any given day a team can feel like they’re in the playoff hunt or not. It’s hard to sort through all the mess, so for the next four days, we’re going to go through the NHL’s trade rumor mill and parse out which forwards, defensemen, and goalies might actually see themselves on a new team come February 25th.
First up, the Metro Division. As a Tampa Bay Lightning blog, I would be remiss to ignore that some of these players talked about below might look very good in Blue and White.