The NHL trade deadline in Monday, March 21. This is likely news to all of you because no one has been talking about trading very much.
Today, since it’s Friday, I’m going to give you the shortest possible version of the rules around the deadline itself.
To play in the NHL playoffs for the Maple Leafs, you must be on the NHL roster of the Maple Leafs at 3 p.m. on deadline day. The only exception to this is players on the reserve list of the team, who are playing in another league. Pontus Holmberg can join when his playoffs in Sweden is over, for example, and a player like Roni Hirvonen could be signed and join the team.