It’s that time of the year again. The Holiday Roster Freeze is almost here. I love the Holiday Roster Freeze because the CBA capitalizes it, which makes it seem like a serious thing, but it doesn’t really freeze anything, only covers half the holiday season and is more properly called a trade freeze, since no one’s roster is really frozen.
The most honoured tradition for this time of the year is cheap, er, budget NHL teams sending down players to the AHL so they can pay them less for a few days. That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown!