The 2021-2022 NHL trade deadline has come and gone quicker than an opposing NHL team can snatch a Toronto Maple Leafs player off of waivers (*sigh, we hardly knew you, Harri Sateri).
While there have been numerous sports articles analyzing the alleged “winners” and “losers” of the deadline, the reality of the situation is that none of these moves makes a lick of difference until the NHL playoffs are said and done (and giving grades for deadline deals is tantamount to reviewing a television series half an hour into the first episode).
But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun with the deadline.