Now that all that actual playing of hockey is done for a few months*, it’s time for the important business: trading players. Oh, and picks too. This is definitely a year where you’ll hear non-stop how every team is trading their first-round pick. As usual, it’s most likely that most of those rumours are unfounded.
*The AHL finals go at least two more games and continue on Saturday. Also Saturday is the ECHL final game seven.
There’s two main purveyors of lists of players who are likely to be traded: TSN and the Athletic.
TSN’s is 25 names long, so it’s extra padded out with unlikely names, and for purposes of mocking, I mean analysis, sorry, here are the top parts of the two lists.