Deadline Drama: Which Seven NHL Teams Are Racing Against Time to Shake Up Their Rosters?
The NHL’s Olympic freeze, which will prohibit teams from making trades until 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 22, has officially kicked in. Besides the Artemi Panarin trade, the league’s pre-freeze trade activity was fairly tame.
That isn’t entirely surprising, given the growing sentiment that teams wanted to wait until after the Olympics to complete business. After all, a buying team’s trade needs could shift if one of its own players or outside trade targets is injured at the Olympics.
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Once the freeze is lifted, we should see plenty of moves (even if they don’t necessarily involve many big names) in the 12 days leading up to the March 6 deadline.
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