NHL Trade Deadline Drama: Shocking Moves Brewing Before U.S. Thanksgiving?
Dave Pagnotta: “Everyone knows that U.S. Thanksgiving, that timeframe has traditionally been when teams feel comfortable with fully evaluating their squad. And I think it’s a combination, especially in recent years, in the cap era, that teams, yeah, they mark that, but they can’t really do too much, because everybody’s against the cap. This year is a little bit different, and I’m curious to see how some of these clubs utilize their space.
Typically, teams will wait, they’ll push, and they’ll try to accrue more cap space by adding a player later on in the season. Yes, we all know that the cap game has changed a little bit, especially come playoff time you got to ice your roster or lineup that game has to be cap compliant, this, that and the other. But it still gives teams and teams have more flexibility this year to do it, plus a lot of teams are cap compliant and have the extra space to play with a lot sooner than they have had in the past.
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