shooker wroteCOLONshiv makes so many trades that depth only becomes an issue late in the year. If we keep having the trade deadline so late he has zero danger of injuries becoming an issue.Big Fun wroteCOLONtop notch team with no depth
we've seen billy fall from grace before under the same conditions
When do you suggest we have the trade-deadline this year?
Last Olympic year the NHL trade deadline was March 3rd, their playoffs started April 13th. Giving a total of 6 weeks of NHL regular season between those 2 points (where BBKL needs 5 weeks for playoffs). That's likely a safe approximation for their timeline again (dunno why but I couldn't find when this year's trade-deadline is planned for).
Week 21 is our last regular season week. Week 20 is likely where the NHL trade-deadline will fall. Always a risk of a goalie trade having an unfair and disproportional effect if it happens AFTER our trade-deadline, but... I still believe a more meaningful trade deadline will have a longer gap until the start of the playoffs.
I'd like to see 3 weeks of season after trade-deadline, 1/7th of our season roughly what is desired, and it should be a major push to make a decision,
a few hours after to week #18, or a few hours before Roster Lock #19, I'd open discussion regarding our trade deadline, it seems very early though, hahhaha: 2/3/14... but our playoffs do start 3/10/14