This is certainly one of the two problems I have with trading.
Teams that are rebuilding should be looking to trade aging players on expiring contracts yet that is not the case. It sometimes happens but rarely do you see teams that are “win now” trading for rentals from teams that are “rebuilding.”
The other problem I have and I doubt that I am alone but haven’t seen a lot of people mentioning is that after year 1 in a standard NHL game when trades at the deadline are at a good volume, once I raise the Salary Cap in year 2 and so on, trade deadline trades are at a fraction of what they should be. Currently I’m in the 26-27 season with a cap of 96.5M and there was one trade at the deadline.
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