NHL Trade Deadline 2016 - Low Volume again ?

[HamiltonNHL]

Deadline Day Unofficial final tally 2015

23 Trades
40 Players dealt
20 draft picks swapped
$34 M in salaries exchanged

34 Million ? that's it ?
34 Million of 2,021,064,610 ? (2 billion).

That is 1.6% of salaries were exchanged at the Trade Deadline. Seems like peanuts to me.

It seems so hard for teams to make any trades now.

I'd love to see more stats about NHL trades ... anyone have any good ones ? Are less teams giving up first round picks now ? Are trades at the trade deadline and the offseason at an all time low ? What factors are there besides the NHL's hard Salary Cap ? Is there any hope the Leafs can make some actual trades at the deadline ?

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[NYRangers3061]

There have been more and more teams "in the playoff race" close to the TD the past few years.

This means fewer sellers. Fewer sellers=Less players to trade for=Less trades

 

[Pyrophorus]

The TDL isn't for blockbusters.

Its for those teams, who need to make different tweaks, to their playoff teams.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

The TDL isn't for blockbusters.

Its for those teams, who need to make different tweaks, to their playoff teams.

Exactly this, It's for those playoff teams to tweak their lineups to make a difference for a long cup run.

 

[DyerMaker66*]

There have been more and more teams "in the playoff race" close to the TD the past few years.

Fake parity.

 

[AINEC*]

I hope you enjoy listening to James Duthie try (and fail) to be funny.

 

[joshyhockey26]

trade deadline talk is more fun then the day it's self most of the time.

 

[Scrub*]

Seems to be more big UFA's then last year, so their might be more trades just from that.

 

[incognito Burrito*]

Seems to be more big UFA's then last year, so their might be more trades just from that.

Yup. Should be good. Hopefully the trades don't happen before the day.

 

[Djp]

Seems to be more big UFA's then last year, so their might be more trades just from that.

Outside of Stamkos its Ladd and Byfuglien...who else is big?

 

[Scrub*]

Outside of Stamkos its Ladd and Byfuglien...who else is big?

Plenty of top 4 defenceman and top 6 forwards depending on your team they could be useful.

http://stats.nhlnumbers.com/free_agents

 

[Sniper99]

I hope you enjoy listening to James Duthie try (and fail) to be funny.

I hope you enjoy watching Strombo play with a hockey stick for 6 hours or reflecting on the glory days of his Habs.

 

[leaflover]

I could see another year where the names move prior to DD, and then many minor moves happening on DD.

 

[Spade]

As for the low amount of money involved, that's more than likely a product of

a. the salary cap
b. salary retention

Players who are expensive tend not to get moved, whereas players on expiring contracts or depth players are the ones most teams target. You aren't shaking up the core of your team at trade deadline, which is where most of the player money is tied.

 

[AINEC*]

I hope you enjoy watching Strombo play with a hockey stick for 6 hours or reflecting on the glory days of his Habs.

Now why did you have to go and do that? I had almost forgotten he exists and is continuing his crusade to destroy HNIC.

 

[Sniper99]

I thought he already destroyed HNIC?

 

[Not So Mighty]

The drama of deadline day has really expanded into the weeks leading up to it.

trade deadline talk is more fun then the day it's self most of the time.

So true.

 

[Church of Toews*]

Outside of Stamkos its Ladd and Byfuglien...who else is big?

Okposo, Hamonic, Erikson, one of Lindholm or Vaatanten, Vancouver is likely selling Hamhuis, and Vrbatta, Yandle will likely be traded too.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

All seven Canadian teams should be sellers at the deadline, not a single one of them will be making any noise in the playoffs (if anyone of them sneaks in).

In addition to those seven, you have Columbus and Buffalo who will be sellers, but I don't know what assets they'll be looking to move... then you have some other bubble teams who may be in a holding pattern until deadline day, those being Arizona, New Jersey, Carolina, Philly, Boston, Colorado, etc.

As others have already mentioned, the standings as it is right now makes it difficult to identify exactly which teams will be buyers or sellers.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

cap. Tons of teams are tight to the cap which means the trades have to have equal salary going each way...

Seems to be the case.

Should make for a really exciting trade deadline day

Not likely.

Trades aren't as easy to do as they were in the past, the salary cap has made trading a difficult task.

The Cap has ruined trading.

 

[izzy]

Might get 1 or 2 big trades

maybe 1 or 2 llamas chasing gino reda in a parking lot

you never know

 

[HamiltonNHL]

maybe 1 or 2 llamas chasing gino reda in a parking lot

Honestly the most memorable event on the whole day !

I used to take the day off work. Can't be bothered anymore.

 

[izzy]

I'll have the day off anyway so I'm really hoping for some Gino Reda screentime