Which of these tiers will best describe your favorite NHL team's approach to the trade deadline? ◽️The Rescheduled Yard Sale ◽️The Blatant Tank ◽️The Contender’s Big Swing ◽️The Shopping Spree DownGoesBrown sifts through the possibilities.
In the end, you’re left with a handful of minor trades and some half-hearted excuses from the GM. Then you’re told that it’s fine, because all those deals can just wait until the summer. Spoiler alert: They won’t happen then either.These deadlines are the worst, and they can set a rebuild back years. Every Leafs fan who loved through the Muskoka Five deadline of 2008 still has the scars. Don’t look it up,On the surface, this one feels a lot like a well-executed Yard Sale.
The difference is that when it comes to the Blatant Tank, the GM doesn’t care what he gets back. Sure, picks and prospects are nice. But they’re not the point. If nobody is willing to meet the asking price for a veteran, well, trade him anyway. Take pennies on the dollar if you need to. Take nothing at all. Just get him off the roster before he helps you win games.
The Blatant Tank is rare, and often comes with enough plausible deniability that a fan base can pretend it was a standard Yard Sale. One key to watch is the goalies, because when teams start giving them away for next-to-nothing, you know that the tank is revving up.GMs love to tinker. It’s so much easier than making bold moves. And sometimes it’s the right thing to do, since a contending team may not have many flaws in the first place.
Sure, it’s not as much fun as a genuine blockbuster. But as a fan, you probably don’t mind seeing your team slot in here. Let other teams take the big risks; your contender has earned the right not to do that. Of course, your team has to already be playing at an elite level for this to work. If they’re not quite there yet, then you need to aim a little higher …This is the meat of every good trade deadline. A team is good, even very good, but they’re not good enough. And they know it, so their GM gets to work and adds a big name. That won’t come cheap, but that’s fine, because the NHL is a league of recognizing windows and taking advantage of them.
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