As NHL Trade Deadline Approaches, Expect Big Moves This Year

The shortened NHL season has brought many surprises with it over the past couple months, but the wildest day on the NHL calendar promises to be Wednesday’s trade deadline. Several deals have already gone down involving high-profile players such as Jarome Iginla and Brenden Morrow. However, many more dominoes figure to fall on deadline day.

Although the trade deadline is chaotic every year, it will be especially so in 2013.
The partial season has left a much narrower gap between the elite teams and the mediocre ones, so there are plenty of teams that may be buying when they might have otherwise been sellers in other years. That means a lot of teams will be vying for a few players, which will ultimately drive up prices.

Trade deadlines can be disappointing sometimes due to a lack of movement, but the NHL’s deadline is regularly the most active among the four major sports. The fact that a big name like Iginla moved from the Calgary Flames to the Pittsburgh Penguins seems like a sign of things to come as well since contending teams are willing to spend

Some big things we have seen already is Jay Bouwmeester from Calgary to St. Louis, Jarome Iginla from Calgary to Pittsburgh, and Robyn Regehr from Buffalo to Los Angeles. These deals spark big contracts, big money, and aim to increase teams chances at the playoffs. They can boost ratings for organizations, and this general buzz around the league creates an increased interest in the sport itself which all together help everyone involved.