It’s hard to predict whether there will be a free-agent frenzy on Canada Day or more trades made Wednesday.
It could go either way.
The wheeling and dealing actually started Tuesday when Kevin Bieksa went to the Anaheim Ducks for second-round pick and Chicago decided to avoid an offer sheet on forward Brandon Saad by sending him to the Columbus Blue Jackets as part of package.
Part of the reason these deals went down is because this year’s crop of free agents is hardly deep.
“The supply and demand a lot of times dictates, in terms of a ratings scale .