As we enter the second half of the season, the NHL trade market, were it to be adapted to film, would best be titled "All Quiet on the Western Front."
As the calendar turned to 2017, only two transactions have been made. The Leafs traded Jhonas Enroth to Anaheim (or more accurately, San Diego) for a conditional 7th round pick in 2018, while Nashville acquired fourth-line enforcer Cody McLeod from Colorado for an AHL forward. These two milquetoast deals come over a month after the last major "blockbuster," which saw the Leafs move Peter Holland to the basement-dwelling Arizona Coyotes for a conditional 6th rounder.