With the 2020 offseason now officially in session, the trade market is expected to kick into high gear as the NHL’s 31 teams all try to navigate a flat cap situation. Frank Seravalli posted TSN’s new trade bait list, and it is chock-full of big names. Acquiring big names, however, doesn’t always add up to a big reward.
There are three categories of asset value that go into the economics every player acquisition: player value, contract value, and compensation value.
In a year where cap space is at a premium, teams looking to explore the trade market will have to be sure that the player they acquire will be worth the contract that comes along with him.