Before the NHL Trade Deadline week even began, the Dallas Stars made headlines when they acquired Chris Tanev from the Calgary Flames. It fixed the biggest hole on a Stanley Cup Contender, and the Stars gave up relatively little in return — a 2nd round pick, one of their (arguably) lower end defensive prospects, and maybe a 3rd, plus a 4th for extra salary cap retention.
That 4th rounder is what made things so interesting, because it seemed to indicate that Dallas wasn’t done making trades. After all, if you don’t strictly need the extra salary retention to leave your roster as is, you’re basically just giving away a pick for nothing.