Sigh, the 2021 NHL trade deadline.
We all sorta knew it was going to be a bust, what with the flat cap and the loss of revenue and the fact that teams didn't want to overreact to anything happening -- good or bad -- in this janky, truncated season. We were all hoping someone might get aggressive and pull off an illogical blockbuster in a craven attempt to win the Stanley Cup. Perhaps the general managers are saving all of their ill-fated moves for the expansion draft.
Before the season, we published our NHL Contender Tiers, ranking all 31 teams with regard to how close or far they are from hoisting said Cup.