Pension Plan Puppets · Jan 13, 2020
LTIR, the NHL Trade Deadline and You
Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesThis is how the story will go:
The Tampa Bay Lighting are looking to add some exciting talent this deadline. They’re looking over everything the New York Rangers are willing to part with, and they only have $1.8 million in cap space, but at the deadline, that’s like having over $8 million. They’ll be able to add that underperforming Ranger and have him blossom into a playoff stud.
And you, a Leafs fan, might get excited about the possibilities of adding someone like Chris Kreider, who this time, this one time, won’t suddenly be really terrible defensively as soon as he’s in this shade of blue and white.