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What’s the ideal numbers of career trades for building an NHL all-star roster?

Another trade deadline has come and gone, and some players were traded while others weren’t. Hey, this feels like an excuse to build some rosters.

Today’s assignment will be to fill out rosters based on how many times a star player was traded during their NHL career. We’ll build a team out of guys who were never traded, one out of guys who were only ever traded once, plus teams for the two-timers, the three-timers, and the four-or-mores. Then we… well, we look at the rosters and argue about which one would win. That’s pretty much it. (Also, some of you will try to get Dom to use his model to deliver a mathematical answer, because he doesn’t have enough to do.