Craig Custance and Eric Duhatschek of The Athletic: The prospect of maybe four more years of a flat cap scare general managers but the trade deadline still is coming April 12th.
The Athletic’s NHL Trade Deadline Board 2.0 has the usual bevy of names but does have some new ones too. Mattias Ekholm tops the board still because of his attractive salary and peripherals. Three of the top seven are from the defenseman ranks.
Rickard Rakell‘s hot streak catapults him near the top of the list. Anaheim and Boston talked for a while then it got quiet.