The days and hours are ticking down as the NHL prepares for its trade deadline.
That deadline will hit Feb. 29 at 3 p.m. ET, and the 30 teams in the NHL have to figure out if they are buyers or sellers, contenders or waiting for next year.
Those determinations will impact whether players are traded or held onto prior to the deadline, and it's never an easy decision.
Contenders may be willing to give up draft choices and top minor league prospects for veteran talent. But even if they are willing, they don't know if it's the right decision.
A veteran like Antoine Vermette helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup last year, and they gave up a first-round draft pick and a minor league prospect to the Arizona Coyotes to make the acquisition at last year's trade deadline.
Vermette helped the Blackhawks with four goals and three assists in 20 postseason games, and three of his goals proved to be game-winners. His acquisition may have been worthwhile since the Blackhawks hoisted the Stanley Cup, but what about the other so-called rental players who were not acquired by Chicago? Those moves did ...
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