Offseason Moves Having the Biggest Early Impact on the 2015-16 NHL Season

October 26th, 2015 by Steve Macfarlane Leave a reply »
The offseason offers different options for NHL clubs heading in different directions. Some are loading up for a Stanley Cup run. Others are tearing down their rosters to rebuild for future success.

Whatever moves they make for any variety of reasons can have an effect not only on their own team, but also on the one they're trading with or the teams from which they pilfered free agents.

And although the 2015-16 season is just a few weeks old, some of those moves are yielding some interesting results. The impact can be positive, but it also has the potential to be negative. Some of the perceived biggest moves of the offseason have had little to no impact so far, like the Patrick Sharp trade for the Dallas Stars or the blockbuster Milan Lucic deal between the Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings.

It's too early to determine winners and losers or even predict how big the impact will ultimately be for moves like Alex Semin's one-year deal with the Montreal Canadiens or Marek Zidlicky's signing with the New York Islanders. However, we can offer a glimpse at some of the moves that have had an early impact and what the results have been.

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