NHL Trade Deadline Effect on Team

[DzingelBarries]

This is my first time through a fantasy hockey season. I've been excited for and dreading the NHL trade deadline.

Fun to look at guys to potentially stash away or guys on your roster who may be ticketed for greener pastures. Also, horrifying to think some of your closest rivals may have players in that same boat.

What's been your experience with the NHL trade deadline and how it has affected your team in past seasons?

Anything you've learned from it over the year(s)?

[Moses]

Painting with a wide brush here... It seems to me that the guys who get traded at the deadline usually do worse than they had been doing with their previous team/situation.

[Eskimo Brother]

Generally I don't find the deadline has had much effect at all on my seasons. It seems like it should, but it doesn't end up making much of a difference.

[Moses]

Maybe the taste of Wayne Simmonds and Mikael Granlund still lingers on my palate.

[Eskimo Brother]

Maybe the taste of Wayne Simmonds and Mikael Granlund still lingers on my palate.

Haha fair point! I didn't own either of them last year, so I can't exactly relate.

[stevegamer]

My league in sig has some rules which makes having actual teammates important, most notably, a minimum 2 starting defensemen from the same team as your starting goalie. Therefore, a goalie trade at the deadline can cause havoc, and a defenseman moving can require a corresponding move. Forwards get bonuses from playing on the same fantasy line as NHL teammates, but that's more of a minor thing versus a requirement.

My other league is a deep cap dynasty, and the NHL trade deadline generates some value changes for players, and opens opportunities. It's not the baseball deadline though, where players can lose a value fairly quickly due to decreased playing time.

[DzingelBarries]

Appreciate the replies. I also wonder about a guy on your roster who might find better deployment due to a trade who isn't traded. IE: Buchnevich...Say Kreider gets dealt as many believe, someone has to take his spot on PP1. Figuring out who that might be could be a big win if you can land that player.

[insertnamehere]

I'm wary of grabbing any players hoping for them to get traded, because they are usually worse. But Hall has been better since going to the desert (this year), and I'm holding Toffoli right now because he has good possession and advanced stats numbers, and I can see him actually producing on any team that isn't LA. If he sucks, I drop him and move Mantha back in from IR.