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What Didn’t Happen Today
by Paul on 03/04/09 at 09:03 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline was just as newsworthy for the players who didn’t move as for those who did find new homes.
And that’s because several playoff-bound teams did not want to give up young assets in this uncertain NHL economic landscape. Prospects and draft picks might be the most important assets right now as teams try to figure out what’s going to happen with the salary cap over the next few years.
There was perhaps no more telling sign of that than the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings’ standing pat on a day where they traditionally dominate the headlines.
Sure, Wings GM Ken Holland dabbled in a few forays for a gritty forward, including a phone call to Ottawa for Neil, but in the end, he chose to hold on to his draft picks and prospects … something he had predicted he would do in an e-mail to us the day before the deadline.
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