Speculation: 2025 NHL Trade Deadline Predictions: Canadian Teams Among Biggest Buyers

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Glad I got this blog out bright and early this morning, seeing some of the names I mentioned connected to the Canadian teams again today. Should be an interesting week ... stay tuned!!
 
What are the Canadian teams going to do at this year’s NHL trade deadline?

Your guess is as good as mine but I took a shot at predicting three potential trades for each of the seven Canadian clubs:

2025 NHL Trade Deadline Predictions: Canadian Teams Among Biggest Buyers

As a Leafs fan, I’m desperately hoping you’re wrong about Toronto acquiring the washed up and overpaid Schenn brothers.

ESPECIALLY when you project that it’ll cost Nick Robertson, Cowan, Niemela, a 1st and a 2nd to acquire them. I’m cringing at how terrible those trades would be.
 
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To Edmonton: Jack Evans + Joël Armia


Montréal:for. Second + third round pick

To Edmonton: John Gibson (25% )

Anaheim: Sam Oreilly
 
None of those trades work cap-wise for Ottawa. They're also not going to trade a 1st round pick under any circumstances - that would mean they went a 5 year stretch [2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026] only making a single selection in the 1st round. Remember that they owe either their 2025 or 2026 to the league. On top of that, their pick in 2021 [Tyler Boucher] is a complete bust so it's functionally more like 6 years. They have yet to make a single playoff appearance over this time frame.

So none of it makes any sense at all.
 

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