The only teams likely to make major moves in the next week or so are those right above or below us in the standings.
That leaves:
-NYR
-Buffalo
-Arizona
-Montreal
From that group, we can easily spot some strong trade candidates:
RW- Michael Grabner, Andrew Shaw, Anthony Duclair, Tobias Rieder
RD-Niklas Hjalmarsson, Anthony DeAngelo
There are other potential adds who either make too much money (Nash) have too much term (Petry, Demers) or both (Okposo). The possibility of a surprise trade also exists for a young gun like Galchenyuk, but that's hard to read.
However, that right there is a good pool of buy-low candidates. If Chia can even acquire two of that group, we have a chance at an early reset. Wait too long though and we may as well start tanking come December 1st.