"Welcome to another edition of around the NHL as we approach the middle of January. With teams in both conferences getting a better sense of their fates this season, buyers and sellers on the trade market are being formed throughout the league. Trade talks are heating up in a major way and with the Olympics looming in February, general managers could start to pull the trigger to try and get ahead of the market before another roster freeze."
""In our view, this decision is all about business rather than his game right now. Singling him out seems very calculated at this stage. Dougie has a 10-team trade list and there have been efforts to trade him going back to the draft last year. We have made it clear to the Devils that we will consider teams outside our list and other creative ways to get to a team that is mutually acceptable.""
Trade activity is increasing around the NHL as teams evaluate rosters heading into mid-January and the Olympic break. The New Jersey Devils scratched defenceman Dougie Hamilton after a slow start, with Hamilton recording 10 points in 40 games and carrying a $9 million average annual value. Hamilton maintains a 10-team no-trade list and previously blocked a move to San Jose. His agent labeled the benching as a business decision and indicated openness to creative trade solutions and teams outside the list. Multiple teams, including Toronto, Carolina, and Detroit, are believed to have interest, and a pre-Olympic trade is likely.
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