The NHL trade deadline is only as crazy as it is because of the LTIR "loophole", which is not a loophole and is working exactly as intended. The league would rather have exciting trade deadlines than close that loophole.

The problem with the SHL is that there's no stakes involved that are high enough to prompt either a GM to yeet a good locker room presence for an unknown, or for someone who really loves their locker room to want to move to a different team for a chance at a cup with their current player. I don't think this is a solveable problem.

I think the main issue is that almost every team makes the playoffs. The teams that don't make the playoffs are either close to making playoffs and may not have incentive to sell, or are so deep into the rebuild that they don't have any assets a playoff team would be interested in.

 S68 - Jarrod Lakemore - C

The people are driven by TPE, so my suggestions is offer up 20 TPE for players traded to another team during the season. Will this work? Sure. Will it be ridiculously unfair for GMs? Absolutely.

Max Belcher || D || Carolina Kraken

Name: Max Belcher
Age: 18
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 215
Number: 72
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Career Statistics:

SMJHL Regular Season:

[S75] GP: 66 G: 2 A: 10 PTS: 12 +/-: -12 TA: 28 BLK: 125 HIT: 89 

[S76] GP: 66 G: 12 A: 31 PTS: 43 +/-: 27 TA: 68 BLK: 175 HIT: 55 

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SHL trade deadline barely sees any movement and hence not sure why nothing is done about it. There needs to be some sort of incentive to move players around. This will enhance the trade deadline ambience for everyone. Majority of teams just remain as is since they are happy.

S77 Yuri Boyka III ||LW|| Nevada Battleborn ||Peak :461 TPE||
Name: Yuri Boyka III
Birthplace: Russia
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 230 lbs
Number: 17
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Career Statistics:
SMJHL Regular Season:
42 OA pick in s76 SMJHL draft
S76 | 0 GP | 0 G | 0 A | 0 P | 0 +/- | 0 PPP | 0 PIM | 0 H | 0 SB
S76 | 0 GP | 0 G | 0 A | 0 P | 0 +/- | 0 PPP | 0 PIM | 0 H | 0 SB
S76 | 0 GP | 0 G | 0 A | 0 P | 0 +/- | 0 PPP | 0 PIM | 0 H | 0 SB
SHL Regular Season:
11th OA pick in s77 SHL draft
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I had not put a lot of thought into this, but now that I do, yes. Trades are one of the most interesting things about NHL, but in the SHL they happen quite rarely and are mostly not very dramatic. I get that people like stability and making longer-term connections, but it would make the league more interesting if there were more trades. But how to encourage it? That's a tough one. I have honestly no idea how chemistry works in the sim, but the only idea I can come up with is to somehow increase the likelyhood that a trade could improve the team chemistry and thus on-ice performance.

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Career highlights:

S54 SMJHL Entry Draft - 25th overall pick by Maine Timber

S54 - Alex Andani Award (WJC Top Rookie)

S55 SHL Entry Draft - 22nd overall pick by San Francisco Pride

S57 - WJC Gold Medal as the captain of Team Finland

S58 - Selected to SHL All-Rookie Team

S60 - Inducted to Maine Timber Hall of Fame

S62 - IIHF Gold Medal with Team Finland

S64 - IIHF Gold Medal with Team Finland

S66 - IIHF Gold Medal with Team Finland

S69 - SHL Challenge Cup Champion (Philadelphia Forge)

I am ok with the trade deadline not being too crazy.  Sure it's fun to see a team go all in, but that rarely pays off.  But, if a team wants to mortgage their future for that chance to win, go for it, because if they do get their ultimate goal of winning it all, it would be pretty awesome.

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Lyle Odelein III || D || New Orleans Specter || Crow Alum || Team Canada
Name: Lyle Odelein III
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210 lbs
Number: 24 

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SMJHL Regular Season Stats
 S47 | STL | GP: 50 | G: 2 | A: 5 | P: 7 | +/-: +13 | H: 25 | SB: 22 | S: 13 PIMS: 26
 S48 | STL | GP: 50 | G: 9 | A: 24 | P: 33 | +/-: +9 | H: 87 | SB: 62| | S: 80 | PIMS: 62

 S49 | STL | GP: 50 | G: 4 | A: 29 | P: 33 | +/-: -1 | H: 26 | SB: 65| | S: 76 | PIMS: 20

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SHL Regular Season Stats
 S50 | NOLA | GP: 50 | G: 1 | A: 14 | P: 15 | +/-: +18 | H: 76 | SB: 40 | S: 40 PIMS: 26

 S51 | NOLA | GP: 50 | G: 3 | A: 11 | P: 14 | +/-: +8 | H: 54 | SB: 30 | S: 28 PIMS: 30 

 S52 | NOLA | GP: 50 | G: 5 | A: 20 | P: 25 | +/-: +11 | H: 70 | SB: 55 | S: 95 PIMS: 32 

 S53 | NOLA | GP: 50 | G: 7 | A: 19 | P: 26 | +/-: +4 | H: 91 | SB: 52 | S: 100 PIMS: 28 

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WJC Tournament

 S47 | CAN | GP: 26 | G: 2 | A: 5 | P: 7 | +/-: +8 | H: 13 | SB: 21 | S: 13 PIMS: 10

 S48 | CAN | GP: 14 | G: 2 | A: 14 | P: 16 | +/-: +11 | H: 22 | SB: 24 | S: 13 PIMS: 14 

 S49 | CAN | GP: 14 | G: 2 | A: 8 | P: 10 | +/-: +5 | H: 24 | SB: 12 | S: 12 PIMS: 8 

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IIHF Tournament
 S49 | CAN | GP: 12 | G: 0 | A: 0 | P: 0 | +/-: 0 - | H: 0 | SB: 2 | S: 2 PIMS: 0

 S50 | CAN | GP: 12 | G: 0 | A: 1 | P: 1 | +/-: 0 - | H: 3 | SB: 10 | S: 3 PIMS: 0

 S51 | CAN | GP: 12 | G: 1 | A: 1 | P: 2 | +/-: 2 - | H: 7 | SB: 10 | S: 10 PIMS: 2
 S52 | CAN | GP: 12 | G: 3 | A: 2 | P: 5 | +/-: 1 - | H: 9 | SB: 12 | S: 28 PIMS: 6

 S52 | CAN | GP: 12 | G: 2 | A: 3 | P: 5 | +/-: 12 - | H: 17 | SB: 13 | S: 25 PIMS: 14

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Career achievements

S47 - WJC - Gold medal w/ Team Canada

S48 - SMJHL - Named Alternate Captain for St. Louis Scarecrows 

S48 - WJC - Gold medal w/ Team Canada 

S48 - WJC - Won Harvey Danger award w/ Team Canada - best defender at WJC 

S50 - SHL - Called up to play for NOLA 

S50 - IIHF - Won bronze medal w/ Team Canada 

S52 - Named Alternate Captain for New Orleans Specters

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In order to do that, we would need to stop any and all of us from being too friendly with one another which considering the friendships built up is not easy

No, I think trading players is actually bad for a league like the SHL. Everyone forms friendships in the locker room and if players get moved around, those friendships don't form.

I personally don't have any idea. I see the same thing happen in most leagues i'm in, at the end of the day most people get attached to their teams/teammates and don't want to go elsewhere

I get the appeal of exciting trades and all, but I think things are fine how they are. People find their people in internet communities and like to stick with them. Also on my last player I got traded around a lot so personally I'm glad it's not happening so much this go around lol.

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Unfortunately, without the pressure of earning your living and finding a better situation to do so, there is little reason for people to move teams. If you want to encourage movement; offer a way for teams to recover value from players lost to FA (so that the players leaving don't feel as bad making that decision) and lower the cap to force teams to make decisions in who to keep. It's really the only way to get people to leave the sub-communities they've likely become attached to.

If teams want to trade at the deadline then they will. I do think there should be more incentivize to trade old veterans looking for a cup. Other than that, trades need to help the now and the future and those are tough to come by.

I would love to see more big deals after the trade deadline, and I think that there isn't just because of the neutrality of players. Not much can be done, but after expansion I feel like it should rise as more talent is spread.

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Tiny Princess | Colorado Raptors | Defenseman | S80 Prospect | #42

Drafted 8th Overall by The Colorado Raptors

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SMJHL Regular Season Stats: 

| S79 COL | 66 GP | 5 G | 35 A | 40 P | + 28 | 162 BLK | 61 HIT |

| S80 COL | 66 GP | 8 G | 20 A | 28 P | - 9 | 210 BLK | 103 HIT |

| S81 COL | 66 GP | 13 G | 38 A | 51 P | - 12 | 231 BLK | 58 HIT |

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Tiny Princess | Hamilton Steelhawks | Defenseman | Send-Down| #42
Drafted 4th Overall by The Hamilton Steelhawks
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I feel a trade deadline would be cool. Help teams make moves, but the issue could be some players get moved a bunch and push people out of the league.

Meo Vanbiesbrouck | G | Buffalo | Class of 74 | 1201 TPE
The Greatest Name Of All

I think that more teams should be willing to trade players that are IA. These players should be shifted around a little bit more often since they are most likely to be kept on a team for an extended period of time without being able to get moved. Maybe dropping these players could allow for some rookies to get CUTPE and give teams a new shot of life.