Quote:Originally posted by Symmetrik@May 18 2017, 09:53 AM


That's because no one would ever do it, it would be pointless, but it is allowed. You wouldn't be able to play the player you acquired. It is allowed though under the rules. The trade deadline is really just for playoff eligibility. Anyone traded after the deadline is ineligible for the playoffs.

Okay, so you're just talking about trades made after the deadline? Cause players are still eligible to play in the regular season at that point, just not the playoffs.

I haven't seen a trade happen there, not with NHL players, but this season we did have at least one trade of AHL players happen after the deadline, and at least one signing of a player to play in the end of the season without being able to play in the playoffs, IIRC.

I don't know if that's how it works for the SHL; I don't see details regarding the trade deadline in the rulebook, at a glance. It does look like teams out of the playoffs can make trades, at least, but that doesn't help much given that both teams Mac wants to be traded to are still in the playoffs. Could probably negotiate unofficial terms and wait to post it later, but their GMs are proooobably focused on playoff stuff right now, if either is even interested in trading assets for a hotheaded ~700 TPE S20(?) player with a weird build anyway. And I genuinely don't know if Mac would be satisfied with a handshake agreement.