I think the only teams that should look at buying at a deadline are the top 2-3 in a conference. Those are the teams that would benefit from picking up a big name to win now. In the West I would say Calgary,Edmonton, or Texas/New Orleans. In the East I would go Hamilton, Chicago, Manhatten/Buffalo.


Conversely it's hard to say who I would see actually selling at the deadline. You could make a case for SFP, but not owning their own first makes it less of a great move this season. I know many think MIN should sell the few older players we have left, but they are just hitting regression at higher TPE levels and are set to stay good while the younger core is now making the jump and passing 1K TPE. A team can't eternally sell every season they don't make the playoffs and not many teams at the top are looking to move young top talent just to maybe win 1 cup.