Prompt 2 -

Well, the trade deadline came and went. For us here in Winnipeg, we were going in not expecting to make much noise, as most teams are pretty well-filled up on their rosters and cap and there was not a whole lot of room available to bring in players. We were open to making a couple of moves and shipping some veterans out as we plan to make room for a couple of critical call-ups next season, but unfortunately, it just did not really materialize.

Regarding the playoff picture, that’s a dance we’re not invited to. That’s completely expected, and now we await the draft lottery to see where it will all shakedown. We’re hopeful that we do not see a replication of the previous draft lottery, where we held the best odds for the draft but the Manhattan Rage came away with the top selection. Pray to Lottery Jesus, Aurora fans!