i think things are fine as is. you definitely see movement from time to time when teams are really in to win now mode, but it makes sense that it's more uncommon here than in real life because there's nothing tangible on the line. like a great player in the shl is usually happy to play on a "bad" team with their friends because there's no real life financial incentive to want to play in a bigger market or move to a bigger city or whatever. you have tons and tons of shots at a cup with a virtual player that can't get injured and if that player doesn't work out you can make a new one and get another dozen shots at it. im not sure we can more closely mimic real life trade deadline excitement without introducing like, real money or stakes into the league which would be awful.