Pierre Lacroix, the former Colorado Avalanche general manager who pulled off some great trades in his time, once told me about the "fever" that kind of takes over GMs when the NHL trade deadline gets closer.
To paraphrase: You start talking yourself into things you might not have been so sure about before. When other teams start making moves, you start to think you have to keep up. The fever to make a deal, any deal, starts to take hold. You don't want to sit out on the action. You have to keep a check on your impulses sometimes, otherwise you might be too rash.
When the St. Louis Blues pulled off a blockbuster deal for Ryan Miller and Steve Ott on Friday night, it escalated what is turning into one of the best trade deadline periods in many years. Wednesday, the actual deadline day, was supposed to be the storm, Tuesday the calm before it. Instead, Bob Murray, the GM of the Anaheim Ducks, made it a very busy day for NHL reporters, as did a few others.
Per NHL.com's Curtis Zupke, Anaheim traded left wing Dustin Penner to Washington for a fourth-round pick in 2014 and goalie Viktor Fasth to Edmonton for a fifth-round p ...
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