The March 21 NHL trade deadline is less than two weeks away now, and Frank Seravalli’s Trade Targets List remains dotted with high-impact players.
Plenty of Stanley Cup contenders will make pitches on the top available assets in the days to come, but some teams are under more pressure than others to aggressively pursue upgrades.
Which team needs a big splash the most? The inaugural Daily Faceoff Roundtable tackles the topic.
FRANK SERAVALLI: The Florida Panthers are one piece away on the blueline. They are an authentic Stanley Cup contender in a wide-open Eastern Conference. The beauty of their back end is that they could add a left-shot or right-shot defenseman – they both work. If it’s a lefty, they have the option of moving MacKenzie Weegar back to his natural side on the second pair with Gustav Forsling and put the new guy with Aaron Ekblad.