We just finished one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year, which means a lot of you have spent the last few days scouring offers, furiously hunting for bargains, and hoping that your expensive new additions will live up to the hype and not become the source of long-lasting regret.
Hey, you’re just like an NHL GM!
Sort of. Maybe not. Look, sometimes these current event tie-ins work and sometimes they don’t, but we’ve come too far now. So let’s celebrate a weekend spent chasing deals with a quiz about NHL trades.
We’ll cover a few decades of history here, with a focus on both the big blockbusters and the smaller, weirder stuff, and maybe even a few trades that were on the table but didn’t end up happening. As always, you’ll have an advantage if you’ve been reading my stuff for the last decade, because that means that a) you’ll have heard some of these stories before, and b) you’re just a smarter, better person than everyone else.
If you have any trouble getting the quiz to scroll properly, especially on your phone, then go yell at Google instead of me, and then try this direct link. Once you’ve submitted your answers, scroll back up to see how you did using this handy guide:
0–3 right answers: The Milbury zone. Your fellow GMs put you on speakerphone so everyone in the office can laugh at you.
4-7 right answers: The Chiarelli zone. You don’t always miss, but when you do, you miss big.
8-11 right answers: The Poile zone. You have your share of strong moments, just not often enough to win the big one.
12-15 right answers: The Fletcher zone. You’re not perfect, but you’re not afraid to swing for the fences.
16-19 right answers: The Torrey zone. You almost never miss, making you the architect of a near-perfect score.
20 right answers: The Pollock zone. You’re a cheat code, and nobody should ever take your calls.
>> Read the full post at The Athletic
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