Saturday, June 7, 2025

I want your trade proposals (involving things that cannot be trades)

I have an idea that I want to try.

We all love a good “Who says no?” trade column. Readers send in their proposals, and writers figure out which ones makes sense, and which teams would or wouldn’t be interested. It’s a great gimmick, which is why you see it show up so often.

Let’s try it with a twist. I’m asking you for your trade proposals involving anything that teams aren’t actually allowed to trade. That is, I don’t want to hear about players or picks or signing rights or retained salary. Instead, I want you to hit me with everything else – coaches, front offices, mascots, media, anthem singers, you name it.

Get creative, come up with a trade you think would work for both teams, and send it in. Then I’ll take those ideas and… actually, I don’t know. This probably won’t work. But it would be fun if it did, so no harm in trying.

Email your trade proposals to dgbmailbag@gmail.com and let’s see where this goes.





4 comments:

  1. Tampa gets Montreal’s next 4 unprotected 1sts and 2nds, 70% of Bell Centre gates for the next 5 years. Montreal gets the Tampa Bay Rays.

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  2. NHL's most recognizable mascot needs to go play a competitor, and part with a piece of history to get better in the future. Flyers trade Gritty and the rights to the Broad Street Bullies to Florida for the rights to the future fans until 2028 and 5 tax-free years

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  3. There have to be some hair trades (including beards and 'stashes) out there.

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  4. Minnesota receives: 20% of Toronto’s media members, Toronto’s 1967 Stanley cup win, 100% of the Toronto Marlies gate revenue, and David Ayers
    Toronto receives: Michael Russo, Minnesota’s hatred of Norm Green, the city of St. Paul and a Jucy Lucy

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