As NHL action resumes following the Christmas break, we sit about halfway through the 2018-19 season. That means we have a big enough sample of games to see things take shape, but still have plenty of hockey to go before the playoffs.
We also have enough hindsight to see how last offseason’s moves have impacted the results of this year, for better or worse. And we can wonder how things could have been different if they had gone another direction.
With that said, let’s have a look at 10 offseason moves or non-moves that had a domino effect on this season and what could have been.
What if the Hurricanes kept Jeff Skinner?
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