CBA Rules, Parity Kill Deadline Blockbuster Frenzy

GMs across the league hit the brakes hard at this year's trade deadline, with new CBA restrictions and unprecedented parity turning what should have been a frenzy into a trickle of middle-six moves and depth defensemen. I've been in those front-office war rooms, and the chatter was all about no-movement clauses gumming up the works while sellers got greedy on asks that no buyer could stomach.