
The 2026 NHL trade deadline isn’t until March, thanks to the Milan Cortina Olympics which will see the entire league enter a 19-day hiatus, during which there will be a roster freeze that begins on Feb. 4.
When play resumes on Feb. 25, there will be just one week until the trade deadline, meaning there could be plenty of action throughout that week as teams look to finalize their rosters ahead of the stretch run of the 2025–26 campaign.