The NHL Trade Deadline is just days away and with it can come a mound of stress for teams.
But Carolina Hurricanes head coach, Rod Brind'Amour, is one who isn't too concerned about the impending deadline.
"I think it's what you make of it," Brind'Amour said. "[The players] all understand that it's the time of year and there's all this speculation, but 99.9% of it never happens. It's just part of the business. Is it stressful? Maybe. But it's just part of their everyday. They understand that at this time of year, that's what's going to happen."
Obviously there's not as much worry in a locker room like Carolina's as the team sits comfortably in playoff position, but what will the deadline hold for the Canes?
General manager Don Waddell has vocalized to a few different outlets that the team would like to look at adding a top-nine forward, but the truth is the team is in no rush to do so.
Carolina likes to build its roster in the offseason and in that regard, they already made two big moves with the additions of Dmitry Orlov and Michael Bunting.
"You're always looking to try and get better so I assume we're in on conversations on things, but we like to make our moves in the offseason," said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour.
Everyone knows that Carolina will not pay a premium for rentals at the deadline and if anything, they'll probably just add a few depth pieces to supplement their group, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
So many people look at adding players at the deadline as purely an all-around net positive, when in reality there's a lot more that comes with those additions.
"It's complicated," Brind'Amour said. "You don't really want to be adding guys because that means somebody is getting subtracted. That's part of it you have to figure out too. So the fit obviously has to be right when you're looking into that."
There's also the fact that Carolina plays a very structured game both on and away from the puck. There's a lot to learn with the systems and it's been well observed that it takes new players several weeks if not months of game action to really settle in.
The Hurricanes are very measured in their approach to trades, because if they're giving up assets, they want to be sure that they'll get positive value out of the transaction.
Paying a high-price for a short-term rental usually doesn't fit that bill. The team is always around in negotiations, if the price is right, and they've been connected with a few players out there such as Jake Guentzel and Frank Vatrano.
While anything can happen, it's best to keep a tempered approach, especially because Brind'Amour himself stated that there hasn't been much movement within the organization on the trade front.
"[Waddell and I] talk about everything, but to be honest, there hasn't been a lot of discussions about stuff because we like our group," Brind'Amour said.