There are two kinds of General Managers at the National Hockey Leauge's trade deadline: those that want to sell the farm and the future to go all-in, in hopes of winning the Stanley Cup, and those that hold their higher round picks and prospects closer to their chest, unwilling to move them unless they become cup favourites.
According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland is the latter and will have a hard time parting with his first-round picks and blue-chip prospects unless he has some assurances.