"No matter what moves you make, there's no guarantee that you're winning the Cup. I do know that at the trade deadline, any deal you make you're paying more than at anytime during the season. I weigh any opportunity with what it's going to cost.

"I can give up five first round picks and every prospect we have and it still won't guarantee the Stanley Cup."

-Steve Yzerman, GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times has more.