Trading is something that should ALWAYS be encouraged in this league. Despite the fact that some of the more infamous trades didn&#039;t always work out, I think most of them were done for all the right reasons. I too have attempted trades with a number of captains, many of them flat out refuse to talk about and others never get back to you. It&#039;s a shame really; I have seen many teams I have attempted to help have terrible seasons. Whether or not my trade would have made that team better I will never know, but captains can be very stubborn about it. <br /><br />It&#039;s pretty easy to see right after the draft which teams have absolutely no chance without some sort of a trade happening during the season. I have to say that every pre-season I usually offer at least one captain a trade in order to help them. This has never panned out. I don&#039;t know what it could be besides them being stubborn. I have always been willing to sacrifice a piece of my team in order to help another one succeed, and I think this is behavior that should be encouraged, especially if the trade happens to help you out as well. Besides...what would we have to talk about without Mass and LB MAKING MOVES this pre-season? That changed the picture just a little bit..