Dale Tallon landed one of the greatest scorers in NHL history in an in-season transaction last year. That'll be difficult to top, but he intends to try.

The Florida Panthers general manager said in an intermission segment Thursday that the team's priority over the next few months, and in the lead-up to late February's trade deadline, is to acquire help up front.

"We're getting more and more assets, and they're not all going to play for us because there's not enough room," he said.

"If we can maybe package a couple of those to get the right piece that will help long-term and really help us in the playoff run and get us deep in the playoffs, we'll look at it."

That kind of creativity is required, these days. But unfortunately for Tallon, the league may as well have already entered its annual holiday no-movement freeze. There have been few rumors, let alone actual sweater swapping, now two months into the season.

But he does still have his aforementioned all-time addition. Jaromir Jagr, now with a share of fourth place on the NHL's career goals list, leads the Panthers' 21st-ranked offense with nine goals and 21 points.