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In a shocking blockbuster trade, the Avalanche trade Mikko Rantanen to the Hurricanes. Is Eric Tulsky the smartest GM ever? Will we see more big trades well before the deadline? People are dropping out of the 4 Nations Faceoff - is it a trend? Listen Here: Apple Podcasts Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player - Jason Allison - played with Troy Sweet in London/ Chris Longo Portland / / Barry Trotz - coach Portland Pirates - 3 goalies - Byron Dafoe, Rick Tabaracci, Olaf Kolzig / Todd Nelson, Trotz, Andrew Brunette, News Mikko Rantanen, Taylor Hall to Hurricanes for Martin Necas, Jack Drury, 2025 2nd, 2026 4th Rantanen 6th in scoring when traded. Contract up at end of season - $4.625MM- expecting Draisaitl type salary - $14MM Comments from MacKinnon, Bednar Makar due in 27-28 MacFarland must have decided he couldn’t live with 3 guys over $12MM Does this change how other GMs look at expiring contracts? Marner? 4 nations players dropping out Heiskenen Pietrangelo - nursing injury but paying 24 min / game Karlsson - “lower body injury” Jacob Markstrom Charlier McAvoy Erik Haula Per Wyshinski - no 1 game suspension for not attending unlike All Star game Will we see more? Captains - Crosby, Hedman, Matthews, Barkov Brandon Saad waived by Blues and is free agent - Leafs and Oilers said to be interested Klingberg to play first game as Oiler tonight. Guess the 5th Standings Update East is tight! We review the standings. Connections Last Week - Claude Julien, Alain Vigneault, Pat Burns, Benoit Groulx This Week Crazy Stat DOPeS - McDavid 3 games / Myers 3 games Lilleberg - 2 games - interference - head contact - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/lightning-emil-lilleberg-suspended-two-games-for-interference Ridiculously lenient. |