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Phil Kessel’s Bonus Paid Out
Phil Kessel’s bonus for 2021-22 was paid out today (or at least due to be paid), as Dave Pagnotta points out. With that bonus out of the way, the entirety of Kessel’s financial cost for the season is his $1 million in base salary. This makes him a lot more attractive to budget conscious teams… Continue reading
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What Might a Seth Jones Trade Package Look Like?
Aaron Portzline of the Athletic speculates potential trade offers from four teams believed to be frontrunners for Seth Jones: the Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings. The trade proposal for the Blackhawks was: Philipp Kurashev, Nicolas Beaudin, Lukas Reichel and a 2022 1st round pick. The proposals for the other three… Continue reading
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Eichel, Sabres “Heading Towards a Resolution”
Peter Fish, the agent for Jack Eichel, believes the two sides are heading towards a resolution, John Vogl of the Athletic reports. “We have definitely been communicating with the team and we are heading towards a resolution,” says Fish. GM Kevyn Adams concedes that the team and the player still disagree about how to proceed… Continue reading
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Pagnotta: Nate Schmidt on Trade Block
According to Dave Pagnotta, the Canucks have made Nate Schmidt available. The Canucks acquired Schmidt when Vegas was clearing cap space to sign Alex Pietrangelo. Schmidt had 5 goals and 10 assists in 54 games with the Canucks. Continue reading
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Could the Rangers Trade for Ryan Reaves?
On the New Ice City podcast, David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal speculates that the Rangers might ask the Golden Knights about trading for Ryan Reaves (49:00). Schoen cites the fact that Reaves was a healthy scratch for the last two playoff games for Vegas and the fact that new Rangers’ coach Gerard Gallant… Continue reading
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Kings Trade for Viktor Arvidsson
The Kings have traded for Viktor Arvidsson from the Predators. It should be interesting to what the Kings gave up for Arvidsson, whose production has dipped, but is on a very reasonable contract. The Kings are deep in young centers which Nashville might covet. UPDATE: The return is two draft picks: Los Angeles’ 2021 2nd… Continue reading
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Chicago Apparently Working on Trading Duncan Keith
Elliotte Friedman reports that there are rumblings about Duncan Keith getting traded West. Elliotte’s geographic description would seem to include only Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Seattle. I’d venture to say that Edmonton seems to be the most likely of the group, based on cap space and team needs. Keith, 37, has two more seasons on… Continue reading
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Could Colorado Pursue Seth Jones?
Pierre LeBrun reports in his column for the Athletic that a couple of sources have floated the idea of Colorado renting Seth Jones for a Cup run in 2021-22 before letting him walk as a free agent. Colorado has been hesitant to add long-term commitments as their young core is gradually going to need new… Continue reading