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McKenzie s reporting that Marchessault is close to an extension with VGK. 6 years ~$5mm AAV.


Edit: Should be noted that Florida basically gave Marchessault away for nothing. Basically used him to get rid of Reilly Smith’s contract, which really isn’t a bad contract.
 

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Smith has 10-21 and is a +14. Not a bad contract at all...

I kept meaning to say something before the year started about how I thought Vegas might actually be a pretty decent team but I kept getting distracted by more important things like the amount of lint in my belly button. Every week they keep this up I get madder at myself. It's been fun to watch.
 

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McKenzie s reporting that Marchessault is close to an extension with VGK. 6 years ~$5mm AAV.


Edit: Should be noted that Florida basically gave Marchessault away for nothing. Basically used him to get rid of Reilly Smith’s contract, which really isn’t a bad contract.
Done deal, according to my favorite hockey studio host.

 

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Chicago has done some shuffling on the blue line the past few days, waiving Franson and calling guys up. Apparently with the dust settled, Brent Seabrook will bea healthy scratch tonight. 6 more years at $6.8 mm AAV left on his contract. Woof.
 

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Chicago dealt Richard Panik and Laurent Dauphin to Arizona for Anthony Duclair and Adam Clendening. No salary retention either way.

 

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12 points back...4 games in hand...Best D man out for a bit...hmmmmm

So you’re saying there’s a chance!?
 

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Well yeah unless the Caps or Rags become the crossover team. Then I'm not so sure we'd want that.
I agree with you, I'm perfectly comfortable with a first round series against Toronto.
 

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Jack Johnson, citing a dramatically diminished role this season and a desire to better position himself for free agency in the summer, has asked the Blue Jackets to be traded, sources have confirmed to The Athletic.
 

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NYR loses Shattenkirk to a meniscus tear. Out indefinitely.


Interesting season for the Rangers. They are currently holding on to a WC spot thanks mostly to Hank. Despite that, Friedman/McKenzie have been speculating that they could be sellers at the deadline and even listen on or move guys like McDonagh and Zuccarello. Could be an interesting 5 weeks for them.
 

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His optimistic tone at the end really cheered me. That man has been through hell. May he have a long and happy career coaching kids.
 

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Not the best look on the heels of Tortorella's comments about turning his players loose in Vegas... wonder if there's any connection

That’s precisely what Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella is hoping for. You read that right. Tortorella wants Jackets players to enjoy themselves in Sin City, which is why he flew them out to the desert early for a game on Tuesday against the Vegas Golden Knights.

“I want them to go out. I think playing guilty is a big part of being a really good player in the National Hockey League,” Tortorella said. “We don’t do that anymore. Heaven forbid! We have agents, and their whole entourage making sure you drink that carrot juice, and all this stuff. ‘You can’t have a beer; that’s going to dehydrate you.’

“What’s great about our game is let them have a little fun. Let us have some personality. We’ve taken a lot of personality out of the game.”

Tortorella said he trusts his team.

“When you start trying to treat your players like 10-year-olds, babysit them and don’t allow them to go out and enjoy some of the cities they’re in, you’re going down the wrong road. We do want to get acclimated with the (time) change, and we want them to enjoy themselves, too. It’s a long year. We ask a lot out of them.”

At the same time, “I hope they’re ready to play when we drop the puck on Tuesday.”
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PHWA did some mid-season award voting. Results:


Kind of a fun All Star break type discussion. I don’t think there are any major whiffs.
 

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Cassidy should be in the top 3 of the Jack Adams (but not 1st), but that's about it.
 

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The NHL announced several regular and pre-season games in Europe, and pre-season games in China for next season.
They haven't announced the teams for China, but announcers during the All-Star skills match said it's rumored to be the B's and Flames.

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Given the B's partnership with ORG and their multiple trips over the past couple summers, I think they're probably a lock to go to China every chance they get.
 

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I enjoyed reading Greg Wyshinski's article for ESPN today about Mike Green. It meanders through a number of topics including his style of play, how he was an advanced stat darling before people knew they wanted that, and some thoughts on his trade possibilities as the deadline approaches. Good hire for ESPN, they sorely lacked NHL journalists since their June purge. (as opposed to reporters, which I admit he is too, but I think his major strength is his writing.
 

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After a couple of decades with DirecTV, I cut the cord in October. A couple of weeks ago I took the plunge and added NHL.tv at the $49.99 mid-season sale price. The picture at 60-frames is fantastic, I hope I can expect MLB.tv's streaming look to be similar in the spring.

I'm watching on 4K Apple TV's and was wondering if the interface on other streaming devices allows you to view more than 2 games at once, or is it the same over all the various supported device platforms? The 4-game mosaic feature on the ESPN and FOX apps is nice. The NHL.tv mosaic option I see just adds overhead goalie cams or other camera angles on the ATV.