Mar 17, 2024
Dale and Mike return from sun vacations to breakdown and discuss the big trade deadline deals and then look to the playoff races. Have the Oilers and Leafs done enough? Also, the DOPeS have been busy and we ask - did they create this mess?
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Banter -Vacations
Title Player Charlie Huddy
News
- Trade Deadline
Biggest Stories
Vegas - Huge haul
- Tomas Hertl, 2025 3rd, 2027 3rd for David Edstrom, 2025 1st rnd pick - SJS retains $1.3875
- Noah Hanifin, - 3 way deal with CGY, PHI - Hanifin cap hit ends at $1.2375 -
- Anthony Mantha from WSH for 2024 2nd, 2026 4th
Conveniently Mark Stone $9.5MM on LTIR out - will he be back for playoffs?
Friedge says SJS NOW fully rebuilding?????
Leafs quiet -Joel Edmundson for 2024 3rd, 2025 5th $875 retained
Oilers - Adam Henrique, Sam Carrick from Ducks for 2024 1st, 2025 5th, 2025 4th - 3 way with TB to retain salary
Troy Stecher from AZ for 2027 4th
Solid pick ups
Carolina
Kuznetsov from Washington for 2025 3rd - Kuz had been in minors
Guentzel from Pitt for Bunting, 3 AHL players, 2024 2nd, 2024 5th
Dubas getting picks to do a rebuild
Sabres / Avalanche - Byram for Middlestadt - was surprised
- Coyotes Arena - Coyotes to bid on land in North Phoenix - auction starts at 68.5 milliion. Has to be the last chance. - Auction in 10 weeks
- Tortorella - gets ejected and initially won’t leave bench Fun full explanation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqdGemIZbA8 2 games and $25,000 fine
- Crosby moving? - seems to be lots of speculation all of a sudden
- Wild Pull goalie in OT and win - if they lost, would lose OT point - did you know that?
Guess the 5th
Connections - previous -Gretzky, Ovechkin, Lemieux, Hull
Hot / Not - Full Standings with Current playoff positions
Atlantic - FLA 8-2-0 / DET 3-7-0
Metro - NYR,CAR 6-3-1 / PIT 3-6-1
EAST Wildcard Race
Central - NSH 8-0-2 / CHI 3-5-2
Pacific - EDM 7-2-1 / SJS 1-7-2 - Vegas 3-6-1
West Wildcard
Point of year when bad teams get REALLY bad - but no one is tanking
ANA 3-7-0
SJS 1-7-2
CHI 3-5-2
OTT 3-6-1
Crazy Stat
DOPeS
Matt Rempe 4 games - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/rangers-rempe-suspended-four-games-for-elbowing-devils-siegenthaler
Parker Kelly 2 games https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/parker-kelly-of-ottawa-senators-suspended-two-games-by-player-safety
Pospisil 3 games - https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/player-safety/flames-martin-pospisil-suspended-three-games-for-boarding
Lots of dirty stuff going on - is league clamping down or are players playing on edge because of lack of consistencies