I heard Lou was getting a couple cacti back from Arizona in the deal…a couple pricks going the other way…
I heard Lou was getting a couple cacti back from Arizona in the deal…a couple pricks going the other way…
Better than just saying NO I guess.Wyshynski says the NHL schedule, which will be released on Thursday, Will include a break for the Olympics with the caveat that NHL participation is not guaranteed.
NHL to schedule break for '22 Winter Olympics
The next NHL season will include a break for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. The break reportedly will be from Feb. 5 to Feb. 22, but the league has not yet guaranteed player participation in the Olympics.www.espn.com
The 1st? I seem to recall there being others.Preds prospect Luke Prokop comes out. He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2020 draft and will be headed to his first NHL camp in September. He still has 1 more year of major Junior with the Calgary Hitmen in the WHL. Good on ya, kid.
The article is unlocked at The Athletic.
'This is who I am': Predators prospect Luke Prokop comes out
Former pro player Brock McGillis says he "can’t wait to see what this kid does with that weight off his shoulders.’’theathletic.com
Not that it matters really, but I think the general idea is that there has never been an active NHL player who is openly gay. I mean, there still isn't ... but any previous players who came out only did so when they were done playing or no longer viable prospects.The 1st? I seem to recall there being others.
If they went Driedger, Kahkonen and Venecek in net that at least gives you three fairly young goalies with hopes that at least one of them can grab the starters crease with one of the other young guys plying his trade in the AHL for future use. Or if you really felt like you needed a vet you could grab Holtby too I guess. Price just seems like an incredibly high price to pay on your cap.Yeah. I'm not touching any of that. I think Seattle would be idiotic to take Price's contract given his performance, age and health situation. But if they want to spend $10 million of their cap on a guy who's almost certainly going to be of higher PR value than on ice value, then knock yourselves out. Again, it just seems stupid to me.
The first expansion shoe has dropped. Seattle signs UFA dman Adam Larsson, 4 years/$16 million. Frank Seravalli reports that they’re also close on a contract with Jamie Oleksiak.
The first expansion shoe has dropped. Seattle signs UFA dman Adam Larsson, 4 years/$16 million. Frank Seravalli reports that they’re also close on a contract with Jamie Oleksiak.
Neither were on the list from The Athletic that Cmaleski posted in the other thread. Signing Oleksiak might mean one or more of the lefties slotted ahead of Bean…Giordano, Dunn, Zadorov…aren't picked and Bean moves up in the pecking order. And with 2 stay at home guys signed, he needs someone to run a power play unit.Adding two defenders from the ufa pile also takes up two NHL roster spots for the Kraken blue line to boot. Interesting development in regards to defense slots left open for Mr. Bean! Nino Niedereiter come on down…
One bit of business that I like about those two signings for the Kraken is they signed those two guys from teams in Edmonton and Dallas that really left nothing but spare parts on their unprotected lists for the most part. So sign and grab a player you like as a UFA instead of wasting the pick on a spare part you don't!
I still believe Bean is the pick for the Kraken, but similar to what CMal said yesterday, there needs to be room on the Kraken blueline for Bean to be a mainstay since he is not waiver exempt.Neither were on the list from The Athletic that Cmaleski posted in the other thread. Signing Oleksiak might mean one or more of the lefties slotted ahead of Bean…Giordano, Dunn, Zadorov…aren't picked and Bean moves up in the pecking order. And with 2 stay at home guys signed, he needs someone to run a power play unit.