shrader

For me, it really comes down to this. I believe in the 1st and 4th lines. If Simmonds/Kahun can wake up one of those middle two lines, they can continue on their run. And let's face it, as long as Hutton is in net, this team is going to need some extra goals.

This is an odd crusade to take up. Apparently Rodriques went around kicking dogs in his spare time.

When I first saw the trade mentioned here, I thought that it was a typo and they had just made a trade with Calgary. I was wondering how the hell they could have pulled that one off.

And of course the Pageau deal was contingent upon him re-signing. I don't know if that was ever mentioned at any point today, but it's pretty obvious that it was the case. Yes, they need a 2C, but as you suggested, that wasn't happening today.

They owe it to Jack to try at least once during his career.

Our goalies have been very good at avoiding that.

Hopefully Tre White has been working overtime.

Lost in this is that Florida and Toronto in recent games have been underperforming that pace while Buffalo has been playing over theirs. You just have to hope that the recent play is in fact a better indicator of the upcoming results.

I love that the hockey news actually has someone evaluating a trade that didn't happen. It says a lot about them.

82 games played last year. 50 out of 61 this year. I guess the question is if those 11 games missed came in multiple blocks or if it was a one time thing.

It's too bad that they don't have any games left with Toronto. That's the easiest way to close a gap. They do have one with Florida, so there's at least one level of control when it comes to catching them. They do have two games with Carolina. Even though most are focusing on Toronto, that's another team they're chasing, granted there's such a log jam in that WC race. They can certainly make things interesting if they decide to keep playing good hockey.

And it's another fine example of why the "never trade within your division" idea is pure garbage. The Rangers are making a big push, 4 points out of the wild card (Carolina), and they make this trade. They clearly didn't get the memo.

Unless he takes off in Pittsburgh, I have a hard time seeing him get that qualifying offer given the price tag.

There's no race against time here. If there's another deal, it's already been agreed upon but just hasn't filtered out yet.

Don't waste your time with anyone named Chad.

Which does make me think we'll see something else, even if it is another Simmonds-type move where you're giving a short term tryout to another high price guy who hasn't worked out.

I don't know a thing about a guy, but they took two players that they no longer want and brought in an NHL guy who they have control over for a few years. I like that much.

I wonder if they get a body in return. They're down to no spare forwards if both Sheary and Erod are moved.

Failed to extend? At that point he had failed to score a single goal since Lincoln was in office. And Philly only throws in Criscuolo because they have to keep their total contract count down.

And a few extra Bogosian bucks left to go.

I think the appearance of trying to make a push will be a very good thing for the atmosphere in that locker room. Sure it's a long shot, but it's a positive message we haven't seen around these parts in a very long time.

And you'd have to imagine that a forward will be going out at some point after this trade.

Yes. So I'm in the "why not" camp on this one. It didn't cost us anything.

And it seems like an analytics job is one where someone could live pretty much anywhere and still do the job. It should be easy to poach someone like that from an organization that refuses to spend.

I caught part of that. The repetitive mentioning of the "super secret source" was pretty pathetic. Hey, did you know that I have a super secret source?