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Slump Busters
- Confidence — or a lack of it, more specifically for these three players — plays such a vital role in the game. Foegele had been creating a lot of chances in the six-game losing skid, but couldn’t finish. I won’t be surprised if he pops two or three goals in the coming weeks now.
BLH’s Thoughts: That was written before the Oilers game vs. Seattle last night by Jason Gregor. Ideally, you’d like to score a bit more often than once a week if you’re playing on Connor McDavid’s wing as Gregor predicted, but as it stands Foegele had a pair vs. the Kraken.
You saw the same thing happen with Jesse Puljujarvi against the Blue Jackets. He’d been getting chances for about a week straight prior to that match vs. Columbus and then just like that, Pulju scored a brace.
NHLRumors.com
- Kevin Allen of Detroit Hockey Now: The Detroit Red Wings had a scout watching the San Jose Barracuda (AHL) over the weekend, a game in which Evander Kane made his season debut. Couldn’t get confirmation if they were there to watch Kane or possibly someone else.
- Sportsnet 590 the Fan: Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne on Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun, who is now in the rumor mill.
- “Krebs, a first round, a first and a second if I’m not mistaken. So there’s four pieces. That’s what Arizona would be looking at to move Jakob Chychrun.” – Nick Kypreos
- Marc Antoine Godin of The Athletic: There are some Canadiens that have term left that might be moved. A look at what some “pro scouts” and not GMs think the Canadiens could get.
- Brendan Gallagher – If the Canadiens were to retain salary, they may be able to get a first and possibly a prospect.
- Joel Armia – Three years left at $3.4 million. One scout says if he was making $2.5 million he might be worth a 2nd.
- Artturi Lehkonen – One scout thinks a second round with another scout saying a prospect that projects as a third-line player.
BLH’s Thoughts: Do you think Stevie Y would trade for Evander Kane? He’s got a pretty good thing going right now and to bring in such a distracting personality to play with his impressionable young stars (Lucas Raymond, Moe Seider), personally, I think it would be a step in the wrong direction.
Remember when I was talking about what Chychrun would cost the Oilers? I said Broberg, two 1sts, and a prospect would be the minimum and it sounds like that’s what Kypreos is saying. Edmonton would have to get creative financially to make the money work, but if they’re willing to move Broberg (that’s a big IF), I think there’s a chance they could get in on the Coyotes franchise player.
For me, I would prefer the team spend its first on a guy like Brendan Gallagher than Chychrun because I feel like the top-six is suffering with Yamamoto on the 2nd line. If Draisaitl is to play center on his own line, he’s going to need wingers who can score goals, he can’t do all the passing and scoring himself. Gallagher has a long history of scoring goals and he’s a gamer in the post-season…
The Hockey Writers Rumors
- It’s not confirmed the Canadiens will be moving Carey Price, Jeff Petry, David Savard, Ben Chiarot, Brendan Gallagher, Tyler Toffoli, Mike Hoffman, Joel Armia, Jonathan Drouin, or Artturi Lehkonen, but if the team does decide to move one or any of these players, Marc Antoine Godin of The Athletic took a look at the possible returns.
- When it comes to Price, he says few teams can actually make this trade but he quotes one pro scout who said Price would fetch “a first-round pick and a prospect, for sure.
- Dan Rosen of NHL.com discussed what type of trade package Filip Forsberg could command at the 2022 trade deadline, should the Predators elect not to re-sign him.
- Rosen felt the team should be in “win-now” mode and re-sign Forsberg but he also believes the Predators might consider a sign-and-trade scenario versus moving him as a trade deadline rental.
- According to John Vogl of The Athletic, don’t expect the Sabres to make big-time bids on any of the available goaltenders this offseason, specifically Jack Campbell, Darcy Kuemper and Joonas Korpisalo. He notes the Sabres might not be big players in free agency at all.
