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March 6, 2017
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FIVE BEST DESTINATIONS FOR JAROME IGINLA
I’VE ALWAYS LIKED Jarome Iginla. I’m not sure I know anyone who doesn’t. Even if he never played for your favorite team, he’s one of those guys you have to at the very least respect, if not outright admire. And so, it goes without saying, his situation this season is sad. The Avalanche are awful, and while a struggling Iginla hasn’t helped much, he deserves better. So let’s figure out a way to set him free. Let’s run down the five best destinations for when he inevitably waives his no-trade clause in the lead up to this year’s trade deadline. To be fair, these aren’t necessarily the best destinations for Iginla himself, but rather the ones that would be the most entertaining for us, the fans. Still, he’d go into this year’s playoffs…
WHAT TO DO ON DEADLINE DAY?
THE TRADE DEADLINE GETS OVERBLOWN… DRAFT DAY IS STILL THE DAY – Tim Murray, Sabres GM WHILE THE TRADE deadline tends to be one of the biggest TV days of the hockey year, its actual impact has long been exaggerated. Of course it would be glib to point out only one team – the eventual Stanley Cup winner – can really “win” the deadline, but it’s also inaccurate. That’s only true if you’re considering the “buyer” teams. The “seller” teams can also really benefit if their GMs play the field right. Parity wreaked havoc on the trade market for most of this season, and perhaps with the blockbusters of the summer (Shea Weber for P.K. Subban, Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson), that was to be expected. But with very few teams truly…
BYE WEEK: BOON OR BANE?
THE NHL RUNS up against the Law of Unintended Consequences quite frequently. Rules intended to make the game faster (taking out the red line) also make it more dangerous (more huge hits); rules put in to increase scoring (the goalie trapezoid) end up having the opposite effect (90 percent of goalies are terrible at handling the puck; why stop them?). But innovation and experimentation is necessary in a league where over-coaching often grinds down all the best intentions of the excitementenablers. One of the latest wrinkles in the NHL is the bye week, which guaranteed teams a fiveday break during the season. It was negotiated with the NHLPA as a trade-off for players participating in a more strenuous 3-on- 3 All-Star Game format. And with the World Cup of Hockey pushing…
THN’S TRADE BAIT POWER RANKINGS
1. MATT DUCHENE C, COL CONTRACT STATUS: $6M per through 2018-19 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: OTT, NSH, CBJ 2. MARC-ANDRE FLEURY G, PIT CONTRACT STATUS: $5.7M per through 2018-19 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: STL, CGY, DAL 3. KEVIN SHATTENKIRK D, STL CONTRACT STATUS: UFA 2017 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: TB, NYR, EDM 4. GABRIEL LANDESKOG LW, COL CONTRACT STATUS: $5.5M per through 2020-21 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: BOS, PHI, LA 5. BEN BISHOP G, TB CONTRACT STATUS: UFA 2017 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: DAL, STL, CGY 6. THOMAS VANEK LW, DET CONTRACT STATUS: UFA 2017 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: LA, OTT, PHI 7. JAROME IGINLA RW, COL CONTRACT STATUS: UFA 2017 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: MTL, CHI, LA 8. MARTIN HANZAL C, ARI CONTRACT STATUS: UFA 2017 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: CHI, NSH, SJ 9. PATRICK SHARP LW, DAL CONTRACT STATUS: UFA 2017 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: CHI, EDM, NSH 10. JOHNNY ODUYA D, DAL CONTRACT STATUS: UFA 2017 POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS: EDM, CHI, WSH…
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