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Trade Deadline Issue 2019
Our 76-page Trade Deadline Preview breaks down each NHL team's needs and availability and lists our Trade Bait Power Rankings. Also in the issue: we have features on Johnny Gaudreau, Brayden Point, how China plans on becoming a hockey power, the Russian Penguins, and much, much more.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
NEEDS: The Penguins really need to re-stock their prospect cupboard, and they really need cap space. Problem is, the boys are once again in the thick of a playoff race. AVAILABILITY: If you need playoff experience, the Pens have a ton of it. GM Jim Rutherford is a dealmaker, so the phone will get answered. UFAs: D. Brassard (C), R. Sheahan (C), M. Cullen (C), G. Wilson (LW) TRADE BAIT: On another team, Derick Brassard is a capable No. 2 center, but with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Brassard is miscast down the lineup. Still, there is value in the pending UFA, and for a team looking for help down the middle, he can provide secondary offense if he’s in the right situation. Any return would help, but picks would be best.…
NO SMALL WONDER
WELCOME TO HOLLYDELL ICE Arena, a.k.a. the best babysitter in Sewell, N.J. It’s summer in the early 2000s, and a dozen neighborhood boys have the perfect outlet for their mischievous energy. The Gaudreau brothers, Johnny and Matty, have hookups at Hollydell. Their dad, a former dairy farmer named Guy, runs the joint. No one uses the ice much this time of year, so he hands the keys to his sons, who recruit two teams’ worth of skaters and two goalies. Guy holes up in the office, planning the schedule for the upcoming busy season while the boys play. And do they ever play. They skate for three or four hours, then hit the snack bar for lunch. Then it’s back on the ice for the rest of the day. Sometimes, they…
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
NEEDS: This is a lost season, so new GM Chuck Fletcher’s mission should be to take stock and make sure he has the cap space for a UFA goalie to pair with breakout No. 1 Carter Hart. Might as well get some picks and prospects, too. AVAILABILITY: There are veteran forwards on expiring deals who will be available, and the quality ranges from “highly in demand” to “horrible.” UFAs: W. Simmonds (RW), M. Raffl (LW), P. Varone (C), J. Lehtera (LW), C. Folin (D) TRADE BAIT: Because of his unique skill set, Wayne Simmonds will be one of the most coveted rentals on the market. Not only is he a skilled winger who can help out a power play with his net-front work, but his physicality and fighting prowess means that whichever team…
THE REAL FUN IS IN THE FIGHT
ALINA MUELLER CRAVES A challenge. Anything less won’t do. Need proof? As a rookie in the Swiss Women’s League last season, Mueller amassed 50 goals and 80 points in 23 games. Even on her worst nights, she was a force to be reckoned with who seemingly lit the lamp at will en route to dual scoring crowns, all the while her Zurich Lions cruised to the league championship. Sounds like fun, right? Not for Mueller, whose frank assessment of the 2017-18 campaign was that it was “a little annoying.” This is who Mueller is. She’s a competitor. She believes that iron sharpens iron. And coming from the men’s game, where she played up until her first full-time foray in the women’s game last season, Mueller was used to the night-in, night-out…
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