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Trade Deadline 2020
Get everything you need to know for the NHL's player-swap bonanza with our Trade Deadline Preview. We break down each team's needs and availability and list our Trade Bait Power Rankings. Also in the issue: features on Pastrnak, Pacioretty, Scheifele, Kreider, 50 moments for 50 years of the Canucks and Sabres, Eichel vs. Draisaitl, and much, much more.
SOAPBOX
The St. Louis Blues’ complete domination of the West without their best scorer and having the shortest off-season.– Sheldon DeLorme How well the Blue Jackets have played this season. No Bobrovsky, no Panarin, yet Torts has the whole team buying into the system. The “us” against the hockey world mentality is working.@RangerProud The inconsistencies of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Are they for real? Are they just a joke? Who knows. The team has multiple personalities, and you’ll never know which one you’ll get to see next!– Christian Holmes I knew Cale Makar would be good, but the biggest surprise for me so far has been how good he is. He is dominant, one of the best D-men in the NHL in his first year.@Bluemanmtl The biggest surprise to me is P.K. Subban’s disappointing first…
ACCORDING TO IRON MIKE KEENAN
MIKE KEENAN HAS SEEN a lot of the hockey world from his view behind the bench. ‘Iron Mike’ first rose to NHL fame as coach of the Philadelphia Flyers in the mid-1980s, and he counts the 1987 Canada Cup and 1994 Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers among his many career highlights during a journey that saw him guide eight NHL teams as well as KHL franchises in Russia and China. Keenan, who’s joining The Hockey News podcast family with the “Iron Mike Keenan Podcast,” shared a few of his hockey memories with us. THE HOCKEY NEWS: Mike, it’s a pleasure to welcome you to The Hockey News. We’re excited to host your podcast on The Hockey News network. MIKE KEENAN: Thank you. We’re looking forward to the podcast with my…
METRO DIVISION
CAROLINA HURRICANES CAP SPACE: $1.2M NEEDS: With Dougie Hamilton out indefinitely due to a broken leg in mid-January, the Canes could really use a proven defenseman with some offense as a short-term fix. AVAILABILITY: Carolina does have a couple of young blueliners who could get moved to acquire a veteran, but is that a risk is worth taking? UFAs: E. Haula (C), J. Edmundson (D); J. Williams (RW), T. van Riemsdyk (D) TRADE BAIT: Yet to seize an NHL opportunity on a crowded Canes blueline, JAKE BEAN is at least proving he’s worth a shot thanks to his AHL play. Bean has been on fire for Charlotte, with the requisite skating and puckhandling skills for today’s NHL. While he still has work to do on the defensive side, he could be unleashed on a team…
DEFENSEMAN OR DEFENSE?
WITH NO HYPERBOLE, Jake Ratzlaff is one of the most interesting prospects in the 2020 NHL draft class. He’s a Minnesota high-school star defenseman for the Rosemount Irish, but he was also the leading tackler as an outside linebacker for the school’s football team. Surprisingly, while Ratzlaff absolutely blows up opponents on the turf, he doesn’t play a bruising game on the ice. His athleticism and all-around game, however, are impossible to ignore. “Jake is a big, strong, physical kid,” said coach Ricky Saintey. “He skates extremely well and he thinks the game really well, which makes things a lot of fun for us on the coaching staff because he shuts other teams down but he also has the capability to join the rush. And he has a heavy shot.” NHL scouts…
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