Laine Pegged as Perfect Trade Fit for Penguins & Top 10 NHL Trade Rentals Who Didn't Win it All
Plus a peek at the value of the Johnson and Marchenko contracts for the Blue Jackets.
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Patrik Laine Pegged as Perfect Trade Fit for Penguins
August 1, 2024 by Jim Parsons
The Pittsburgh Penguins are among the teams rumored to be potentially kicking tires around the Patrik Laine trade talks out of Columbus. Nothing is official and may not even be imminent, but now that Laine is ready to talk to teams about his future, the Penguins are a team that makes a lot of sense…
Top 10 NHL Trade Rentals Who Didn’t Win the Stanley Cup
July 31, 2024 by Mike Fink
The goal of the trade deadline, for the teams that are aggressive and buying to be exact, is to win the Stanley Cup. Only one team every season can look back and say they won the deals they made because they ended up winning it all…
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Blue Jackets Get Value on Johnson & Marchenko Contracts
July 30, 2024 by Nicholas Arnold
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been slowly getting their business done over the course of the offseason. Arguably they were once again the team with the most work to get done between seasons. They had to do the draft and free agency – as everyone else did – but on top of that they hired a new general manager (GM). That new GM, Don Waddell, had to decide whether to fire Pascal Vincent (he did) and then hired a new head coach, Dean Evason. He’s dealing with a trade request from one of his star players in Patrik Laine, and he had to decide whether or not to retain upwards of 15 players on expiring contracts…
