The Edmonton Oilers took a risk by placing Noah Philp on waivers Sunday afternoon. It was a gamble that apparently backfired. The Carolina Hurricanes have made this claim Philp is waiving, meaning the Oilers can’t place the promising forward in the AHL and get no asset in return. Everyone else cleared waivers, but Friedman suggested […]
According to NHL insider Pierre LeBrun, “The Blue Jackets are completing a trade involving Igor Chinakov [Yegor Chinakhov]. Columbus gets draft picks back.” The news comes after months of uncertainty surrounding the hapless striker, who had requested a trade earlier this season. LeBrun later updated the report to note that Chinakhov is headed to the […]
Connor McDavid has accomplished just about everything you can dream of at the start of an NHL career. Eight 100-point seasons, five Art Ross Trophies, three Hart Trophies, a Rocket Richard Trophy and even a Conn Smythe, but the only thing that still eludes him is a Stanley Cup. Back-to-back trips to the Finals, only […]
I came across one hypothetical trading this morning that puts Auston Matthews in Detroit, and I didn’t even have to read it twice to make sure I hadn’t missed something overnight. It’s the kind of idea that gets people excited, even if it doesn’t survive much scrutiny. But this trade is completely nonsensical. This is […]
About an hour after it was first learned that the Columbus Blue Jackets were trading Yegor Chinakhov, it was learned that he was being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and details of the trade emerged. The blue jackets confirmed that they did received a 2026 2nd RD pick, a 2027 3rd RD pick, and F […]
When Anthony Stolarz of the Toronto Maple Leafs went down in mid-November, the first word was reassuring. A few games. No concussion. Slightly upper body, but nothing alarming. The kind of updates that teams give all the time. Only here we are, eight weeks later, and he still hasn’t skated. Now he goes to a […]
Few Toronto Maple Leafs players have ever been as divisive as Justin Holl. He was a solid enough defender with a right shot. When he played with Jake Muzzin, and both were in top form, they were a stable shutdown pair. But when Holl’s contract expired at the end of the 2022-23 season, he was […]
** Update: Oilers color analyst Bob Stauffer tweeted just minutes prior to the Oilers game against the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night: “Andrew Mangiapane is out of the picture. @EdmontonOilers tonight in Winnipeg. He is a healthy scratch.” When news broke on Monday that the Edmonton Oilers and forward Andrew Mangiapane were both open to […]
Nativity scene in a wagon Gauss is the portfolio under review this morning and is undergoing some asset allocation adjustments. Gauss is one of the better performing portfolios, in part because there have been no withdrawals since its inception several years ago. In addition to no withdrawals, new money is added from time to time. […]
Late lineup changes around the NHL often raise eyebrows, but when it comes to recognizable names, speculation quickly increases. That was the case Monday evening Andreas Mangiapane was a late healthy scratch for the Edmonton Oil Companieswhile Sean Monahan was ruled out for the Columbus Blue Jackets under the vague designation of “maintenance.” Individually, each […]