Could we see some players who have been playing injured stop it for a while?
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 thoughts: The Podcast – What will change for the Preds? episode about if there are players who played injured, please close it after the Olympic break.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “I, and we’ll dig into this a little more in a moment. I’m really curious, Kyle, to see what some of these post-Olympic rosters are going to look like.”
Bukauskas: “Oh, especially for those in white flag mode.”
Friedman: “Yeah, yeah. I think there’s a lot of guys playing hurt, a lot of guys playing hurt. That’s not a surprise to anyone.”
Bukauskas: “Right. Yeah, you knew it was all going to come to a head, if it wasn’t already.”
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There may not be many teams that can afford the resources and cap space to acquire Robert Thomas
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 thoughts: The Podcast – What will change for the Preds? episode about the St. Louis Blues and Robert Thomas.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Kyle Bukauskas: “So you had the story on Saturday with Robert Thomas and a little procedure done. You expect to be back after the Olympic break. What else do you have on St. Louis there, maybe Thomas in particular?”
Friedman: “You know, obviously St. Louis has been there. The one thing I wanted to say about Thomas is someone there said to me on Saturday, if you had the over under on how many teams could make a Thomas deal, based on what St. Louis wants, he would take the lower limit.”
Bukauskas: “And maybe not even teams that want to trade for him, like simply teams that have the assets and the cap space.”
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Friedman: “Yes.”
Bukauskas: “To make it happen.”
Friedman: “Yes, they’re taking the fall. But he’ll be back after the Olympics.”
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