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The 2nd period of CBJ-NYR was the most wide-open, defense not allowed, pure offensive mayhem 20 minutes of hockey I've seen recently at the NHL level.

6 goals total. 2 by Fantilli within 27 seconds. 2 shorties on the same PP by the Rangers. Crazy stuff.

Fire it up on ESPN+, stand back, and enjoy.

Edit: Zach Werensky is so impressive. Fantastic offensively, of course, but his defensive anticipation is sublime. We just don't see defensive smarts like that from our gang.
 
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Brind'Amour: Rantanen told Hurricanes he wouldn't re-sign after trade

With Mikko Rantanen now in Dallas following two blockbuster deals, revelations about his time in Carolina are starting to come to light.
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Here are the RBA quotes on the topic:

"There's not been one guy that has left here because they didn't like it here. That was except for Mikko," Brind'Amour said. "And he didn't not like it. When he showed, he said, 'There's four teams I'll go play for, but you're not one of them.'

"So there's 28 other teams he wasn't going to. The better question is should we have known that before we signed him or attempted to sign him."

"Mikko was the only one that I've been associated with that said, 'This is not for me.' I think there's other circumstances on that," the Hurricanes coach said. "It's not because of the hockey, it's because, I think, his family — it wasn't for him. Good, I appreciate that, he let us know that. We probably should've known that before we made the deal, maybe that changes how we go about things."

"Guentzel was the totally opposite thing. If we had offered him the contract we offered him at the end, he's here," Brind'Amour said. "But we didn't for whatever reason. That's a different conversation. And all the other guys that walked out of here at free agency is because they got paid a lot more money than we were offering. They all wanted to stay."
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TheMistyStranger said:
I hate the agree with him, but the agent should have informed Carolina about that. If he didn't, that's extremely scuzzy.
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The agent can't talk to them before a trade happens. That's tampering unless Colorado gave them permission to talk. And it sounds like either Colorado didn't do that, Carolina didn't ask for it, or Carolina didn't bother to check beforehand.

This is on Dundon and not on the agent, IMO.
 
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Jim Bob said:
The agent can't talk to them before a trade happens. That's tampering unless Colorado gave them permission to talk. And it sounds like either Colorado didn't do that, Carolina didn't ask for it, or Carolina didn't bother to check beforehand.

This is on Dundon and not on the agent, IMO.
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While I 100% agree that this is on Dundon.....there are always back channels to at least get a sense as to whether or a not a guy would even be open to signing a long-term deal if traded for.
 
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While I 100% agree that this is on Dundon.....there are always back channels to at least get a sense as to whether or a not a guy would even be open to signing a long-term deal if traded for.
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But, that kind of stuff is on the acquiring team and not the agent to figure out before pulling the trigger on a deal.

And Dundon is basically the owner/GM there and Tulsky is more like Karmanos here than Adams.
 
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DapperCam said:
Even if Cozens becomes an All-Star, I won’t be salty about it because he was never going to figure it out here. It just wasn’t ever going to happen.
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Are you going to say the same thing after Dahlin leaves? Eventually we have to stop trading good players away...stop being the development team for the league.

I, for one, will definitely be salty and will blame the org if Cozens blossoms in Ottawa.
 
Doug Prishpreed said:
Are you going to say the same thing after Dahlin leaves? Eventually we have to stop trading good players away...stop being the development team for the league.

I, for one, will definitely be salty and will blame the org if Cozens blossoms in Ottawa.
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Why would I say the same thing about Dahlin? He’s an elite player and will be successful no matter where he goes.

Cozens has baggage and hockey IQ issues. He’s the type of player that will need the right fit to succeed and it wasn’t here (barring a total clean sweep of the front office, coaching staff and a lot of the players allowing a reimagining of his role). Norris wasn’t some huge return for him, and any other GM could have beaten that offer if he was so good.
 
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