Out of Town Thread - New Year's Edition!

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MarkovsKnee

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Just realized that if Avs beat Calgary tonight - currently up 2-0 after 1 - they jump from WC2 spot into 2nd place in Central. They could be one point back of Dallas with 2 games in hand too. Depends on what Dallas does tonight versus Vegas. At worse, Avs are 3 pts back of Stars with 2 games in hand.

Colorado making a run at 1st in Central. Could have an Edmonton-Colorado rematch in 1st round.
 
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DavePeak

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3-1 for Colorado now, Toffoli with his 25th goal of the season. Lucic with a heavyweight bout win just before
 

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Look like the folks from TSN finally lost it...

"O'Reilly excited to have OT-hero Nylander on his flank
After witnessing William Nylander's brilliance in overtime on Friday, Ryan O'Reilly will now get the privledge of playing alongside the Swede, as the Sheldon Keefe juggled things up a bit on Saturday. The team was also still marveling at Nylander's OT-winner against the Wild."

They probably left the typo on "privilege" because they couldn't contain their excitement.
My goodness, the lathering up job with extra foam on that.

@sampollock will call it just another fig-wetting embarrassment but this is more like drenching. These people are shameless. How stupid do they believe their intended audience really is?
 
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HuGort

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Just realized that if Avs beat Calgary tonight - currently up 2-0 after 1 - they jump from WC2 spot into 2nd place in Central. They could be one point back of Dallas with 2 games in hand too. Depends on what Dallas does tonight versus Vegas. At worse, Avs are 3 pts back of Stars with 2 games in hand.

Colorado making a run at 1st in Central. Could have an Edmonton-Colorado rematch in 1st round.
Getting close to Stanley Cup playoffs. Colorado on 5 game heater
 
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morhilane

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The oldest GM with the longest tenure is retiring and Trotz is getting his post-coaching dream job in his second "hometown".

That explain the "we are selling everyone but these 3 guys" now. Trotz is going to build his team.

Also, Armstrong will be the GM who has been the longest at his job past June 30th.
 
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Toene

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Is it the actual WTF trade night? 5 picks and Foote for Jeannot? Including a 1st? lol
The return is so insane for a 3rd liner that there has to be an explanation.

First of all, Tampa identified a player they liked and thought would fit their group like a glove, as they did a few times in the past and it worked out pretty well for them. The picks are late and won't really affect their current window. They're in win-now mode with Stamkos, Hedman, Kuch getting older.

Secondly, and this is a bit of a conspiracy theory on my part : with such a return for a 3rd liner, Tampa just set the market for decent roster player (and the Meier trade barely offsets this because I believe Sharks got quite a haul for him). So from now on until deadline, all the other contenders who want to upgrade their bottom-9 will have to trade with salivating GMs who just saw Jeannot get the moon and took note. More competitive bids are coming. Considering that 2023 first-rounders are more valuable most years, some GMs may not pull the trigger on deals that wouldve been more affordable yesterday. Can't wait to see if it has an effect on the potential NYR P.Kane deal
 

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KH is probably very happy right now. There's still buyers. The prices are rising. NYR got Tarasenko from the bargain bin.
Tarasenko had a full ntc so he could choose where he wanted to go. Expect Kane to go for a discount as he has a nmc so he can decide the team he gets traded to. When a team can only negotiate with one team they can't create a bidding war.
 

The Great Weal

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KH is probably very happy right now. There's still buyers. The prices are rising. NYR got Tarasenko from the bargain bin.
Tarasenko hasn't really been good for the Rangers. It's probably why they want to add Kane now, Tarasenko hasn't been good enough.
 
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morhilane

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KH is probably very happy right now. There's still buyers. The prices are rising. NYR got Tarasenko from the bargain bin.
The way I see it, scoring forwards aren't in that high demands, it's players like Jeannot or "playoff model" dmen who are. And it's a real arm race out there. GMs are starting to panic.

Unfortunately, they might get their senses back soon...
 
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