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02/05/2015 at 1:27pm EST

from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal.

- NHLPA talking head Mathieu Schneider was a fine D-man, but he’s got to be kidding with the ridiculous analysis that the top guys will be fatigued by having to play an extra few shifts of 3-on-3 OT if the AHL model moves to the NHL. A few extra shifts? Tired? That’s why the top guys are making $6 mil and $8 mil and $10 mil a year. So they maybe have to play LOTS of MINUTES!

- I’m a huge Darryl Sutter fan but I’m beginning to think the Kings have little left in the tank. They might gut it out to still make the playoffs but they can’t score. They get shut out (six times) or score one goal (another seven) way too often to think they can win another Cup. Sad, but there’s a lot miles on that LA team.

- *I’ve given up figuring what second-pairing NHL D-men should be making on the open market when teams stupidly throw money around, so I those not to laugh when I heard Cody Franson, an average NHL blueliner would be in the $5.5 mil range on July 1. He’s a 35-point NHL D-man. I guess if Matt Niskanen can get 7 years at $5.75 mil in Washington last summer, anything’s possible. He had 51 points and was plus 33 in his UFA year in Pittsburgh and is predictably back to being what he really is (17 points, plus 3) now.

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