from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- For his first trick as general manager, Brad Treliving must make Jake Muzzin and Matt Murray and their salaries disappear.

- The Golden Knights have made six first-round draft picks since entering the NHL: Five of them have been traded away, the biggest ones in parts of deals for Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Ivan Barbashev, and Max Pacioretty. That’s not taking advantage of expansion rules: That’s just smart asset management.

- There is so much talk about Connor Hellebuyck being available, and the high price he should bring in a deal, which is nice. But consider this, in seven seasons as starting goaltender for the Winnipeg Jets, Hellebuyck has won three playoff rounds, lost in the first round three times, and missed the playoffs twice.

- Juuse Saros, another of the truly great goalies in hockey has yet to win a playoff round as the starter in Nashville. The last two goalies to win the Stanley Cup: Adin Hill and Darcy Kuemper. And before Andrei Vasilevskiy won two, the four previous winners were Jordan Binnington, Braden Holtby, and Matt Murray twice.

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