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Dylan Larkin and Jeff Blashill in the first video, below find Mickey Redmond and the game highlights.
CBJ lost 4-3 in OT.
Wings 3 Hurricanes 1
Instead of focusing on the final score, it's time to critique the play of the young players on the team.
Michael Rasmussen looks like he has figured out how to play and has shown great improvement his last ten games or so. He is playing with an edge and using his big body to his advantage.
Filip Zadina is in the same boat, works hard, no floating and doesn't look lost on the ice.
If those two can be depended on every night and play 18-20 minutes a game, the Wings can start thinking about the third and fourth lines.
Next season would look like- Larkin & Bertuzzi, Rasmumssen and Zadina. It's the Scotty Bowman thinking, find two who can play together and from there the third player on the line should be an easy fit or even make the third player on the line interchangeable.
Detroit goals are below.
from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman gets a top grade at the NHL trade deadline, unloading an underachiever and adding to the team’s short-term and longer-term gain without sacrificing flexibility.
He found a taker for Anthony Mantha, a superbly skilled but equally frustrating player, in the Washington Capitals, and banked a first-round pick and a former-first round pick in Jakub Vrana among the return.
“We’re trying to add draft picks or prospects to expedite the rebuild that we’re under,” Yzerman said. “This was an opportunity to acquire picks but still try to keep as competitive as possible.
“We feel like we get a replacement for the offense that we’re losing and a player at the position we’re losing in trading Anthony in acquiring Jakub.”...
“As we were getting to the trade deadline, we were talking to teams around the league to try and see if there is a fit in what we’re trying to do,” Yzerman said. “We felt like we could get a replacement for Anthony and add picks as well.
“I think Anthony Mantha is a very talented hockey player. I hope he does well, and I expect him to do well in Washington.”
more (paid sub.)
Looks like the Wings have been somewhat busy in regards to the Yzerplan. So far, the big news is the big Frenchman(Mantha)has been traded to the Capitals, for what looks to be a good return. Also, the busy GM has a fist full of lottery tickets now. Imma hoping there a few are winners among them.
This should be an interesting night with something to talk about during tonight's game. Who said, "trades are hard"?
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NEW YORK (April 12, 2021) -- NHL clubs made 17 trades involving 26 players today prior to the 3 p.m., ET, trade deadline. Following is a list of the transactions:
from Dom Luszczyszyn and Corey Pronman of The Athletic,
On the surface, this looks like a relatively even trade between two first-round picks. Over the past three seasons, Anthony Mantha has scored 58 points per 82 games while Jakub Vrana has clocked in around 54 points per 82. Both have a nearly identical expected goals percentage in that span too.
That is until you get to the picks. That Washington added a first and second-round pick to this deal feels almost absurd given how even the two players involved seem to be in value.
The issue in the difference of opinion between the two likely comes down to opportunity. In that timeframe, Mantha’s contributions look larger than Vrana’s when that may not actually be the case. In each of the past three seasons, Mantha has played roughly 14.5 minutes per game at five-on-five, while Vrana was two minutes lower from 2018-to-2020 and is now at just 11.7 minutes per game this season. The difference was just as stark on the power play until this season where the two are closer to equal.
Ice time has a big impact on perception and factoring in that context tilts the scales toward Vrana’s favour. Considerably so. Over the last three seasons, Vrana has a higher points-per-60 at five-on-five than Mantha in every year. Over the full span, his 2.46 ranks 20th among forwards and is nearly 0.75 points better than Mantha’s which is a second line rate. Vrana is a far more efficient scorer, a better finisher, and creates more chances. In a bigger role, it’s not unreasonable to believe he could outscore Mantha.
more ($$$)
Below, watch all 25 goals from Vrana last season.
from Rory Boylen of Sportsnet,
The 3:00 p.m. ET deadline has passed and the dust has settled on one of the stranger trade seasons in memory.
Without the usual build up to the big day, with trades being completed a week or more out, the landscape was mostly quiet until this past weekend. The Lightning traded for David Savard on Saturday to get the ball rolling and then, late on Sunday, Toronto, Pittsburgh and Boston each made big moves.
Deadline day itself started slow, but finished with a bang as Washington and Detroit came together for a legitimate blockbuster.
from TSN,
Anthony Mantha's move to the Washington Capitals headlined a flurry of moves ahead of the NHL's trade deadline Monday. Here is a look at how everything went down and the latest news from around the league.
I can only imagine a quiet seething. Earlier in the year, before his recent improvement, when we watched Anthony Mantha float, lend a hapless defensive effort now and again, a passive presence around the net for a guy wh's 6'5, 230 or whatever he weighs. When I saw that enigma-like performance, I would just wonder what his GM was thinking. I imagine he was seething. Quietly.
Now we know. Now we know that one Steve Yzerman had made up his mind to move Mantha and move him quickly. Contract or not, improvement of late or not, Yzerman has zero patience for talent that goes unrealized through lack of effort.
Let's try again.
YouTube version below.
Nio idea why, but Kevin Weekes has blocked me for ages, trying to get more info.
added 3:35pm,
added 3:43pm,
added 3:47pm, Washington release is below.
added 6:05pm, Dtroit release is below.
Steve Yzerman will have a press conference at 4pm ET.
Watch below.
added 4:02pm, Video gone from YouTube, will update when I can.
DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the team has acquired forward Carl Soderberg from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forwards Ryder Rolston and Josh Dickinson.
Soderberg, 35, has appeared in 34 games for the Blackhawks this season, tallying 15 points (7g/8a). He’s tied for sixth on the team in points and his 1:30 of average shorthanded ice time per game ranks fourth among Blackhawks forwards. Soderberg ranks third on the team in faceoffs won (194) and faceoff win percentage (51.5%).
Selected by the St. Louis Blues in the second round (49th overall) of the 2004 NHL Draft, Soderberg has played in 586 career NHL games with the Boston Bruins, Avalanche, Arizona Coyotes and Blackhawks, totaling 295 points (110g/185a). He has 12 points (2g/10a) in 41 career Stanley Cup Playoff contests and became the second player in Bruins history to make his Stanley Cup Playoff debut in the Final when he played Game 5 against Chicago in 2013.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound center collected 151 points (57g/94a) during four seasons with the Avalanche from 2015-19, ranking fifth on the team in points, fifth in assists, fourth in goals and first in games played during that time frame. Throughout his seven seasons in the NHL, Soderberg has played all 82 regular-season contests three times and played all 70 games with Arizona last year before the season was suspended due to the pandemic.
LOS ANGELES (April 12, 2021) – The LA Kings signed forward Alex Iafallo to a four-year contract extension with an average annual value (AAV) of $4,000,000, according to Vice President and General Manager Rob Blake.
Iafallo, a 6-0, 190-pound native of Eden, N.Y., was signed by the Kings as an undrafted free agent on April 19, 2017, after playing four years at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. This season, his fourth with the Kings, he has registered 25 points (11-14=25) in 39 games to rank tied for third on the team in points and second among forwards in time on ice per game (20:09).
The 27-year-old winger made his NHL debut with the Kings during the 2017-18 season and has appeared in 266 NHL games, recording 126 points (52-74=126). During that span, he ranks fourth on team in points and assists and tied for fourth in goals.
In a follow up tweet, Dreger says the Sharks are involved too.
added 1:46pm,
added 3:09pm, Vegas release is below.
NEW YORK (April 12, 2021) – Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and Melanie MacKinnon as well as members of Manitoba’s First Nations Pandemic Rapid Response Teams have been named the NHL’s “First Stars” for the week ending April 11.
Throughout the 2020-21 season the NHL is celebrating the remarkable efforts of the off-ice stars who make it possible for us to play our games amid a pandemic by honoring frontline healthcare heroes from the regions represented by the League’s weekly and monthly “Stars.”
MacKinnon serves as the executive director of the University of Manitoba’s Ongomiizwin – Health Services (OHS) team. In response to the pandemic, she has been coordinating Manitoba’s First Nations Pandemic Rapid Response Teams, a network of skilled healthcare professionals – including doctors, nurses and rehabilitation specialists – who quickly respond to urgent situations in remote and isolated communities across the province. When these communities experience COVID-19 cases and outbreaks, the First Nations Pandemic Rapid Response Teams are deployed, often within 48 hours, to tend to pressing needs.
These teams are comprised of many Indigenous healthcare professionals as well as others who have committed their careers to serving Manitoba’s Indigenous and First Nations communities. They assist with contact tracing and isolation planning, bring rapid point-of-care testing equipment, establish testing sites, and schedule community members for testing – which helps contain clusters. They also collaborate with various levels of government and healthcare organizations to arrange transportation, food delivery and additional healthcare professionals to contribute to relief efforts.
Rounding out the “Three Stars” of the week are Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews and Dallas Stars left wing Roope Hintz. More on each NHL player’s performance can be found below:
added 1:49pm, Edmonton release is below.
from Stan Fischler of The Fischler Report,
It would be sinful to allow Trade Deadline Day to come and go without commemorating THE greatest deadline deal ever.
Center Butch Goring going to the New York Islanders from the L.A. Kings on Deadline Day, 1980, in exchange for defenseman Dave Lewis and right wing Billy Harris.
"That deal didn't win us a Stanley Cup," said Bill Torrey, the Isles boss who engineered the swap. "It won us FOUR Stanley Cups."
It certainly did.
Twice the Isles had been favored to win The Cup -- in 1978 and 1979 -- and twice they failed.
Just for you, an open post for you to discuss all things Wings or any hockey topic you wish to discuss.
Is there an unexpected trade the Wings are planning to make today? We know there has been interest in Luke Glendening and Jonathan Bernier, will they get moved?
This is your post, use it as needed.
from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,
Stock up
Joe Veleno
Veleno was loaned in October when it became clear the pandemic would delay professional hockey in North America at least until January. Veleno tallied 11 goals and nine assists in 46 games for Malmo. He’s a terrific skater with a nose for offense, and the Wings are pleased with the progress he showed in Sweden’s top league.“My understanding is he has done a good job over there,” Wings coach Jeff Blashill said Sunday. “It was a productive year for him. If there is opportunity for more development, that is what is critical for him."
Adam Erne
He keeps improving his case to stick around. Erne scored in regulation and in the shootout Saturday — the latter doesn’t count for personal stats but the former gives him 10 goals in 35 games. A pending unrestricted free agent, he is good at going to the net and finding a way to get his stick on the puck. Erne was added in the summer of 2019 by Yzerman, and re-signed last offseason for one year at $997,500.
more (paid), St. James then creates a Stock Available and lsts Glendening, Bernier and Helm...
I've been waiting for the official release but it's now time for a few hours of slep.
via TSN,
The Buffalo Sabres have dealt the well-travelled winger and forward Curtis Lazar to the Boston Bruins in exchange for forward Anders Bjork and a second-round draft pick, according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger.
SN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun notes that the Sabres retained 50 per cent of Hall's salary to make the deal happen.
added 8:03am, Boston release is below.
THREE HARD LAPS
* It's all coming up fours for Marc-Andre Fleury. He earned his 484th career win to move into a tie with Ed Belfour for fourth place on the NHL's all-time list.
* The Capitals scored eight goals in a game for the first time in over 10 years to defeat the Bruins at TD Garden.
* The 2021 NHL Trade Deadline is today at 3 p.m. ET. There have been 627 trades on deadline day since 1980 (1,152 players and 439 draft picks) – including 32 swaps in 2019-20. Click here for a year-by-year rundown of trade day activity since 1979-80.
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