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It has to be true. Too coincidental. On a related note, what the hell happened to your bagel-based podcast?

Trivia is Vladimir Malakhov

At least this one isn't in Newark. We all know what folks are paying for when it's Rangers-Devils in Newark, and it ain't Jack Hughes.

It just me or do all of our new acquisitions sound like slang words for dirty things?

I dunno, I think Drury was too fiery and too old at the same time. And it was so, so rude when Pat Verbeek yelled at him to say Frank Vatrano's name. And... wait, wrong thread

Yeah. You look at that and you see a puck transporter who wins battles and draws penalties, but leaves something to be desired in scoring. I'm discounting the Defense rating there; I assume that being on Columbus is just a recipe for getting caved. He's a great skater too. Might be a decent fit.

Fast puck transporter due for some shooting percent regression? Sounds like a decent fit for us. Not the superstar we wanted, but might just be the fit we needed.

Kelly McCrimmon needs to be the GM of the Year every year. This dude is reinventing the game and the other 31 GMs are just standing there with their junk in their hands like "uh what do we do"

Hartford move. Petan's a leading scorer in the AHL.

Not sure if this is a "bad news, Zac Jones" move or a "hey, Hartford, we found you a guy" move.

Should play better hockey if they don't want to end up on waivers, I guess.

Them or the Devils. Buchnevich or Toffoli should be top of the list here. Either that, or go wildcard. Whatever you were comfortable giving up for Guentzel, maybe you're comfortable giving up for a player of similar caliber that we hadn't thought of yet or wasn't readily available without this bigger offer.

Carolina sending Bunting the other way basically ends that thought.

It's Friday in most places

That feels....I don't know...duplicitous? We've heard for weeks "No Kakko, No Othmann, No Perreault". Now - yeah, ok, Guentzel's the best on the market. I get that. But then you look at Carolina. And Vegas. And Vancouver. And us. And the price is 1st+A level prospect? Carolina has one A-level prospect and they're not moving Nikishin for a rental. Vegas doesn't have a prospect. I'm reasonably sure they haven't made a draft pick in four years. Vancouver has no A-level prospects. That price is coming down, imo.

Buchnevich is the right fit, imo. We need someone who plays RW. Check We need someone who can play top 6 minutes. Check Luxury item, but someone who can be defensively responsible and offensively threatening. Check Again, luxury, but someone who can eat special teams minutes. Check We need someone who can work with the Wonder Twins. That's a big check that nobody else on the market can tick off. Get him back at 50%. Pay the first, send them Jones and McConnell-Barker or whatever, and make this happen.

Key details for those of you who were holding out on this to buy Wennberg jerseys.

I think they're coping with the GMs basically moving the deadline back two days and staring down the Fyre Festival of Friday. Either that, or offers are in and Dubas is trying to leverage everyone against each other.

Yup. Bring our magnet obsessed, mopey goof back home.