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                   The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired goalie Calvin Pickard from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for forward Tobias Lindberg and a 6th round draft pick.                   Behind starter Freddy Andersen, the Leafs\’ backup is Curtis McElhinney, who\’s 2.85 GAA with Toronto last year wasn\’t very impressive. Pickard struggled last year in Colorado sinceContinue reading “NHL trade review: Pickard acquired by Leafs”

                     The Montreal Canadiens have made another trade, this time sending C Andreas Martinsen to the Chicago Blackhawks for forward Kyle Baun.                       The Blackhawks have a bunch of players who would sit on other teams, but be in the lineup for them. And there is about 3-5 extra players like that. Martinsen will joinContinue reading “NHL trade review: Blackhawks acquire Martinsen”

                The Montreal Canadiens have acquired forward Nicolas Deslauriers from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenseman Zach Redmond.                 For the Habs, they get an extra forward. They\’ve already set their 23 man roster, so Deslauriers will go to Laval (AHL). He\’s a 4th line grinder type of player that can surprise you everyContinue reading “NHL trade review: Sabres, Habs swap Redmond and Deslauriers”

             With teams needing to finalize their 23 man rosters, some of their roster players from last years were placed on waivers. And for the Dallas Stars and Boston Bruins, they were not as lucky as others. The Bruins lost G Malcolm Subban to the Vegas Golden Knights, and the defenseman the Colorado Avalanche wereContinue reading “NHL news: M. Subban, Nemeth claimed on waivers”

                    After being drafted 8th overall in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Penguins, defenseman Derrick Pouliot has just never lived up to expectations. And today, the defending champs gave up on him. Pouliot was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenseman Andrey Pedan and a 2018 4th round pick.                     Pouliot is finally waiverContinue reading “NHL trade review: Penguins give up on Pouliot, trade him to Canucks”