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      The Arizona Coyotes have acquired forward Teemu Pulkkinen from the Minnesota Wild for future considerations. Let\’s get into details.       This trade comes a day after these two teams pulled off a blockbuster trade, sending center Martin Hanzal and right winger Ryan White to the Wild. Since then, Wild GM Chuck Fletcher has cleared up roster space forContinue reading “NHL trade review: Coyotes acquire Pulkkinen from Wild”

   The Minnesota Wild have acquired center Martin Hanzal, right winger Ryan White, and a 4th round draft pick in the 2017 NHL draft from the Arizona Coyotes for a first round draft pick in 2017, a second rounder in 2018, a conditional 4th rounder in 2019, and F Grayson Downing. Let\’s get into details.      The Wild are Cup contenders.Continue reading “NHL trade review: Coyotes trade Hanzal, White to Wild”

     The Los Angeles Kings have acquired goalie Ben Bishop and a 5th round draft pick in the 2017 NHL draft from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for goalie Peter Budaj, defenseman Erik Cernak, a 7th round draft pick in the 2017 NHL draft, and a conditional pick in the same draft, but theContinue reading “NHL trade review: Kings acquire Bishop from Bolts”

    The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired F Stefan Fournier from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for F Jeremy Morin. Let\’s get into details.     The Lightning\’s AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, have a problem. There\’s an AHL rule that states that at least 13 of the 18 skaters in a game need to be development players. To beContinue reading “NHL trade review: Bolts send Morin to Coyotes for Fournier”

       The Vancouver Canucks are in a very questionable situation. Their two best players- Daniel and Henrik Sedin, are both 36 years old, and could decline soon. If you look at the rest of their team, you\’d probably say they need a rebuild to help the franchise. But GM Jim Benning refuses to do that method,Continue reading “NHL news: Canucks\’ Stecher diagnosed with mumps, others show symptoms”