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       The Minnesota Wild have acquired defenseman Ian Cole from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Greg Pateryn. The Avalanche also retained $800k (or 18.8%) of Cole\’s contract.        Cole and Pateryn can be pretty comparable players. Both are third pairing defensive defensemen who have been on a number ofContinue reading “NHL Trade Review: Wild acquire Cole”

         The San Diego Padres have acquired RHP Joe Musgrove from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three-team trade with the New York Mets. The Pirates acquired OF Hudson Head, LHP Omar Cruz, RHP David Bednar and RHP Drake Fellows from the Padres, and C Endy Rodriguez from New York. The Mets acquiredContinue reading “MLB Trade Review: Padres acquire Musgrove in three team deal”

         It\’s a little bit more fun to be a Winnipeg Jet than a New York one, but that doesn\’t make the hockey team good. Last year, the top-six forwards and goaltending carried the team to the postseason, as the defensive core barely recovered from some major losses. The team got aContinue reading “Winnipeg Jets 2020-21 Season Preview”

        The identity of the Capitals came into question last postseason, as they were dismantled in the first round for the second consecutive season. While in 2019 they took it to overtime of game seven, in 2020 they were easy beaten in five games by the Islanders. The Capitals extended Nicklas Backstrom, but they decided toContinue reading “Washington Capitals 2020-21 Season Preview”

         In their short history, the Golden Knights have had a reputation of a bunch of misfit players who became good in Vegas. However, the real key to the recent success of Vegas is actually something else. They have been aggressive in acquiring stars, with Max Pacioretty, Mark Stone and Robin LehnerContinue reading “Vegas Golden Knights 2020-21 Season Preview”