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             With the Stanley Cup playoffs coming to an end, many teams that either missed the playoffs or were eliminated from the playoffs are making coaching changes, or we\’ll be talking about today, front office changes. Two teams made big decisions earlier, like the New York Islanders, who hired former Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello as president of hockey operations. The big GM, or general manager spot for the Minnesota Wild now belongs to former Nashville Predators AGM Paul Fenton.

             For the Isles, Lamoriello is a highly experienced executive who has built two teams already. His tenure with the Devils, a 28 year one that lasted from 1987 to 2015, is the third longest tenure for a GM in NHL history, behind Conn Smythe and Art Ross, who both have big time trophies named after them. He built the Devils, a team that never had a winning season before his hiring, to three Stanley cup victories. After resigning in 2015, Lamoriello went to the Maple Leafs, and created the Auston Matthews,, Mitch Marner and William Nylander trio that they currently have. With John Tavares about to be a free agent, the time is perfect to hire a great executive like Lamoriello, who\’s son, Chris is already AGM of the team.

               For the Wild, Fenton, who had a decent NHL career, including one 32 goal season (he played for the Hartford Whalers, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks), was recently the assistant general manager of the Nashville Predators, last year\’s Western Conference champions. He also was the GM of the Milwaukee Admirals, the Predators\’ AHL team. There isn\’t much beyond that for Fenton, but he was a finalist for other teams\’ GM job, like the Carolina Hurricanes, but stayed with the Predators until their elimination in the playoffs.

            The Cincinnati Reds have acquired RHP Matt Harvey from the New York Mets in exchange for C Devin Mesoraco.

             For the Reds, they get Harvey, a player who has struggled to be productive the last three years, and make another all-star appearance since starting the game for the hometown Mets in the 2013 game. Partying and breaking team rules have been recent issues for Harvey, who was DFA\’d after declining an AAA option. Going to a weak Cincinnati team pushes Harvey out of the New York spotlight, which could help him regain success.

            Harvey, 29, has a 7.00 ERA with a 1.55 WHIP and 20 strikeouts in 27 innings this season for the Mets. In his MLB career, all for New York, Harvey has a 3.66 ERA, with a 1.19 WHIP and 612 strikeouts in 639.1 innings.
 
            For the Mets, they were clearly done with Harvey after his last partying incident, in Los Angeles. They said they were confident they would be able to trade him, and they did. With catcher Travis d\’Arnaud out for the year, catching help is needed. Mesoraco, a 2014 all-star, has never played a full season. The closest he has come to one was in \’14, where he hit 25 homers in 440 Plate Appearances. But, health has always been an issue for him. He lost the catching job to defensive sensation Tucker Barnhart, so the trade feels right.
 
             Mesoraco, 30, has hit .220 with one homer and three RBIs in 45 Plate Appearances this season. In his MLB career, all in Cincy, Mesoraco has a batting average of .234 with 48 homers and 162 RBIs in 1345 Plate Appearances.

              I think this is an even trade. Both players clearly need a change, and get one here. I think that Harvey has more upside, but Mesoraco has a better chance to help his team.

        The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired F Jordan Martinook and a 4th round draft pick from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Marcus Kruger (With 10% of his $3 million contract retained) and a third round pick in an unusual trade during the playoffs.

         For the Hurricanes, the get rid of Kruger\’s big contract (for a 4th liner). I think he\’s the better player, but Martinook isn\’t a big drop-off either. The lose a round in the draft, but free up cap.

         Martinook, 25, scored six goals and nine assists for 15 points in 81 games for the Coyotes last year. In his NHL career, all in Arizona, Martinook has scored 26 goals and 39 assists for 65 points in 247 games.

        For the Coyotes, they get Kruger, a solid 4th line center who can fit into their team well and a better draft pick for a bottom six winger. Obviously Kruger is overpaid, but I think they can make it work.

        Kruger, 27, scored one goals and five assists for six points in 48 in his first year in Carolina, this year. In his career between the Canes and Chicago Blackhawks, Kruger has scored 34 goals and 77 assists for 111 points in 446 games.

        I think the Coyotes win this trade. They get a better player and better pick, but take up a little bit of cap, but not too much. That\’s why they win this trade.

           I know, you\’ve probably seen a lot of these around the internet. But I looked around, and a lot of the articles I found with the same idea were missing numbers for no reason. Since 99 is forever retired by Wayne Gretzky, as no one stepped on the ice this season wearing numbers 69, 80 and 84. this should be a 95 section list, and is. Also, if this hits big, say 200 pageviews, I\’ll do one for the MLB at the end of the season. Finally, a lot of credit goes to Hockey-reference.com, where I found pretty much all of this info. So, let it begin. The top player to suit up in 2017-18 per jersey number, NHL.

          #1: Roberto Luongo    Other: Mike Condon, Semyon Varlamov, Keith Kinkaid
          #2: Duncan Keith        Other: Nick Leddy, Matt Niskanen
          #3: John Klingberg      Other: Keith Yandle, Seth Jones
          #4: Tyson Barrie          Other: Cam Fowler, Ryan Ellis, Justin Schultz, Niklas Hjalmarsson
          #5: Aaron Ekblad         Other: Mark Girodano, Noah Hanifin
          #6: Brock Boeser          Other: Shea Weber, Jake Muzzin, Collin Miller
          #7: Jordan Eberle          Other: T.J. Brodie, Kyle Turris, Brent Seabrook
          #8: Alex Ovechkin        Other: Drew Doughty, Joe Pavelski, Zach Werenski
          #9: Taylor Hall              Other: Artemi Panarin, Filip Forsberg, Mikko Koivu
          #10: Brayden Schenn    Other: Alex Wennberg, Corey Perry
          #11: Anze Kopitar         Other: Mikael Backlund, Jonathan Huberdeau, Zach Parise
          #12: Josh Bailey            Other: Eric Staal, Patrick Marleau
          #13: Johnny Gaudreau  Other: Mat Barzal, Cam Atkinson    
          #14: Jamie Benn           Other: Sean Couturier, Mattias Ekholm, Tomas Plekanec
          #15: Jack Eichel            Other: Ryan Getzlaf, Artem Anisimov
          #16: Aleksander Barkov Other: Mitch Marner, Max Domi
          #17: Wayne Simmonds   Other: Ryan Kesler, Jaden Schwartz
          #18: James Neal             Other: Ondrej Palat, Bryan Little
          #19: Jonathan Toews      Other: Nick Backstrom, Joe Thornton, Reilly Smith
          #20: Ryan Suter              Other: Sebastian Aho (CAR), Brandon Saad, Chris Kreider
          #21: Kyle Palmieri          Other: Vincent Trocheck, Brayden Point, Derek Stepan
          #22: Kevin Shattenkirk   Other: Daniel Sedin, Nino Niederreiter
          #23: Oliver Ekman-Larsson Other: Sean Monahan, Sam Reinhart
          #24: Matt Dumba             Other: Travis Hamonic, Kasperi Kapanen
          #25: James van Riemsdyk Other: Mike Green, Jonas Brodin
          #26: Blake Wheeler          Other: Jimmy Vesey, Thomas Vanek
          #27: Alex Pietrangelo      Other: Anders Lee, Ryan McDonagh, Dougie Hamilton, Nikolaj Ehlers.

           #28: Claude Giroux        Other: Damon Severson, Elias Lindholm    
           #29: Nathan MacKinnon Other: Marc-Andre Fleury, Leon Draisaitl, Patrik Laine
           #30: Matt Murray            Other: Henrik Lundqvist, Ben Bishop
           #31: Carey Price              Other: Martin Jones, Frederik Andersen
           #32: Jonathan Quick        Other: Antti Raanta, Kari Lehtonen
           #33: Dustin Byfuglien      Other: Henrik Sedin, Zdeno Chara, Viktor Arvidsson, Cam Talbot
           #34: Auston Matthews     Other: James Reimer, Jake Allen
           #35: Pekka Rinne             Other: Cory Schneider, Steve Mason, Jimmy Howard
           #36: John Gibson             Other: Mats Zuccarello, Jussi Jokinen
           #37: Patrice Bergeron      Other: Connor Hellebuyck, Yanni Gourde, Brian Elliott
           #38: Ryan Hartmen         Other: Boone Jenner, Nikita Scherbak
           #39: Logan Couture        Other: Anthony Mantha, Toby Enstrom
           #40: Tukka Rask             Other: Carter Hutton, Devan Dubnyk, Michael Grabner
           #41: Paul Byron              Other: Mike Smith, Craig Anderson
           #42: David Backes          Other: Joel Ward, Tyler Bozak
           #43: Nazem Kadri           Other: Conor Sheary, Tom Wilson
           #44: Morgan Reilly         Other: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Josh Morissey, Calvin de Haan
           #45: Sami Vatanen          Other: Jonathan Bernier, Lukas Sedlak
           #46: David Krejci           Other: Jared Spurgeon, Pontus Aberg
           #47: Alex Radulov          Other: Hampus Lindholm, Sven Baertschi, Torey Krug
           #48: Tomas Hertl            Other: Vinnie Hinostroza, Matt Grzelcyk
           #49: Victor Rask             Other: Ivan Barbashev, Sam Girard (on Colorado)
           #50: Corey Crawford      Other: Adam Pelech, Antoine Vermette
           #51: Frans Nielson          Other: Jake Gardiner, David Desharnais
           #52: Sean Kuraly            Other: Michael Amadio, Jonathan Ericsson, Martin Marincin
           #53: Shayne Gostisbehere Other: Bo Horvat, Jeff Skinner
           #54: Charles Hudon         Other: Adam McQuaid, Oskar Lindholm
           #55: Mark Scheifele         Other: Colton Parakyo, Rasmus Ristolainen, Johnny Boychuk
           #56: Eric Haula                Other: Magnus Paajarvi, Marko Dano
           #57: Tyler Myers              Other: David Perron, Trevor van Riemsdyk
           #58: Kris Letang               Other: David Savard, Anton Slepyshev
           #59: Roman Josi               Other: Jake Guentzel, Jake Dotchin
           #60: Markus Granlund      Other: Collin Delia, Carson Soucy
           #61: Rick Nash                 Other: Mark Stone, Justin Braun
           #62: Carl Hagelin             Other: Denis Malgin, Andrej Sustr
           #63: Brad Marchand         Other: Tyler Ennis, Jesper Bratt, Evgeni Dadonov
           #64: Mikael Granlund       Other: Tyler Motte, Nail Yakupov
           #65: Eric Karlsson             Other: Andre Burakovsky, Danny DeKeyser
           #66: Josh Ho-Sang            Other: None
           #67: Max Pacioretty          Other: Rickard Rakell, Michael Frolik
           #68: Mike Hoffman           Other: Jaromir Jagr, Melker Karlsson
           #69: None, last worn by Andrew Desjardins in 2011-12
           #70: Braden Holtby           Other: Tanner Pearson, Joonas Korpisalo
           #71: Evgeni Malkin           Other: William Karlsson, Nick Foligno, Dylan Larkin
           #72: Sergei Bobrovsky      Other: Patric Hornqvist, Anthony Beauvillier
           #73: Tyler Toffoli               Other: Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Pirri
           #74: John Carlson              Other: Jake Debrusk, Jaccob Slavin
           #75: Ryan Reaves              Other: Jaycob Megna, Brandon Halverson
           #76: P.K. Subban              Other: Brady Skjei
           #77: Victor Hedman           Other: T.J. Oshie, Jeff Carter, Oscar Klefbom
           #78: Beau Bennett              Other: Filip Chlapik, Maxim Mamim
           #79: Michael Ferland         Other: Justin Auger, Nathan Walker
           #80: No one, last worn by Matt Tennyson in 2015-16.
           #81: Jonathan Marchessault Other: Phil Kessel, Kyle Connor
           #82: Nathan Beaulieu          Other: Jordan Oesterle, Justin Kloos
           #83: Trevor Daley               Other: Ales Hemsky, Jay Beagle, Matt Nieto
           #84: None, last worn by Mikhail Grabovski and Phil Varone in 2015-16
           #85: Mathieu Perreault       Other: None
           #86: Nikita Kucherov         Other: Teuvo Teravainen, Nikolay Kulemin
           #87: Sidney Crosby            Other: Vadim Shipachyov, Liam O\’Brien
           #88: Patrick Kane               Other: Brent Burns, David Pastrnak, Andrei Vasilevskiy
           #89: Alex Tuch                   Other: Mikkel Boedker, Pavel Buchnevich, Sam Gagner
           #90: Ryan O\’Reilly             Other: Marcus Johansson, Vladislav Namestnikov, Jason Spezza
           #91: Steven Stamkos          Other: John Tavares, Tyler Seguin, Vladimir Tarasenko
           #92: Ryan Johansen            Other: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jonathan Drouin, Gabriel Landeskog
           #93: Jakub Voracek             Other: Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Sam Bennett
           #94: Sam Girard (on NSH)  Other: Andrei Mironov
           #95: Matt Duchene              Other: Justin Bailey, Henrik Borgstrom
           #96: Mikko Rantanen          Other: None
           #97: Connor McDavid         Other: None
           #98: Mikhail Sergachev       Other: Jesse Puljujarvi
           #99: Retired forever by Wayne Gretzky

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             The New York Yankees have acquired RHP A.J. Cole from the Washington Nationals in exchange for cash considerations, and have DFA\’d RHP David Hale.

             Lacking pitching depth to go behind sort starts, Cole is a starter/reliever they need, and they get him for a decent price. Cole was the 5th starter for the Nats after injuries, and could be a bargain for the Yanks.

             Cole, 26, has a 13.06 ERA with 10 strikeouts and a 2.13 WHIP in 10.1 innings for the Nats this year. In his MLB career, all in Washington, Cole has a 5.32 ERA, 1.51 WHIP and 102 strikeouts in 110 innings.

             Hale, 30, made his Yankees and season debut yesterday, pitching two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. In his MLB career for the Yankees, Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves, Hale has a 4.43 ERA, with a 1.46 WHIP and 123 strikeouts in 180.2 innings.