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Hopefully Tre White has been working overtime.

Lost in this is that Florida and Toronto in recent games have been underperforming that pace while Buffalo has been playing over theirs. You just have to hope that the recent play is in fact a better indicator of the upcoming results.

I love that the hockey news actually has someone evaluating a trade that didn't happen. It says a lot about them.

82 games played last year. 50 out of 61 this year. I guess the question is if those 11 games missed came in multiple blocks or if it was a one time thing.

It's too bad that they don't have any games left with Toronto. That's the easiest way to close a gap. They do have one with Florida, so there's at least one level of control when it comes to catching them. They do have two games with Carolina. Even though most are focusing on Toronto, that's another team they're chasing, granted there's such a log jam in that WC race. They can certainly make things interesting if they decide to keep playing good hockey.

And it's another fine example of why the "never trade within your division" idea is pure garbage. The Rangers are making a big push, 4 points out of the wild card (Carolina), and they make this trade. They clearly didn't get the memo.

Unless he takes off in Pittsburgh, I have a hard time seeing him get that qualifying offer given the price tag.

There's no race against time here. If there's another deal, it's already been agreed upon but just hasn't filtered out yet.

Don't waste your time with anyone named Chad.

Which does make me think we'll see something else, even if it is another Simmonds-type move where you're giving a short term tryout to another high price guy who hasn't worked out.

I don't know a thing about a guy, but they took two players that they no longer want and brought in an NHL guy who they have control over for a few years. I like that much.

I wonder if they get a body in return. They're down to no spare forwards if both Sheary and Erod are moved.

Failed to extend? At that point he had failed to score a single goal since Lincoln was in office. And Philly only throws in Criscuolo because they have to keep their total contract count down.

And a few extra Bogosian bucks left to go.

I think the appearance of trying to make a push will be a very good thing for the atmosphere in that locker room. Sure it's a long shot, but it's a positive message we haven't seen around these parts in a very long time.

And you'd have to imagine that a forward will be going out at some point after this trade.

Yes. So I'm in the "why not" camp on this one. It didn't cost us anything.

And it seems like an analytics job is one where someone could live pretty much anywhere and still do the job. It should be easy to poach someone like that from an organization that refuses to spend.

I caught part of that. The repetitive mentioning of the "super secret source" was pretty pathetic. Hey, did you know that I have a super secret source?

And Waddell is only the GM because the organization did not want to pay anyone to do the job. Since he was already within the front office, job = his.

I haven't read the thread so I have no idea if it was mentioned or not. Eichel looked like he was going to suffocate Johansson with that postgame hug. Okposo had a similar energy when he got to Johansson. There's two guys who I will never question their heart.

Meanwhile Florida trails Carolina for the last playoff spot by 4 points. If they think the trade improves their team, they're going to make it no matter who the other team is.

And then some can bomb on those picks but still wind up just fine... coughcoughBostoncough.

And Boston was at the cap, so the relief is huge.

I wonder if Anaheim may actually need the Backes cap hit next year. Bogosian wouldn't help in that situation since his soon to be non-existant contract expires this summer.