Running 2022-23 NHL thread

According to HNIC (Jeff Marek) it isn’t Leafs, Kings or Oilers

 

Nice ceremony in LA to retire Dustin Brown’s number and unveil a statue.
The honor may seem overblown outside of LA, but he’s the franchise leader in games played and was captain of both Stanley Cup teams in 2012 and 2014.
The ceremony ended with Brown lifting the Cup one more time.

 

An unfounded rumour from a friend who has v good hockey contacts is that the Oilers are working on a Patrick Kane deal.

 

Depends on how bad PK wants to play with CM. He’s got 2 Cups, does he want to uproot his life for a shot at another one? Overall team defence is still an issue in Oil town. Ken Holland said “dollar in for dollar out” the other day so Hawks need to retain salary if they do a deal, likely.
Most nights I’ve watched Puljujarvi isn’t contributing but Edmonton has stunted other players’ development so maybe the Blackhawks make sense as a destination. Dispatching Dach and Debrincat they way they did makes me think management is not too bright.

 

Here’s the rumored deal

https://thehockeywriters.com/oilers...lR0_BKblv64Xb7BMAoNoJMngxv1Y0&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

 

Marek said he was skeptical of the report about the Kings because of the Brown ceremony
Now we see why

 

Why end the never ending storyline now?

 

That was freakin' awesome!

 

I was worried this was why Ovechkin left the team abruptly yesterday. Sad news. His dad was a pretty steady presence at CapOne. RIP.

 

Any idea why the trade deadline is on a Friday this year?