Hockey Night In DSP 2024-2025

[Sudz]

I am in a state of shock of course. Not because he got traded (an inevitability eventually) as the team suffered a rash of injuries from the start of the season, but when you’re talking about your Captain, the top 2 D-man in the league and being shipped West instead of being maybe reunited with his brothers or at least a team from the East, I am in disbelief.

But Minny? Kudos to Guerin for stepping up the bidding war, the Wild is a top contender for sure. The players going to Canucks land are former #1 draft picks including a #1 pick next year. All under 24 years and a lot of potential. But the timing is still shocking and I will miss his skating, his smarts, and leadership.

Quinn Hughes was traded folks. I knew he wouldn’t resign with how the team was heading especially when you lose all your centers due to injury, how the team never managed to have all the regulars on the same lineup since the beginning of the season but he’s gone now.

Wish him all the best, a quality guy, what a tough couple of years this has been for ‘Nucks land.

I thought NJ would have way overpaid to bring him in. I guess they can still snag him as a FA, unless MN resigns him.

[pk500]

This trade instantly turns Minnesota into a contender in the West. Any team with Kaprizov, Hughes, Faber and Boldy will be stout.

But does this deal really matter, at least this season?

Colorado has lost TWICE in regulation through 32 games. The Avs are well on pace to smash the Bruins' record for the most points in a season. Unless there's a hard President's Trophy curse again this year, the Cup is the Avs to lose minus an extended injury to McKinnon or Makar or unless another team REALLY loads up at the trade deadline.

The wheeling and dealing in the first week of December -- Hughes deal and Jarry deal for Edmonton -- is fun. But it may be largely irrelevant. Colorado is an absolute WAGON, and not enough people in the hockey or sports worlds are talking about it. Again, boys: We're nearing the halfway point of the season, and the Avs have lost only TWICE in regulation.

Where is our postseason NHL expert to chime in on this topic?