Anything you can do, I can do better. After a report emerged earlier today that the Pittsburgh Penguins have shown interest in Jakob Chychrun, rival Washington Capitals have also now been linked to the Arizona Coyotes defenseman. Darren Dreger of TSN reports that the Capitals are hoping to “rebuild on the fly” and, after yesterday’s trade of Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway, now have the assets to pull it off if it gets that far.
The Penguins and Capitals are in similar situations, trying to contend as many times as possible while their franchise icons are still on the ice. Neither one is guaranteed to make the playoffs this season, meaning it will be quite the task to retool quickly enough to challenge for the Stanley Cup. In the meantime, the Capitals have recalled Aliaksei Protas from the minor leagues to fill the last vacated roster spot.
- Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand has been issued a fine for the dangerous trip of Seattle Kraken forward Oliver Bjorkstrand. Marchand owes $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for the incident in last night’s game. The Bruins are lucky, as every time Marchand is the focus of the Department of Player Safety, it could end in a suspension given his long history of supplementary discipline.
- With the Belleville Senators dealing with several injuries to their goaltenders, they’ve acquired some extra depth. Dylan Ferguson is on his way over from the Toronto Marlies in exchange for future considerations in a minor league deal. The 24-year-old netminder, perhaps best known for his emergency appearance for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017, when he was still playing in the WHL, has appeared just five times for the Marlies this year, posting an .888 save percentage.
how does marchand avoid even 1 gamers for his actions. at this point, any punishment should start at 1 game not just a measley fine
Hes buddies with their whole department
Friggin Marchand man. Gets away with it. He could have cracked that dudes skull open the way he tripped him. Such BS.
Please Caps, outbid the Pens for Chychrun. He’s not going to replace the Pens’ entire 3rd line, which is a bigger issue than their defense, nor is he going to put them over the top to win a series—forget the Cup.
Yeah. Pittsburgh is a team that cannot, cannot deal their picks away. It’d be a mild surprise at this point if they so much as made the playoffs, and it’s plain that their reckless gamble to sign their old core to long term deals deep into their 30s has failed. The next few seasons are not going to be pretty for them as it is.
No.
The old core are the 3 best things on the team.
They can’t get a save.
The Bruins also doubled down on their old core, anyone saying that’s a mistake?
No?
Why?
Cuz they have two good goalies.
And right now, the Pens have none. And basically haven’t had any since 2018.