Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Interval was on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio with Gord Stellick and Scott Laughlin on Monday. Even with the 4 Nations Faceoff developing subsequent week, commerce exercise will proceed. Thus groups just like the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning will proceed to see what the market holds for them. As Pagnotta reported each are going to be affected person. Tampa is trying so as to add, whereas Boston might promote in the event that they fall off.
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Gord Stellick: “So in fact, enterprise will proceed. And the commerce deadline, everybody at all times laments that. Oh, my goodness, are there any trades left on commerce deadline day? It’s not anyplace close to what it was as a result of it’s a commerce deadline interval, and we’re seeing all this actually get underway and take flight.
So, I’m curious in regards to the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning. They’ve been battling to type of cling on to playoff spots. Technically, they’re out of the playoffs as of right now.
In Boston’s case, I have a look at it, you simply get (Charlie) McAvoy again. You didn’t have McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm for an extended time frame. In Tampa Bay’s case, I don’t fairly know precisely what to pin it on. I don’t know should you can be involved with one scenario greater than the opposite, Dave and the way energetic their respective normal managers may be.”
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Dave Pagnotta: “Yeah, I feel, you already know, in every case, I feel from Tampa facet of issues they’ve been trying. Julien BriseBois, their GM, type of chatted with the media this previous week, and simply type of indicated that, hey, we’re nonetheless making an attempt to determine the place we’re at. We’re not out of this, however we, we’re nonetheless making an attempt to determine type of the place we’re. And these subsequent 4 to 5 weeks are going to find out what kind of strikes they find yourself making.
And I feel for these groups like Boston, for groups like Tampa, like proper now, simply on the surface trying in, though they’re every some extent again to the playoff spot, and Tampa has obtained a pair video games in hand of each Columbus and Detroit, who they’re chasing within the wild card race. Now they’re going to type of proceed with a bit little bit of warning.
I do know like in Tampa’s case, I do know they’d like so as to add on protection. They’ve been trying round for that, they’ve been in search of second orthird line choice so as to add to the combo. They’ve obtained a bit little bit of cap house, in order that they’ve obtained some flexibility there.
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In Boston’s scenario, they don’t have a ton of house. So something that they need to do impact-wise must take the wage cap under consideration. They’re going to must get artistic. They’ve obtained some guys which have generated curiosity from different groups, like Trent Frederic, who’s a pending UFA. Justin Brazeau is one other one. If issues fall off the rails for them, they fall a bit too far again, they may take into account transferring one. They’ve thought of, they usually may very well act on transferring every of these guys, and producing some belongings for them.
In fact, the massive one being. Brad Marchand. I suppose it’s a risk that they go that route, in the event that they utterly fall again, however I might think about it might take fairly one thing of main significance for them to think about transferring their captain. They clearly need to get him additionally locked right into a long-term deal or a multi-year deal, I ought to say, to get him to remain.
However each of those groups are type of continuing with warning forward of the deadline Gord. They’ve obtained a bit little bit of runway right here earlier than they must make any massive choices.”
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