Groups to look at as the vacation roster freeze attracts nearer
Bleacher Report – Inside Notebook: Frank Seravalli on some groups to look at heading into, and out of, the Christmas break.
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“Who else is on our commerce board? Nicely, you possibly can throw in any of the pending unrestricted free brokers from the Vancouver Canucks, which we’ve talked about after they despatched a memo final week.
You could possibly speak about a few of the vets on the Nashville Predators, together with Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault.
You could possibly discuss in regards to the St. Louis Blues and their catastrophe of a season, together with captain and middle Brayden Schenn. In all probability a few their veteran defensemen that they’ve been making an attempt to maneuver which have no-trade clauses for the final couple years.
And oh, by the way in which, a brutal season thus far for Jordan Binnington, who was pulled from Monday’s recreation towards the Anaheim Geese after permitting two targets on 5 pictures and had some selection phrases for coach Jim Montgomery on his manner off the ice. These two have since made up, and as, in accordance with Montgomery, it’s now within the rear-view mirror. However nonetheless nonetheless an intriguing scenario to look at. Can Jordan Binnington nonetheless actually be the man for Staff Canada with an .878, save proportion thus far this season?
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Elsewhere on our commerce targets board? Look, I believe it’s going to be actually attention-grabbing to see which manner the New York Islanders go this season. I believe they wish to attempt to construct up and assist this group, however they’re going to have some powerful calls to make. And the opposite customary type of pending unrestricted free brokers that we get to presently of yr that may most undoubtedly be producing some curiosity.
We nonetheless assume the Toronto Maple Leafs have some choices to make on their blue line, specifically, Brandon Carlo going to be out for a bit. That complicates that commerce state of affairs, in fact.”
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