The San Jose Sharks Nonetheless Promoting
Max Miller of Shark Hockey Digest: So, Cody Ceci and Mikael Granlund acquired traded. Sure, San Jose continues to hunt out extra strikes because the March seventh NHL Commerce Deadline looms. Additionally, Luke Kunin retains seeing appreciable curiosity. Nevertheless, Mario Ferraro garners a severe quantity of consideration, too.
Now, pundits believed Ferraro would get moved final 12 months or the season earlier than. At present, no groups have been linked to Ferraro particularly. With Kunin and even Nico Sturm (2022 Stanley Cup Winner with Colorado), Ferraro seems to get a bit extra consideration. The rugged defender can be an asset to any defensive corps. He kills penalties, blocks pictures, and might log a ton of minutes. Ferraro performed 24+ minutes in every of his earlier 4 appearances.
Kunin has extra upside now that he’s one other 12 months faraway from ACL surgical procedure. Sturm is extra a bottom-line middle who supplies a spark to groups. What can Mike Grier get from this trio? That turns into an excellent query.
Ferraro has one 12 months left on his contract. Kunin and Sturm are each pending UFA’s on the finish of the 2024-25 season.
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The Oilers Want A High-4 Defender
Tyler Yaremchuk of OilersNation: The Edmonton Oilers dropping streak feels lots just like the poor October runs they’ve endured the previous few seasons. Edmonton looks like a workforce that can’t get out of second gear. As soon as they do, they will run off 8,10,12 and even 15 sport stretches of brilliance. With the damage to Darnell Nurse, the Oilers want a primary or second-pair defenseman. That has grow to be the precedence.
Now, some marvel about targets. Edmonton’s foot velocity on protection has been missing. Their defensive acumen at instances has been worse. Gamers like Mario Ferraro, Jamie Oleksiak, Brandon Carlo, and Mike Matheson may very well be obtainable. Paying the worth for Stan Bowman and the Oilers couldn’t harm right here. Sure, Edmonton wants a defender to take the strain off their present group within the worst manner.
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