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Carolina Hurricanes 33-19-4, 70 pts @ Toronto Maple Leafs 33-20-2, 68 pts Projected Line-ups Rantanen-Aho-Jarvis Hall-Kotkaniemi-Blake Martinook-Staal-Svechnikov Robinson-Jost-Roslovic Slavin-Burns Orlov-Chatfield Gostisbehere-Walker Andersen Knies-Matthews-Marner...

It's kinda crazy to see Willy on pace for 50 goals (basically) but be 27th in the league in points with just a point per game. At 5-on-5 he's about to blow past his career high in goals. That's 22 in 82 games which he hit in each of his last 2 seasons. He's currently at 19 in only 55 games. But...

Man that was a fun game to watch.

The bottom-6 forwards not producing goals is obviously no secret but I didn't think it'd be quite as big of a gap between the other Eastern conference playoff teams as laid out there. 20 goal difference between us and CAR, NJ, WSH.

Somewhat interesting of Berube to note that Jarnkrok is capable of playing centre. I said sometime before this season started I was pretty surprised Keefe never tried him there last season. Not that I think he would definitely thrive there but we saw 4 imperfect options all get tried there...

Not exactly imminent but definitely eventually soon probably.

Is now a good time to wonder why the U.S. Center for SafeSport never released the findings of their investigation into allegations of Guerin potentially covering up sexual assault claims while he was with the Penguins?

Fairly obvious where Matthews, Marner and Nylander would slot in here once they return. That's of course assuming they're healthy.

Don't get me wrong, I think Tavares would make a fantastic 3C if the Leafs can find another C who would mesh well with Nylander. Again it's just that his offence will undoubtedly suffer and that's what players get paid for. 3 years is a long enough time and we just don't know what Tavares' role...

Paying Tavares for 3-years because he's producing like a 2C (or better) right now but then immediately dropping him to 3C with worse line mates which will significantly nerf a good chunk of his 5-on-5 offence is what I'm worried about though. If you're not getting a really big discount from him...

In hindsight, Scheifele really should have been on the team. I think him and Marner could have formed a hell of a 3rd line behind the big boys in the top-6. Soooo many righty's really does cause a problem though I think. Guys like Stone and Reinhart have had to play on the left and think...

Born in the U.S. but both his parents were Canadian. Played in the OHL. Represented Canada internationally in his youth.

I always thought Byfuglien was super easy to spell only because every time in my head I pronounce his name By-fug-li-en.

Well it's not like it hasn't happened before: McDavid has 2 more playoff runs before needing to decide if giving up $6mil was worth it.

What a great overtime. If this tournament pushes the league to adopt 10 minute 3 on 3 is a success in my books.

I dunno why anyone thought this would be like an ASG. Players put in more effort at practices during the regular season than they do there. This is certainly no Olympics but still the first best on best tournament in a very long time and the first one for a number of significant Canadian...

Is that an Apple TV show?

I'm not super convinced McCann is a full-time centre. I know Seattle moved him there post-deadline last year and they still ended up giving Stephenson a big UFA deal instead of playing McCann at C this season. So... why not both? Would require some aggressive cap clearing moves, but... OUT...

Sure but again even with a significant deferral I don't think the cap price would really go down that much. Seth Jarvis has the biggest deferred contract so far I think. He signed a 8-year deal where over $15mil ($4.95mil year 1, $4.95m year 2, $5.77m year 7) gets deferred to the July 1st...

I think if you put this offer in front of Marner July 1st last year there's a decent enough chance he signs it. Although remember that was coming off a pretty rough playoff performance. But now, with the future cap numbers mostly officially skyrocketing and Marner going into the break 5th in...