Luongo to Florida
Faith to Edmonton
Bryzgalov to Minny
Andrew MacDonald to Philly
Robidas to Anaheim
Penner to Washington

http://www.tsn.ca/tradecentre/

Philly is rumored to be pushing hard after Kesler from Vancouver.

Kesler's the one guy of significance out there to me. I mean, Vanek would be interesting but I hear the Islanders' asking price is out of control for a playoff rental.

I don't understand what the Oilers are doing. They gave Anaheim draft picks for Victor Fasth after giving the Kings a 3rd rounder for Scrivens AND giving him an extension? WTH?

Oh and the Kings insider Jon Rosen saying that Vanek unlikely to the Kings, but the Isles are sitting Vanek because they're working on something, according to LeBrun.

I don;t think Kesler to the Flyers will happen because Schenn would have to be a part of that deal and the Flyers really don't want too give him up. The Red Wings are said to be going big time after Vanek so we will see.

Any Panthers fans here?
Anybody?

ROFL good luck with that

Rumored that it's Marty's last game as a Devil and that he's going to the Wild.... I'm sure he'd love to beat Philly or the Rangers one last time, but beating the Wings is always nice, too.

The Wild are really putting something nice together. It helps that guys want to go there, often because they grew up/played there.

North stars was an awesome team name

The Kings acquired Marian Gaborik from the Blue Jackets for Matt Frattin/picks. Not a huge deal to me.

Also acquired Brayden McNabb and some picks from the Sabres for 2 AHL guys.

Other moves today:
Vanek to Montreal for picks.
Legwand to the Red Wings for Eaves and a pick.
Kesler stays in Vancouver.
Ruutu to the Devils.
Penguins acquire Goc.

There's other stuff too.

Gaborik doesn't seem like a good fit for the Kings. :shrug:

St Louis to the Rangers for Callahan is big.

The Kings will be far better off if Dustin Brown continues to heat up than anyone they could have acquired.

Apparently the Kings have had a jones for him for a long time. We'll see.

Halak to the Capitals

Were there any Kings/Vanek rumors? Surprised they didn't grab him, especially since Montreal didn't give up much for him and I'd think the Kings could pretty easily match that. Hell, Penner might have been a better move than Gaborik.

I'm assuming Halak hadn't bought a house yet in Buffalo.

They were talking about Vanek. But the price was apparently too high at the time, and Lombardi moved on. And like I said, he had a real hard-on for Gaborik. They had almost acquired him before he went to the Rangers a few years ago.

I also think most people assume Vanek's going to sign with Minnesota next year, whereas they think there's a chance they could retain/resign Gaborik. Like I said, not thrilled but the Kings are heating up and they really didn't give anybody of substance away.

The Avs and Ducks both tried to trade for Spezza at some point today

Garth Snow should be fired for the Vanek trade today.

Yeah, sounds like he overplayed his hand big time until the Habs came in late with a low offer and then he panicked.

Yep. I will give him credit, though. He is alright at finding players that have been discarded by other teams(Grabner, Parenteau, Nabokov, Hickey).

Avs did a lot of nothing today for the most part. And I'm fine with that.

MacKinnon just broke a Gretzky record. It's an obscure one (point streak by an 18-year-old), but that's damn impressive regardless.

Scott Pioli-esque mismanagement.

Gaborik is like a declining Melo in the NHL. Streaky scorer, which is bad because when he's bad, you have to deal with his terrible defense.

Pens are so fun to watch

Yeah I don't think any Kings fans are acting like we just acquired the next Wayne Gretzsky with Gaborik.

Most of us are actually more excited about Brayden McNabb, the young defenseman they got from Buffalo. Kid has a ton of potential, should be a nice addition by next year.

On another note, 6 straight wins. GKG

The Preds are pretty much done now, if that Jarnkrok guy works out they get a great return on Legwand, if not a 2/3rd rounder is not terrible for 20 games. Now I have to hope the Red Wings make the playoffs lol.

Scary situation in Dallas against Columbus. Rich Peverly collapsed on the Dallas bench. The game was postponed.

http://deadspin.com/cbj-stars-game-c...ley-1540912374

Pens win again!

Damn that sucks about the Stars game

Shit - that's scary. Nothing related to the game - just collapsed away from any action?

Appears so.

LOL The Stars could have literally gotten away with murder tonight.

At least the Blues picked up a point.

The West is just beastly from 1-6...

It's almost depressing. Avs are right around their best point pace ever, and they may end up around #5-#6 in the conference.

Fleury with a phenomenal save tonight!

Hell, the Kings won 8 straight and we're still no better off.

LMAO

Best hockey fight ever?

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I know better then to get my hopes up but the Blues look damn impressive.

In other news, the Senators just blew a 4-1 lead with 3.5 minutes left to lose to the Canadiens 5-4 in OT. Nuts.

Looks like the "curse" wheels are in motion...

Tarasenko injured a hand last night, had surgery, out a minimum of 6 weeks.

Saw the highlights. Lehner got ****ed over so badly.

Bleh...hate to see that stuff happen. The Avs are still winning games, but we could really use Parenteau back, and he's on about that same timeline. Our top 6 doesn't look near as sharp without him and Stastny in there (but the latter should be back any day).

Kings-Ducks was pretty entertaining last night.

The Kings were robbed of a 3rd period equalizer on a bad incidental contact call, which was almost as bad as allowing Maroon and Jackman goals.

The Kings took advantage of an inferior schedule (save Colorado) to run up their points total, but went right back into the abyss against the Leafs/Ducks.

God I hate Anaheim.

On this, we definitely agree.

I think I was in the triple digits in terms of number of Penguin passes that went either nowhere, or right to a Flyer. Another piss poor effort. You don't wait until you're down 3-0 to THEN start playing.

The game winner came from a Deryk Engellend turnover on the power play. My question is: why in the hell is Deryk Engellend on any Penguins power play unit?

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That's really an awesome video. You could just tell it meant the world to that kid. Thanks for sharing!

Don't worry - we hate y'all too :evil:

Figures. The hockey world has been sucking the Blues' dick for the last 8 games, then they lay an egg on national TV.

Sad thing is I'd already conceded the division to the Blues, so I was rooting for the Chicago loss tonight. :sulk:

Some good games tonight coming into the home stretch.

Kings at Penguins
Blackhawks at Bruins
Wild at Blues
Habs at Wings

I like how Gaborik is settling in with Kopitar. Lots of speed/skill there. If San Jose holds on to the top spot, barring a Kings meltdown...looks like a first round Freeway Series against the Ducks. Tasty.

As a Ducks fan it would be glorious for a Kings/Ducks series. Not sure we'll see it because the Ducks have 3 games in hand over the Sharks, plus we have a tits schedule. It's going to come down to the Ducks/Sharks game on the 9th for the division.

The Penguins have to get out of this funk. Or at least get healthier.
This is not setting up to becoming a memorable playoff run.

You could very well be right. I forgot about the 3 game edge. ANA's next 7 games are indeed very favorable. The 3 game swing at the end (SJ, LA, COL) is tougher. Although I've seen the Ducks play to the level of their competition too.

Good road win for the Kings again...8 straight on the road.

PIT has to be concerned about having only 6 SOG on 6 power plays with no PP goals.

Avs are this close >< to clinching a playoff spot. Watched tonight's game from row 9. Good times.

And there ya go - Avs clinch. This team's a hell of a lot of fun to watch.

Hope Duchene is ok though... MRI Monday. :(

Yeah, that's the mood dampener for sure. Weird injury - it certainly didn't look like much on the ice, but knees are weird. As long as he's back for the playoffs, he can take all the time he needs to rest for a couple weeks, so let's hope it works out that way.

Looks like the Leafs have fully collapsed.

That Avs win is a huge blow to the Sharks, too. Anaheim needs to make their move to win the Pacific.

Phoenix is playing well down the stretch, I expect them and the Wild as the 2 Wild Card teams.

As of now, correct me if I'm wrong, but the Western match ups would be:

1. St. Louis vs. WC2 Phoenix
2. San Jose vs. WC 1 Minnesota
3. Anaheim vs. Los Angeles
4. Chicago vs. Colorado

Yep (though Anaheim is kind of ahead of the sharks if you look at it as PPG).

Correct.

Someone help me. Do they re-seed the match ups for the 2nd round? How are those determined? Is it like the NFL where the highest remaining seed plays the lowest one? I probably should have just googled that.

If NHL 14 is correct, the Blues/Yotes and Avs/Blackhawks winners would play each other and Sharks/Wild and Ducks/Kings winners would play each other.

Yeah, it's been my understanding that the idea is that it's supposed to be a divisional championship that's just a little wonky with wildcards.

Jonathan Quick is pretty good at goaltending.

http://1.cdn.nhle.com/kings/v2/ext/gifs/QuickWPG2.gif

Don't forget this one too!

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It's worked out pretty well all in all:

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Us too :)

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I still consider the Kings (personally) our 2nd main rival. To me, the Sharks will always be number one. I ****ing hate the Sharks.

I can watch the Kings and not aggravated. Perhaps even root for them. Sharks? Burn in hell....

I wonder if a good 6-7 game Freeway Series might change that. Either way, I think it has to do with recent history. Ducks/Kings don't have playoff history. Yet.

It'll heighten it for sure, but it won't pass the Sharks.

If it was just post season play, the Wings would be our mortal enemy. I'm beyond glad they're in the East now.

Penguins clinched a playoff spot last night, which is something to never take for granted.

Jon Toews, out of the game. Maybe longer.

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Damn, hope he's not hurt. As much as it'd be nice to even things up if Duchene is down for a while, I really hope both of them are playing.

Duchene's out roughly 4 weeks. Some sort of knee sprain, though they weren't specific. :(

Could've been worse. If the Avs are able to make it through Chicago, he might play again this year, but it'll be iffy.

This is Joel Embiid all over again.