Connor Hamilton-Imagn ImagesIMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The Pittsburgh Penguins will most likely activate a couple of players from injured reserve Thursday, but in the process will again return young players who played well back to the AHL. We’ve got all of the updates from Penguins practice and a little teaser on the team’s top line.
Elsewhere in the Daily, the biggest stories took center stage as Minnesota GM Bill Guerin gave a less-than-optimistic update on signing Quinn Hughes. And it seems the prevailing wisdom is that Dylan Larkin will be traded, but not to one of his 10 teams.
Also, there’s already panic in Toronto. We’re getting a good idea of how high the NHL salary cap will go, and the Philadelphia Flyers are back in the trash can after another bad loss.
My, we need some games. Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Hockey Now: A little preview of the Insider column, but more injury updates and yet another bypassed chance to embrace the youth movement in the Penguins lineup.
Steelers Now: Well, well. A wide receiver who can get open?
A top Steelers trade target has requested a trade. Pittsburgh Baseball Now: John Perrotto delivers a couple of good cuts.
If the Pittsburgh Pirates want to take a step forward next season, they have to take Michael Keaton’s advice. It’s kind of simple math for the Pirates.
I’m a little disappointed the Milwaukee Brewers won the World Series. Make no mistake, ESPN will not be on the side of shutting down the game to get a salary cap, and a small market team winning only strengthens the argument that revenue sharing works.
if they ever became a respected organization. NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now The Athletic: On the same day that Sportsnet broached the subject of Montreal remaining open for Dylan Larkin, Chris Johnston wrote on his latest NHL trade board that the general feeling is that Larkin will end up with a team not on his current list.
” Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin seemed to unload some frustration over the Quinn Hughes situation in a radio interview. He admitted he and Hughes haven’t talked about a contract in a long time, and he wants to get it done, but he has to wait.
But he will draw a line sooner or later. Sportsnet: A soaring salary cap.
Just how high will it go in the next few years? TSN: Mike Babcock did his first Babcock thing.
He delivered a little castor oil to well-paid defenseman Jake Walman via a healthy scratch, which sent a surprising and loud message. Boston Hockey Now: The torch is being passed, and that might be a good thing for the NHL.
One of the most powerful owners in the game is handing over the reins to his son, and there is a new Jacobs governor of the Boston Bruins.
