NHL Trade Rumors
Coyotes players who I think should get traded before the trade deadline.
#1) Phil Kessel
Kessel is arguably the best trade chip the Coyotes have this year as they set up to be sellers. Kessel is now 34 and his production is declining and he’s not the same player he used to be, but if a team put him on the 2nd or 3rd line he could produce very nicely. He currently has 21 points in 30 games with Arizona this season and should be relatively easy to move given he’s a pending UFA, but his $6.4 million dollars cap hit would definitely be difficult to move but if they retained 50% of his salary a trade should be able to come. I would ask teams interested a 2nd or 3rd round pick and maybe a mid level prospect for acquiring Kessel and a dark horse team from each conference who I could see having interest is Carolina and Nashville.
#2) Shayne Gostisbehere
This was a underrated offseason pick up. Gostisbehere was acquired by Arizona in the offseason as a cap dump, as Philly gave Arizona a second round pick to take Gostisbehere. Now in the missle of the season Gostisbehere has 20 points in 30 games and has his highest point total since the 18-19 season, Now he is a amazing offensive Defensemen but not so great defensively so in pairing him with a more defensive defensemen his scoring ability comes out more. It might be tricky moving his contract which had the rest of this year and next at a $4.5 million dollars cap hit but if Arizona retains cap or does a money out, money in sort of deal then they could definitely work out a deal. I think Arizona would want a second or third round pick for him and a couple of teams who I could see having interest if they can make the money work would be New York R and Los Angeles.
#3) Johan Larsson and Ilya Lyubushkin
Two depth pieces who they could get a bit for. Both these players have been pretty good depth pieces and in my eyes Lyubushkin is a really underrated third pair Defensemen. Larsson has $1.4 million left on his contract before becoming a UFA and Lyubushkin has $1.35 on his deal. Larsson has 8 points in 18 games and I think he could be a very effective 3rd or 4th line player on a cup contender and if they trade him I’m looking for a 3rd or 4th round pick to trade him. As for Lyubushkin he has 6 assists in 29 games and would in my eyes be a solid 3rd pairing D-Men on any contending team, while I would ask for a fourth or fifth round pick for any team lokking to add depth for a playoff run.
Arizona is the worst team in the league at the moment and will be full on sellers as they expect to be busy over the coming months.
#2) should the Rangers try to trade for Tomas Hertl, and should Florida try to trade for Ben Chiarot.
These to rumors recently came out over the past week and I’m going to put my take on it. I think the Hertl to the Rangers deal would be less likely as I do think that the Rangers would have interest in Hertl, and they would not be shy to trade their first round pick or a top prospect and they have been looking for a middle six forward to replaced Sammy Blais who is done for the year, but I think that Hertl is more of a center and while he could play wing he is more of a center and even thought they would have some awesome center depth probably one of the NHL’s best I think they should focus on getting a pure winger like a Phil Kessel or a Brian Rust rather then attempt to acquire Hertl. And for Florida I could definitely see this trade happening as the Panthers have a amazing forward group and their goaltending Is superb but I do think a defensive upgrade is needed, and For Montreal it’s not a matter of if but when will Ben Chiarot be traded. The Panthers 3rd pairing left side is where I would put Chiarot if the Panthers do try to get him but they rumoured asking price is a first round pick which Florida doesn’t have for this year so they may have to move some other top thing but could definitely see this happening.
#3) what should Nashville do
I have heard plenty of rumors saying what Nashville should do after there well and very surprising to most of us start. They currently rank 2nd in the Central at 42 points in 33 games and are currently on pace for 104 points. Now I don’t think they will get to 100 points, they should finish somewhere in the mid-late 90s and should be a bubble team when all is said and done but at the deadline I think they will be conservative buyers. Now as for the Forsberg rumors I think they should keep him, unless they fall straight off and are definitely not a playoff team I think they will keep Forsberg who has been there best scorer and try to make the playoffs, but I don’t think they will be all in and start moving high prospects or first round picks. Now the places I could see them trying to get depth at would be a third line winger or a 3rd pairing D-Men. Their top six has been spectacular this and Jeannot has really had a solid season with Sissons but I think they could improve even more if they got a winger to play with those two on the Predators third line like a Vladislav Namestnikov, Andreas Athanasiou or a reunion with Calle Jarnkrok are three options of the top of my head, while their top 4 has been solid for Nashville but if they had a solid third line shut down D-Men on the Right side no offense to Benning but if they could upgrade I would try to do that with maybe Colin Miller, Nikita Zadorov or Calvin De Haan. And I would consider their second or third round pick, or maybe a young player who hasn’t really had playing time this year like Philippe Myers or Cosy Glass. And that is what I think the Preds and what they should do before the deadline.
Injury report JAN 1st-3rd
Pacific
Anaheim
COVID: Maxime Comtois who was activated off of the COVID list returned to game action on Sunday, while Ryan Getzlaf didn’t play on Sunday after he was placed on COVID protocol.
Cam Fowler: returned to game action on Sunday after missing one game due to a UBI.
Calgary
Brett Ritchie: was activated off of IR and taken off of the COVID list but didn’t return to game action on Sunday as he sat as a healthy scratch.
Edmonton
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: missed Saturday’s game as he is dealing with a LBI and was sent back to Edmonton to be evaluated.
Mike Smith: missed Saturday’s game with a UBI and is listed as day to day.
Los Angeles
None
San Jose
Adin Hill: was activated off of the COVID list but didn’t return to game action on Sunday.
Seattle
COVID: Ryan Donato and Vince Dunn were both activated off of the COVID list and Donato returned to action on Saturday while Dunn didn’t, and Jeremy Lauzon who was placed in COVID protocol on JAN 1st didn’t play on Saturday.
Vancouver
COVID: Jason Dickinson was placed in COVID protocol on JAN 1st and missed Saturday’s game.
Vegas
Brett Howden: was activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Sunday.
Central
Chicago
COVID: Marc Andre Fleury who was placed in protocol on DEC 27th and Kevin Lankinen who was placed in COVID protocol on DEC 31st both missed Saturday’s game, but Calvin De Haan was activated off of the COVID list and played on Saturday, while Marc Andre Fleury was activated off of the COVID protocol and was backup during Sunday’s game.
Henrik Borgstrom: returned to game action after missing 4 games due to a illness.
Jujhar Khaira: returned to game action on Saturday after missing 5 games due to a concussion.
Colorado
COVID Devon Toews, Andre Burakovsky, J.T Compher, Cale Makar, Darcy Kuemper, Nazem Kadri, Mikko Rantanen, Logan O’Connor, Pavel Francouz, Darren Helm were all activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Sunday.
Gabriel Landeskog: returned to game action Sunday after missing three games due to a LBI.
Bowen Byram: returned to game action on Sunday after missing eight games due to a head injury.
Valeri Nichushkin: missed Sunday’s game as he is currently dealing with a UBI.
Minnesota
Jonas Brodin: missed Saturday’s game after being placed in COVID protocol on DEC 28th.
Joel Eriksson Ek: missed Saturday’s game due to a UBI and is out multiple weeks.
Jordan Greenway: returned to game action on Saturday after missing one game with a LBI.
Jared Spurgeon: missed Saturday’s game due to a LBI and will miss a few weeks.
Nashville
COVID: Dante Fabbro who was placed in COVID protocol on JAN 1st didn’t play on Saturday, but Roman Josi and Colton Sissons we’re both activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Saturday.
St.Louis
Ville Husso: was activated off of IR and was dressed for the first time after missing six games with a LBI.
COVID: Oskar Sundqvist who was already activated and Ivan Barbashev who was activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Saturday.
Pavel Buchnevich: returned to game action on Saturday after missing one game due to a non COVID illness.
Winnipeg
COVID: Andrew Copp and Kristen Vesalainen were both activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Sunday.
Nate Schmidt: returned to game action on Sunday after missing one game with a non COVID illness.
David Gustafsson: returned to game action on Sunday after missing one game with a LBI.
Evgeny Svechnikov: missed his second consecutive game as he deals with a undisclosed injury.
Atlantic
Boston
COVID: Craig Smith, Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, Trent Frederic, Anton Blidh, Oskar Steen, Taylor Hall, Curtis Lazar, Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo, and Jeremy Swayman were all activated off of the COVID list and most were back to game action on Saturday, while Karson Kuhlman who was placed on the COVID list on JAN 1st missed Sunday’s game.
Curtis Lazar: sustained a undisclosed loss on Saturday and missed Sunday’s game because of it.
Buffalo
COVID: Vinne Hinostroza and Jeff Skinner were both activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Saturday.
Detroit
None
Florida
Owen Tippett: returned to game action on Saturday after he was activated off of the COVID list.
Sam Bennett: returned to game action on Saturday after missing one game with a non COVID illness injury.
Montreal
COVID: Jake Evans and Alexander Romanov were both placed in COVID protocol and missed Saturday’s game because of that.
Jonathan Drouin: returned to game action on Saturday after missing one game with a undisclosed injury.
Brendan Gallagher: missed Saturday’s game due to a LBI and is day to day.
Ottawa
COVID: Josh Norris, Tyler Ennis, Nick Paul, Dillion Heatherington, Jacob Bernard Docker and Anton Forsberg all missed Saturday’s game after being placed in COVID protocol after the holidays, while Filip Gustavsson who was activated off of the COVID list returned to being dressed on Saturday.
Erik Brannstrom: returned to game action after missing 15 games due to a broken hand.
Tampa Bay
COVID: Anthony Cirelli and Andrei Vasilevskiy were activated off of COVID protocol and returned to game action on Sunday.
Erik Cernak: was activated off of the IR and returned to game action on Sunday after missing 10 games with a LBI.
Toronto
COVID: all 14 players that were previously on the COVID list had been activated and played on Saturday except for Jake Muzzin who was a healthy scratch, while Timothy Liljegren who was placed on the COVID list also missed Saturday’s game.
Mitch Marner: was activated off of LTIR and returned to game action after missing six games with a shoulder injury.
Metro
Carolina
Jalen Chatfield: was taken off of IR and even though he isn’t playing he is now listed as healthy.
Columbus
COVID: Eric Robinson and Joonas Korpisalo were both activated off of the COVID list and Robinson did play on Saturday, but Korpisalo was not yet ready to play.
Justin Danforth: missed Saturday’s game and will be out for around six weeks with a MCL injury.
New Jersey
None
New York I
COVID: Anthony Beauvillier and Oliver Wahlstrom were both activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Saturday.
New York R
COVID: Kevin Rooney has been placed in COVID protocol on DEC 28th and Artemi Panarin who was placed in COVID protocol on JAN 1st both missed Sunday’s game, while Alex Georgiev was activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action as backup on Sunday, and Kevin Rooney and Ryan Lindgren were both activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Monday.
Patrick Nemeth: missed Sunday’s game as he deals with a non COVID illness and is day to day.
Philadelphia
COVID: Scott Laughton and Carter Hart were both activated off of the COVID list but didn’t return to game action on Saturday.
Pittsburgh
COVID: Evan Rodrigues, Dominik Simon, Mike Matheson, and John Marino, all returned to game action on Sunday aster being activated off the COVID list, and Teddy Blueger who was also activated didn’t return to game action on Sunday, while Kasperi Kapanen, Jeff Carter, Pierre Oliver Joseph and Tristan Jarry all were placed in the protocol after the holiday break and are still in COVID protocol.
Sam Lafferty: returned to game action Sunday after missing no games due to a non COVID illness.
Brian Rust: was back in game action on Sunday after missing 11 games with a LBI.
Jake Guentzel: returned to game action on Sunday after missing 5 games with a UBI.
Washington
COVID: Daniel Sprong, Nick Jensen and Justin Schultz were all activated off of the COVID list and returned to game action on Sunday.
Lars Eller: returned to game action on Sunday after missing one game due to a non COVID illness.
T.J Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom: both missed Sunday’s game due to a non COVID illness and are both day to day.
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