Pierre LeBrun on ''Aux 4 coins de la LNH'' (french show) about Carolina: The Stanley Cup champions, who had a lot of interest in Connor Hellebuyck, but according to my sources, they weren’t willing to pay a certain price. The Jets wanted a young forward from the core, someone a bit like Dawson Mercer, but perhaps even better than Dawson Mercer, whom they’d acquired from New Jersey. I don’t know exactly who that would have been from Carolina, but it could have been either Stankoven or Seth Jarvis. Obviously, the Hurricanes weren’t willing to do that. - 20/23 #CarolinaCulture #GoJetsGo #NJDevils #NHL
Jeff Marek on The Sheet Podcast about Sunny Mehta: I don't know if the Remi Poirier claim on waivers was a smokescreen, like, okay, this is the way they're going to go with the goaltenders. Let's leave New Jersey out of the equation. [...] He's playing poker, right? And to me, this one looked like the classic bluff. "Oh, goaltending is volatile. It's a tricky position. We're happy with the rotation that we have. That's the way you win Stanley Cups. Look at the Carolina Hurricanes," etc, etc, etc. And then he lands Connor Hellebuyck. It's one of the great bluffs we've seen in the NHL. Bluntly, it's a great poker bluff. That's what we just saw. - 10/23 #NJDevils #GoJetsGo #NHL
David Pagnotta on The Sheet Podcast about the Hellebuyck trade: I believe there were other teams in the mix that did engage in conversations with the #GoJetsGo I think #CarolinaCulture was having conversations last night. I think #TusksUp as well. Even some other teams, whether it was the #Isles or other clubs, were poking around this whole thing to a certain extent. There was a lot of speculation as to whether this would evolve into a three-way trade. - 10/23 #NHL #NJDevils
Elliotte Friedman on The FAN Hockey Show about #NJDevils: They want to contend and all of a sudden, Dylan Larkin’s put you on his list. And we all know about this overarching Quinn Hughes scenario. Plus, there’s a guy on the Devils right now who kind of knows Hellebuyck really well. I mean, you can’t help but look at this and wonder if this is just one step as part of a bigger play, right? - 10/23 #LGRW #mnwild #GoJetsGo #NHL
#NJDevils acquire Connor Hellebuyck from #GoJetsGo for Dawson Mercer, Nick Bjugstad, Nico Daws, Alexander Command, 2nd round pick (29') and 7th round pick (27') #NHL
Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts Podcast about Dallas signing David Perron: One of the things Dallas was kind of looking at is just improving their play along the boards. And Perron does that. He's a really sharp guy. He's a really smart player. [...] That's one of the reasons they targeted Perron.- 10/22 #TexasHockey #NHL
Elliotte Friedman on NHL Now about Quinn Hughes: One of the thing I asked at media event (media tour) was if Larkin came to Minnesota, would that get you sign? And he kinda paused a bit, and he basically said it wouldn't hurt. - 10/22 #mnwild#NHL#LGRW
The Fourth Period about Chatfield: Darren (Chatfield's agent) and Tulsky spoke at the start of the season, they tried to get something done at that point. They weren’t able to come to terms on an agreement. And as of now that’s where things are. There have been no talks since, there are no talks planned, and we will see how that develops as the season goes. The inkling right now is that he is headed to free agency. - 10/22 #NHL #CarolinaCulture
Elliotte Friedman on NHL Now about Detroit: I do believe the Red Wings are beginning to lay the groundwork for a trade or two, but at this point in time I don't know if it's going to be Dylan Larkin first or Simon Edvinsson first - 10/22 #LGRW#NHL
Pierre LeBrun on SC with Jay Onrait about Quinn Hughes & Vancouver: I feel like Quinn Hughes was really genuine when he said that he was giving the #Canucks two years. I mean, was he ever going to extend? No. But I think he would have played his butt off for Canucks right to the end had they not trade him - 10/21 #NHL
Elliotte Friedman on The FAN Hockey Show about the Oilers last/this season: I think that Saint-Louis offer sheet thing took a toll on what they lost for the players. I think they realized what they lost. And so I think that it took them, it took them a bit to come to grips with it, to handle it, to find themselves back in the proper position and they're mentally there. - 10/21 #LetsGoOilers #stlblues #NHL
Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts Podcast about Carolina/Hellebuyck: I did have a couple of people tell me on Wednesday that Carolina does have an offer for Hellebuyck that no longer involves him (Nikishin) because it's just, it's a waste of time, right? So I think whatever Carolina's got out there is a non-Nikishin package. - 10/22 #CarolinaCulture #GoJetsGo #NHL
Elliotte Friedman on the 32 Thoughts Podcast about Larkin & the Devils: That's an interesting one. As someone who's a Devils fan texted me and he goes, do you think Larkin's playing 3D chess? Instead of going to Minnesota where Hughes is, he's going to go to New Jersey where Hughes is going to be. - 10/22 #LGRW #NJDevils #mnwild #NHL
Pierre LeBrun on Oilers NOW about Ryan O'Reilly: The other thing I would tell you is this. I don't think Ryan O'Reilly wants to go anywhere, right? Like I think he loves it in Nashville so much. And, you know, he's already won his Cup. I think he's fine being the mentor to transitioning team. - 10/21 #Preds #Smashville #NHL