In another update on the tumultuous relationship between Marco Rossi and the Minnesota Wild, Joe Smith and Michael Russo of The Athletic offered some hypothetical landing spots for the former ninth-overall pick of the 2020 NHL Draft.
The pair of reporters listed the Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Calgary Flames, Utah Mammoth, and Winnipeg Jets, in that order, as the likeliest landing spots for Rossi if the Wild trade him. Furthermore, Smith and Russo believe the Canucks can offer the most compelling trade package of the listed teams.
They asserted that the 15th overall selection of the 2025 NHL Draft would have to be the headliner of the deal, and they’ve heard reports that Vancouver would be willing to move the pick in the right trade. As a secondary portion, Smith and Russo said one of Victor Mancini, Sawyer Mynio, Nils Höglander, or Arturs Silovs would be enough of a sweetener to get the deal across the finish line.
Other notes from the Western Conference:
- In a disastrous outcome for player and team, the Edmonton Oilers have already lost Zach Hyman for the Stanley Cup Final due to wrist surgery. According to Jason Gregor of the Daily Faceoff, due to the severity of the injury in which Hyman dislocated and tore several ligaments in his wrist, there’s no guarantee he’ll be ready for training camp in September either. It’s more unfortunate news for Hyman, who was a sparkplug for the Oilers this postseason, scoring five goals and 11 points in 15 games with 111 hits.
- The Calgary Flames will have to wait a few more years for one of their goaltending prospects to make his way to North America. Earlier today, Ryan Pike of Flames Nation reported that the Flames’ sixth-round pick of the 2023 NHL Draft, Yegor Yegorov, has signed a two-year deal with the KHL’s Spartak Moskva. Still, with Dustin Wolf in the net for the foreseeable future, Calgary isn’t in a rush for another netminder, given they can hold his contractual rights indefinitely as a Russian draftee.
Is that a legit number 111 hits in 15 games? There’s no way that’s right
Just checked a few game summaries at the NHL website, Hyman was getting about 10 hits per game in the playoffs. It sounds legit, crazily enough
Live by the hit, die by the hit!
No way is your mothers name. Just check the stats before you write dumbass.
Do the math kid 6+3+5+12+10+7+6+3+9+4+13+12+9+10+2
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Oilers in 6
I think the Oil get it done this year despite the loss of Hyman. Maybe “the city of champions” will finally live up to its name.
Believe it or not, the “City of Champions” moniker had nothing to do with the Oilers or pro sports in the city at the time. The slogan was about how the city bonded together after a tornado tore thru the city in late July of 87 killing 27 individuals. It just so happened to coincide with the cities relevance in pro sports at the time, as the Oilers were just coming out of their “dynasty” and the Eskimos (name at the time, had also just won the CFL championship). It was more for the people.
If the Panthers keep deciding to be the LA Kings in the 3rd period like they did tonight, the Oilers won’t need Hyman. $%#@!