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Dan’s Daily: Price for Hughes; Stamkos Explodes; Weird Penguins Night
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The Pittsburgh Penguins followed one of the most improbable endings on Tuesday with a bizarre night beginning with a closed highway and ending with a listless, distracted loss. PHN also hit the chalkboard for some real talk about what opponents are doing to the Penguins. Elsewhere in the Daily, the trade price for Quinn Hughes is emerging, Steve Stamkos busted out of his two-year Nashville slump with an all-timer, and Logan Cooley is out for months.
We have officially entered scapegoat season. Everybody's least favorite player is at fault, always, and the team is going to crash, and you knew it.
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When did so many Penguins fans become Randy Quaid in Major League? So eager to be right about being bad.
…Historians will write of social media destroying our society. Quick and painful. In all forms, all genres, all subjects, it's allowed the negative to group, seem like a majority, and become a contagion rather than isolated.
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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Just an off night. From the delayed start to the slow start against the Montreal Canadiens . The Penguins lost .
Montreal Hockey Now: It was a celebratory night for the Habs. Here's the flip side coverage–They won convincingly, and stud goalie Jacob Fowler made his NHL debut.
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Now, the report card is a meaty bit of hockey analysis. Teams are attacking the Penguins with a similar scheme. Tristan Jarry alluded to it. There's also a bit of play on which the Penguins are failing to follow through. And the player grades (some good, some terrible), in the Penguins' report card .
Seriously, read that report card.
NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now
Sportsnet: First, Nick Kypreos reports the going rate for Hughes is four or five pieces, and none are easy to give up. A couple of first-rounders, a good NHL player, and a good prospect, plus more .
Elliotte Friedman came over the top with his latest 32 Thoughts, which was an everything we know article. Friedman also updated the stalled Jarry trade and everything else across the NHL .
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NHL.com: Oh boy. Such a shame, and this probably impacts his inclusion on Team USA significantly. Logan Cooley is out for at least eight weeks .
NHL.com: Steve Stamkos tossed aside trade rumors and a horrendous slump that has largely dogged his Nashville tenure. The big guy scored four goals en route to a big Nashville win over StL. Four?!
Toronto Sun: Ryan Reaves is with the San Jose Sharks now, cut loose by the Toronto Maple Leafs . Reaves didn't necessarily rip them to shreds, but he let his feelings on his tenure and the end be known .
Philly Hockey Now: Will James is really finding his groove with his Flyers reporting. I'm loving his stuff — Another OT loss, and coach Rick Tocchet addressed the Philadelphia Flyers' fatal flaw.
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New Jersey Hockey Now: Timo Meier is taking a leave from the New Jersey Devils .
NHLtraderumors.me: A couple of teams are making a lot of calls and not liking what they hear. The trade costs are frustrating at least a couple of would-be buyers like the Toronto Maple Leafs, according to Frank Seravalli .
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