For today’s blog I am going to do an update in the NHL. The season has started this season and most teams are already around 8 games in, which is almost a fifth of this shortened season.
Trades:
Last Saturday the Colombus Blue Jackets completed a trade with the Winnipeg Jets, sending Pierre-Luc Dubois there way and a 2022 3rd rounder in return for Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic. This trade may seem lopsided but really Laine is going to hate Tortarella (Colombuses coach) and having depth down the center will really help in the post-season this year for the jets. This move could really go either way, but only time will tell who wins.
There are two more small name trades to report that both happened this last week.
One was a trade between the Sharks and Ducks, with the Sharks receiving F Jack Kopacka, and the Ducks receiving D Trevor Carrick. Then, the Sharks traded away Jack Kopacka and a 7th for the Ottawa Senators defenseman Christian Jaros.
Standings:
The standings currently are
- Toronto
2.Washington
3.Montreal
4.Vegas
5.Boston
6.Philadelphia
7.Winnipeg
8.Colorado
9.Minnesota
10.Vancouver
11.St. Louis
12.Colombus
13.Pittsburgh
14.Dallas
15.Nashville
16.Los Angeles
The other teams standings are available following this link. The teams I put here are the teams that are in the top half of the league, meaning that these teams are probably either close or in a playoff spot right now. The reason they wouldn’t be in a playoff spot is because the spots are divisional, so the top 4 teams from each division will make it. The Jets, for example, area seventh in the league, but third in their division. The divisions are made up of 7-8 teams each.
Those are the updates around the league, Jan.29, 2021.
Here is a link to the trade tracker.
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