Good morning. If you’re out east, good afternoon. I hope you are well.
Carey Price. That's it. That's the tweet. #ItsOn pic.twitter.com/fZcvsNWBms
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 17, 2021
Let’s get right to it.
OILERS
- Ken Holland’s Best Bets: SB Nation / Copper and Blue- What’s been Ken Holland’s best contract signed in his short time with the Oilers?
- The Summer of Ken: The Oilers Rig- Ken Holland’s got a lot of things to pick up this summer in order to stock the Oilers’ cupboard.
- Numb As A Statue: Lowetide - The Jake DeBrusk situation is complicated.
- How High Would You Go On Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ Contract? / Oilers Nation: Sort of high. Kind of high? High enough, I think.
PLAYOFFS
- The Series Is A Brand New One: SB Nation / Eyes On The Prize: Montreal heads home with a 1-1 split after their 3-2 win in Vegas last night.
- Canadiens 3, Golden Knights 2: SB Nation / Knights On Ice: Was Chandler Stephenson’s late scratch a bad omen for the Knights?
- The Lightning Visit The Coliseum: SB Nation / Lighthouse Hockey: Islanders look to keep the Lightning at bay after Tampa knotted the series up at 1 this past Tuesday.
- Morning After Thoughts: The Real Lightning Showed Up In Game 2: SB Nation / Raw Charge: Fear not, those game 1 Lightning weren’t actual Lightning. Will the real Lightning show for game 3?
ETC
- Hurricanes’ Rod Brind’amour Signs 3-Year Extension / Scott Burnside -The Athletic : New deal will take Brind’amour through 2024 season
JACK EICHEL SWEEPSTAKES
It’s becoming more evident as time passes on that Jack Eichel’s tenure with the #Sabres is coming to an end. Would a trade to one specific team out west best suit Eichel and the Sabres? @_Franklin_H has more:
— WGR 550 (@WGR550) June 17, 2021
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Jack Eichel is a very, very good hockey player. Whichever team that acquires his services will get a franchise centre, one that would have certainly gone first overall had it not been the year where Connor McDavid was available. The return for Eichel will almost certainly not be enough to a franchise that’s been floundering well before Eichel’s arrival.
You can keep him out east, thanks. At least, keep him out of the Pacific.