Done For The Season: With the playoffs out of reach, the Flames have decided to shut down<\/a> veteran winger Jonathan Huberdeau<\/a> for the rest of the season to allow him to undergo hip resurfacing surgery.\u00a0 The injury is one that he has been dealing with all season and there\u2019s no confirmation at this time that he\u2019ll be available for training camp.\u00a0 He had been struggling before being shut down as he had just 10 goals and 15 assists in 50 games, a point total well below the 62 he had last season.\u00a0 Huberdeau still has five years left on his contract, one that carries a $10.5MM cap charge and has not aged particularly well since his career year with Florida back in 2021-22.<\/p>\n Trotz To Retire: It has been an eventful few years for Barry Trotz as the GM of the Predators.\u00a0 Taking on that role for the first time following a long and successful coaching career, he went on a big spending spree in the 2024 offseason, adding Steven Stamkos<\/a>, Jonathan Marchessault<\/a>, and Brady Skjei<\/a> in an effort to turn his team into a contender.\u00a0 Instead, they\u2019ve floundered and after missing the playoffs last season, they\u2019re on the outside looking again at the break.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Trotz announced this week that he has decided to retire<\/a> from the role, though he will remain on the job through the trade deadline and until a successor is found.\u00a0 The team had hoped to use CAA Executive Search to help find a replacement but as CAA Hockey has 153 NHL clients, it was deemed a conflict of interest and CAA has since withdrawn<\/a> from that engagement.\u00a0 The search will now be done in-house.<\/p>\n Suspended For 20: Penguins defenseman Caleb Jones<\/a> has been sidelined for the better part of the month after being injured on a conditioning stint (to wrap up recovery from a separate injury).\u00a0 Now, he won\u2019t be in the lineup no matter what for the bulk of the rest of the season as the NHL gave him a 20-game suspension<\/a> for violating the terms of the NHL\/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.\u00a0 Additionally, he has been referred to the Player Assistance Program for evaluation and possible treatment.\u00a0 Jones is in the first season of a two-year deal with Pittsburgh and barring a late-season return after the suspension is lifted, he\u2019ll wind up with just seven games with the Penguins and the one brief appearance in the minors.<\/p>\n Photo courtesy of\u00a0Brad Penner-Imagn Images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Olympic break is now upon us with the men\u2019s tournament set to start in a few days.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85,26176],"class_list":["post-467859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-week-in-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/USATSI_27941529-240x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Panarin On The Move: With Artemi Panarin<\/a> being sat out for future trade purposes, the Rangers were able to get a deal done just before the trade freeze.\u00a0 The veteran was dealt<\/a> to the Kings (with 50% retention on his expiring contract) in exchange for winger Liam Greentree<\/a> along with a 2026 conditional third-round pick that upgrades to a second-round selection if Los Angeles wins a round.\u00a0 If the Kings win two, New York adds an extra 2028 fourth-rounder.\u00a0 \u00a0Panarin, who quickly signed a two-year, $22MM extension (spurning<\/a> much bigger offers), gives the Kings a legitimate top-line scoring threat on a team that has struggled mightily offensively this season, ranking 31st in the league in goals scored.\u00a0 Panarin made it known that Los Angeles was the only team he\u2019d waive his trade protection for, hindering New York\u2019s ability to get a top return.\u00a0 Still, in Greentree, they add an intriguing big winger who was a first-round pick in 2024 and has been quite productive in the OHL, giving them a big add to their prospect pool.<\/p>\n