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<\/p>\nThe Pittsburgh Penguins have a wonderful habit of breaking news in the middle of our Live Chats. They did so again in a Friday afternoon news dump as they confirmed their sale to the Hoffman Family of Companies. We also pulled back the curtain on a couple of Penguins stories for PHN+ subscribers, and got an unexpected one, too. <\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the Daily, a pair of rumored NHL trades came to be and beat the roster freeze, including Philip Danault. One player is off the trade block, but it seems the Edmonton Oilers are back on the goalie market. The pile-on of the Toronto Maple Leafs has begun, and who is to blame, the coach or the players? And the Golden Knights are battered and depleted, and may have to get creative with their roster. <\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know what happened last night. First, had a great little dinner\u2013a pulled pork poutine and a local blonde ale (in a much bigger mug than expected. The mug was a heavy plastic, which affected the taste. Beer was great, the mug was not). <\/p>\n
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The poutine was pretty great. The other patrons turned, stared, and asked about it. But the one reason I\u2019m never very comfortable in Montreal is the language\u2013they start in French, and I feel like an idiot explaining that I don\u2019t speak the language. <\/p>\n
And I grabbed a lovely chocolate cupcake topped with chocolate, with chocolate chunks and chocolate cream, on the walk back to the hotel. <\/p>\n
The cupcake did not last long enough to take a picture.<\/p>\n
The unfortunate part of most hotel rooms is that the best place to watch TV is on the bed. As I settled in to watch hockey and the Jake Paul fight, consciousness quickly left me somewhere around 8:30 p.m., and that was that. Out cold. There could have been fire alarms or nuclear blasts, and I don\u2019t think I would have heard them. It has been a grueling schedule, and the late drive to Montreal Thursday night was not ideal, but I don\u2019t sleep at 8 p.m.! Feels like a lost night in Montreal. Win some, lose some. <\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: SOLD! The story broke on Wednesday, but the Penguins confirmed it Friday afternoon with statements from the buying and selling parties. It\u2019s a done deal that is now awaiting approval. The Penguins\u2019 sale<\/a> is complete.<\/p>\n PHN+: We pulled back the curtain on some of the issues affecting the Penguins. At the core of the struggles is a new element of doubt. We also dug into Kris Letang\u2019s struggles and had an unexpected chat about a pretty great childhood with one of the forwards. It\u2019s this week\u2019s Penguins insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n Use code Dan10 to save yourself $10 if you\u2019d like. I hope our work has earned your support. <\/p>\n And here is the Penguins Live Chat\u2013The new travel mic has a deficiency, the gain is awkward, but we fixed it on the fly. We had a pretty good discussion on Kris Letang, the losing streak, and the young players. I decided to keep my placeholder title: Everything TBD. Here\u2019s the Penguins live chat<\/a>. <\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n Montreal Hockey Now: Trade! The Habs enter the next stage of their rebuild with a significant, though affordable deal. They get Philip Danault\u2013here\u2019s Marc Dumont\u2019s reporting and instant analysis of the Canadiens trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not going to help the Penguins\u2019 winless streak, is it?<\/p>\n TSN: Mason Marchment was traded from Dallas before the season, and before the roster freeze last night, Seattle dealt him to Columbus. A player with Kyle Dubas ties heads to a division rival for a fourth and a second<\/a>. <\/p>\n Good get by Columbus. <\/p>\n Sportsnet: So, Tristan Jarry gets hurt. It doesn\u2019t look good. And Edmonton is right back on the goalie market\u2013is Buffalo their next target<\/a>?<\/p>\n We\u2019ll stick with a couple of Maple Leafs stories from Sportsnet as the negativity is building around the blue and white. They need \u201cmore joy\u201d amidst their great slide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Video: Who is at fault for the turmoil surrounding the team\u2013coach or players<\/a>?<\/p>\n The Athletic ($): Pull one name off the trade board, at least for now. Ryan O\u2019Reilly isn\u2019t ready to leave Nashville. Pierre LeBrun has that nugget and some other trade tidbits<\/a>.<\/p>\n Florida Hockey Now: Believe. It\u2019s not just the Penguins that can cough up a three-goal lead. Apparently, the Carolina Hurricanes know how to do it, too. The Florida Panthers<\/a> got them good.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: mason marchment<\/a> nhl trade<\/a> Penguins sale<\/a> philip danault<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> <\/p>\n Categorized: Links<\/a> NHL Trade Rumors<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Penguins have a wonderful habit of breaking news in the middle of our Live Chats. They…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[25218,10172,27574,35300,73,75,74,1067],"class_list":["post-66429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-mason-marchment","tag-nhl-trade","tag-penguins-sale","tag-philip-danault","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-penguins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}