The Pittsburgh Penguins had a couple of opponents on Thursday and survived with a surprising overtime win over another first-place team. NHL trade rumors took a couple of days off, but we\u2019ve got a few teams staring at big decisions, including the New York Rangers\u2013with coach Mike Sullivan\u2013looking at a rebuild. Canada is reacting to its Olympic roster, while it seems we already know Team USA without an announcement. <\/p>\n
And Will Ferrell became the viral story at the LA Kings game. <\/p>\n
So, here we go. New page. New year. I\u2019m in the process of re-evaluating my travel for the rest of this season. I think it\u2019s best to stop this Ironman streak that is in its third season. I\u2019m looking at Seattle\u2013already booked\u2013as a game to miss. An afternoon game, no morning skate, and a quick turnaround to Calgary. Yeah\u2026TBD. <\/p>\n
But here\u2019s a Q: If you had a max budget of about $700 to spend on air and hotel and 4-7 days\u2019 worth of time, where would you go? <\/p>\n
I\u2019m hoping for a flash sale or points sale to the UK, but I\u2019m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Eight times shorthanded against the Detroit Red Wings, two power play goals against, and overtime. Yet, the resilient, plucky Penguins won<\/a>.<\/p>\n The report card was not easy to write. Unlike Tuesday, the game was muddy track with a lot of players sitting for a lot of minutes. Even Sidney Crosby played only 3:41 in the first period. It was a salvage effort that yielded two points, and that became part of the story of the Penguins\u2019 game<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n The Athletic ($): I know some of you have a little bit of schadenfreude, especially with Mike Sullivan. The New York Rangers aren\u2019t exactly lighting it up this season, blown leads are a problem, as are free agents, and the age of the core players. Sound familiar? So, uhhhh, what comes next for the NYR? Will they enter a rebuild<\/a>?<\/p>\n Those trade rumors from New York are going to be loud. Very, very loud. <\/p>\n Sportsnet Video: Will Ferrell took the attention from the Kings-Lightning game. The Step Brothers, Talledega Nights, Old School, The Other Guys, and Anchorman star dressed as a referee and was making calls at the glass. You can check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n My son and I used to watch Step Brothers, and it kept getting funnier, but Ferrell actually made a really good movie with Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Emma Thompson. It\u2019s for people who like good movies: Stranger than Fiction. Highly recommended. <\/p>\n Sportsnet: Canada is in full debate mode. No, not about the state of the world, but something more important: Team Canada. There were a couple of questionable picks, and Justin Bourne digs into the few and the fallout<\/a>.<\/p>\n Colton Parayko and Thomas Harley over Matthew Schaefer was the big mistake to me. I don\u2019t mind leaving off Sam Bennet. Nor am I disappointed in snubbing Evan Bouchard, who has assumed the hugely important, but maligned for mistakes, Kris Letang mantle.<\/p>\n Forever Blueshirts: Defenseman Adam Fox was informed he was not included on Team USA. It wasn\u2019t an easy day, and here is Fox\u2019s reaction in the New York Rangers<\/a> room.<\/p>\n Detroit Hockey Now: At the World Junior tourney, one of the Red Wings\u2019 Swedish prospects wasn\u2019t thrilled with how Team USA reacted to Sweden\u2019s 6-3 win, calling Team USA<\/a>, \u201cquite dirty.\u201d <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: New York Rangers<\/a> nhl tade<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> team canada<\/a> will ferrell<\/a> <\/p>\n Categorized: Links<\/a> NHL Trade Rumors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Penguins had a couple of opponents on Thursday and survived with a surprising overtime win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[35293,39204,73,75,74,1067,39205,39206],"class_list":["post-76199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl-tade","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-team-canada","tag-will-ferrell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76199","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=76199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}