The Avalanche continued their home winning streak and play at Ball Arena again tonight. Also, what a day around the league. We had a small trade, a notable medium-level trade, and a LARGE blockbuster deal.
All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — December 13.
Colorado Hockey Now
The Avs have won 10 straight games at home, and will continue their chase towards the 18-game home winning streak from the Stanley Cup-winning 2021-22 season tonight against the Nashville Predators.
Here’s how they looked in their last game on Thursday against Florida.
READ MORE: 10 Observations: Make That 10 Straight Wins At Home For the Avalanche
The team held a light optional practice Friday. The most notable part of the skate were the updates from Jared Bednar on some of the guys on the team.
READ MORE: The Latest on Kiviranta, O’Connor, and Solovyov
Around The NHL
Edmonton Adds a Blueliner: Let’s start with the smaller of the three Friday trades. The Oilers shored up their defense depth with the addition of Spencer Stastney from the Preds.
Nashville will have to change up their D core tonight given this trade, which I don’t entirely get for them.
Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Oilers needed to add Stastney because they shipped depth defenseman Brett Kulak to the Pens as part of a pretty notable trade for both clubs. Tristan Jarry is finally off to Pittsburgh.
As part of the deal, the Oilers also traded Stuart Skinner, which was a bit of a shocker given that the rumors were that they were hoping to find the salary to make a Jarry/Skinner tandem work.
Minnesota Lands the Big Fish: Now for the elephant in the room. Let’s talk about how the Central Division just got insanely more talended after the Minnesota Wild sent two big names, another depth piece and a first-round draft pick for Quinn Hughes.
Yes, Quinn. Freakin’. Hughes. Here are the full details of the trade.
READ MORE: Quinn Hughes Lands in Central Division With Minnesota
Chicago Hockey Now:Â Worst-case scenario for the Blackhawks. And it involves Connor Bedard.
