The Swiss held Team Canada in check for a while, but no team can hold down that monster. In the NHL rumor mill, the St. Louis Blues have a couple of heavyweight trade chips. And our Vince Comunale took an interesting look at the similarities between this Penguins team and one that sits comfortably in team lore. <\/p>\n
I\u2019ll be in Wilkes-Barre by the time most of you read this, and I\u2019ll be grabbing as many conversations as I possibly can. There will be some paywall content, after all, it\u2019s neither terribly fun nor free to spend a few days in the northeast\u2013I can\u2019t even walk around the mall anymore. I hear all of the stores are gone! But there is an Outback and a surprisingly chic grocery store. <\/p>\n
However, I got a couple of emails on Friday that a few of you are still having problems logging in. So, first, clear your cache. That might be the problem for some. I have a hunch on why some remaining accounts are having trouble\u2013and I\u2019ll float a fix past tech today. <\/p>\n
If you\u2019re having an issue, let me know so we can get you taken care of. But it sounds like sunshine is ahead. <\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Vince has been a great addition\u2013should have added him years ago. There are some real similarities between this Penguins steam and one from the early years of Sidney Crosby\u2019s career. Vince lays out the Penguins comparison<\/a>.<\/p>\n A new alternate or special retro jersey next season? There\u2019s some evidence that it\u2019s coming, but it might be blue? Here\u2019s what we know about a potential special Penguins hometown remix jersey<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Baseball Now: It\u2019s a good question\u2013Danny Demilio does some baseball math and analysis. Do the Pirates have enough offense to overcome their lack of outfield defense? Pirates analysis<\/a>. It\u2019s a good read. <\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n The Athletic ($): Will Carolina Hurricanes GM Eric Tulski swing for the fences again and go for Robert Thomas? There is some chatter that the Hurricanes could go big, once again<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHLtraderumors.me: OK, it\u2019s not the most serious article, but the rumors site laid out six potential landing spots for skilled winger Jordan Kyrou, and yes, the Penguins made the list<\/a>.<\/p>\n Edmonton Journal: Trade talk in Edmonton. There\u2019s a good disagreement underway. GM Stan Bowman doesn\u2019t think he needs to fortify the defense in a meaningful way, and David Staples writes that\u2019s the way wrong answer<\/a>.<\/p>\n TSN: Coach Jon Cooper united a top line that is the best line in hockey since the 1987 Canada Cup when Mario, Wayne, and Dale Hawerchuk were together. Cooper flipped his lines to put Connor McDavid with Nate MacKinnon and Macklin Celebrini. Yeehaw, and Canada broke open a tight game for a 5-1 win over the Swiss<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, Swiss player Kevin Fiala suffered an injury and was taken off the ice on a stretcher<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sportsnet: Upset? Finland beat Sweden. Now the second tier of the tournament is a jumbled mess<\/a>.<\/p>\n Toronto Hockey Now: Dave Littman compiles some external reports\u2013it seems Toronto is reopening the door to acquiring Dougie Hamilton. That would be a hefty Maple Leafs trade<\/a>, wouldn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: nhl trade<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> robert thomas<\/a> team canada<\/a> <\/p>\n Categorized:NHL Trade Rumors<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Swiss held Team Canada in check for a while, but no team can hold down that monster.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,4983,1790,27493,99,390],"class_list":{"0":"post-468610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-nhl-trade","10":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","11":"tag-robert-thomas","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-team-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}