The NHL trade winds swept through the league on Monday, but they remain more noise than action. Teams are calling the Vancouver Canucks about Elias Pettersson, Shane Wright let known his preferred trade destination, and the Nashville Predators must move a few players to get roster compliant. Elsewhere in the Daily, the Buffalo Sabres locked down Peyton Krebs, the arbitration hearing dates were announced, and we began Penguins Prospects week with five names you might not know but should.<\/p>\n
Prospect week is always tough because it seems to bring out the most pedantic among us. Fortunately, I can state this clearly: I\u2013on behalf of PHN\u2013have spent a lot of time watching these players in person. Development Camp. Rookie Camp. Wilkes-Barre. Other AHL cities. And the Prospects Challenge. After 20 years of doing this, talking to the pros behind the scenes, friends who work on the player development side, and all the while aiming to get better at the scouting and analysis at every chance, you\u2019re getting the straight scoop. A perfect ranking is impossible, but I\u2019m comfortable with the three-criterion points system and the fact that I\u2019ve been able to get a real sense of many of the prospects and their current stage of development. <\/p>\n
Of course, the first comment was outrage, OUTRAGE!, at the rankings. Look, you can ask me questions, you can posit what you\u2019ve seen, but if you\u2019re going to be obnoxious because you\u2019ve adopted a prospect or followed their box score, I\u2019m just going to hit mute. <\/p>\n
Galvas at 20 is preposterous<\/p>\n
\u2014 Colton Corby (@Coltoncorby_) July 13, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Greetings from Wellsboro, Pa, where my annual trip is off to a rousing start. It was a great ride and an amazing $30 steak dinner, but I always forget, this is not a nighttime town. Not even a little. I decided to take a walk around 9 p.m., and I was the only soul out and about. Even the movie theater had the lights off by 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n In fairness, the movies out right now are absolute trash, but I digress. <\/p>\n I bought a pair of knockoff AI glasses off the interwebs just for motorcycle rides. The video is surprisingly good, but the sound was terrible. Part of the fun is the purrrrr of the engine as you roll through the mountains. Get a bike. I\u2019ll take you on some summer adventures.<\/p>\n As you\u2019ll see in the first few seconds, I swear the sky bends a few miles past Mt. Jewett (Kinzua Bridge). First, you\u2019re under the clouds, everything is normal, but then you enter that little stretch of trees, and emerge at 65 mph riding\u00a0into\u00a0the clouds. Not long after that, there\u2019s a 75-mile stretch with mountains on both sides that begins just before a little town, Smethport, which used to have an enormous year-round Christmas store, to a smaller town called Galeton, all of which just makes me happy. And then you roll into Wellsboro with gas lamp street lights, tree-lined streets, and my 150-year-old hotel.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll get a little better at holding my head still. Wait until I show you the mountain twisties of Rt. 144 on the ride home\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n That\u2019s my personal YouTube channel. If you want to follow it, I\u2019ll post my travel stuff over there as I get the chance. <\/p>\n Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The arbitration hearing is set. The Penguins and Nick Robertson <\/a>are on the clock.<\/p>\n Here are the prospects you may not have heard of, but probably will. Surprisingly, there are a couple of players\u2013if not a few\u2013in the 16-20 range who have a real chance to make the show. So, let\u2019s get into the Penguins prospect rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n The Province: Ben Kuzma reports that Shane Wright has decided he doesn\u2019t want to move far, but he certainly wants a rebuilding team. And he\u2019s misunderstood. Is this the end of the NHL trade chatter around Shane Wright? He wants to be traded to Vancouver<\/a>.<\/p>\n Being bluntly honest, Vancouver has not proven to be a conducive environment for a little while. In fact, it\u2019s been the opposite. If he\u2019s looking for a prominent, I am a little surprised he didn\u2019t want one of the eastern teams looking for a center, including the Penguins. <\/p>\n NHLtraderumors.me: Well then, it\u2019s not the Penguins. Teams are calling Vancouver about center Elias Pettersson, and Farhan Lalji of TSN doth report that the LA Kings have kicked the tires, but talks didn\u2019t get past center ice<\/a>.<\/p>\n TSN: Travis Yost takes a good, hard look at Pettersson\u2019s trade value. Yost always likes the numbers aspect, but Pettersson goes beyond that. Buyer beware<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Tenessean: What happens when you have 26 legit players on your NHL roster but can only carry a maximum of 23? Welp, that means the Nashville Predators are necessarily going to make trades. The question is\u2013who<\/a>?<\/p>\n Sportsnet: It was a big day for the Buffalo Sabres. They hired John Davidson as a senior advisor, and they locked down Peyton Krebs with a new contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n Buffalo is on a heater, minus losing Alex Tuch. <\/p>\n New Jersey Hockey Now: Matthew Tkachuk had some (glowing) words for Jack Hughes about Hughes\u2019s new teammates\u2013and departed Florida Panthers\u2013Jesper Boqvist and Evan Rodrigues<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: elias pettersson<\/a> Penguins Prospects<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> shane wright<\/a> <\/p>\n Categorized:Links<\/a> NHL Trade Rumors<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NHL trade winds swept through the league on Monday, but they remain more noise than action. 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