There are conflicting reports now from more reputable sources that poured ice-cold water all over the exploding NHL trade chatter surrounding the Columbus Blue Jackets. The tangled web is below. Also, it seems Cutter Gauthier wants a lot more money from the Anaheim Ducks, who are now stuck in an unfortunate game of chicken. And we unloaded some simmering opinions and analysis regarding the Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 offseason moves.<\/p>\n
A thought crossed my mind Sunday. The landscape of everything is chaos, isn\u2019t it?. But closer to home, a simple Sunday afternoon in which I wanted to watch the Brickyard 400 was not possible because \u2026 I cut the cord. I realized I had no access to TNT or TruTV, and to add it to any package would be another $18 per month. But I also found I was still paying for Paramount+ and HBO Max, which I haven\u2019t watched at all in months, and I got whacked for $25 for another month of Apple TV, on which I only watch F1, literally as I was going through the cancellation process. It\u2019s all so inefficient. <\/p>\n
Every media entity has a stream, and they\u2019re all spending big money on rights and shows to lure subscribers but can\u2019t deliver with any consistency. I mean, 18 months between show seasons?! My gut says we\u2019re about to see a lot of mergers and acquisitions. Or bankruptcies. <\/p>\n
Heck, I\u2019m still hoping for a third season of Fraser, the Community movie (six seasons and a movie!), and the long-awaited fifth season of Loudermilk. To the hockey\u2026<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Some of the comments were beauties, but I very much appreciated a reader who simply thanked me for giving a voice to Nailers fans. That was humbling, and you\u2019re welcome. We connected the Penguins\u2019 offseason acquisitions and changes to the NHL trade market, and a not-so-kind examination of dumping the Wheeling Nailers. It\u2019s in the Penguins offseason unload<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Baseball Now: The series didn\u2019t go so well despite lines across the Clemente Bridge to get into PNC Park (Seriously, only a Gen Z social media person would brag about being in a line. Yinz love being in line). However, the bullpen finally held, and the\u00a0Pittsburgh Pirates\u2019 bats <\/a>awoke.<\/p>\n Steelers Now: Derrick Bell did a great job on this piece. Here is his ballot for the Steelers Hall of Honor<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & NHN<\/p>\n TSN: Another disputed report for one outlet was a sigh of relief for a lot of Blue Jackets fans. A day after exploding social media reports that a deal was down to two teams, Sunday, multiple reports emerged (which usually means the team is pushing back) indicating there are NO trade talks surrounding\u00a0Kirill Marchenko<\/a>.<\/p>\n TSN 1060: I\u2019m glad TSN is still talking hockey. New York Islanders coach Pete DeBoer joined the radio hosts and discussed the Islanders\u2019 improvements and what he expects this season. I suppose that directly affects the Penguins, too, and so here\u2019s some insight from Long Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHLtraderumors.me: I had some perceptions after seeing this report. Not only did Cutter Gauthier force his way out of Philadelphia, but he has jacked up his contract demands in light of Leo Carlsson\u2019s whopper of a contract. Gauthier was talking around $10 million, but now he wants $15 million<\/a>?<\/p>\n I feel for Anaheim. GM Pat Verbeek played hardball with the youngsters, but they\u2019re being ripped apart before they even get going. That\u2019s not how it is supposed to work. It\u2019s also a lesson to GMs. Pay the man his money\u2026before someone else does. <\/p>\n Philly Hockey Now: Here\u2019s how the other PA team is living. Will James has begun the Top 10 countdown of Philadelphia Flyers prospects<\/a>.<\/p>\n New Jersey Hockey Now: Was new New Jersey Devils GM Sunny Mehta a little frightened by Anthony Mantha\u2019s history, especially his injury past? Nope, Mehta told James Nichols. Here\u2019s more on why New Jersey signed Mantha<\/a>.<\/p>\n The guy we saw last season bore no resemblance to the years of criticism and perceptions, until the very end. <\/p>\n Boston Hockey Now: A goalie who has more than paid his dues, waiting in the wings. The Boston Bruins believe (hope?) Michael DiPietro<\/a> is ready.<\/p>\n Colorado Hockey Now: Brief Pittsburgh Penguins forward and Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins alumnus Andrew Agozzino hung up the skates last week, and it didn\u2019t take long to\u00a0land a new job, <\/a>coaching.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: anaheim ducks<\/a> Kirill Marchenko<\/a> nhl trade<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> <\/p>\n Categorized:Links<\/a> NHL Trade Rumors<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are conflicting reports now from more reputable sources that poured ice-cold water all over the exploding NHL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[4830,312841,385,4983,1790,99],"class_list":["post-787446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-kirill-marchenko","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787446","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=787446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}