Could we see some players who have been playing injured shut it down for a bit?
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – What is going to change for the Preds? episode on if there are some players who have been playing hurt, shut it down for a bit coming out of the Olympic break.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “I, and we’ll get to this a bit more in a second. I am really curious, Kyle, about what some of these post-Olympic rosters are going to look like.”
Bukauskas: “Oh, especially for those in white flag mode.”
Friedman: “Yeah, yeah. I think there’s a lot of guys playing hurt, a lot of guys playing hurt. Which is no surprise to anyone.”
Bukauskas: “Right . Yes, you knew it was all going to come to a head, if it hasn’t already.”
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There may not be many teams that can afford the assets and cap to acquire Robert Thomas
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – What is going to change for the Preds? episode on the St. Louis Blues and Robert Thomas.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Kyle Bukauskas: “So you had the story on Saturday with Robert Thomas and a minor procedure done. Expected to be back after the Olympic break. What else on St. Louis there, maybe Thomas in particular, do you got?”
Friedman: “You know, obviously St Louis has been out there. The one thing I wanted to mention about Thomas is, I did have someone say to me on Saturday there, if you were to have the over under on the amount of teams that could do a Thomas deal, based on what St Louis wants, he’d take the under.”
Bukauskas: “And maybe not even teams that would be looking to trade for him, like just simply, teams that have the assets, the cap space.”
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Friedman: “Yep.”
Bukauskas: “To pull it off.”
Friedman: “Yeah, the take the under. But he’ll be back after the Olympics.”
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