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It's unfortunate Scott Laughton has been somewhat ineffective since he joined the Leafs. Brandon Carlo underwent foot surgery on December 3. When he was available, he looked a step slower and less physical than he was playing as a member of the Boston Bruins. In both cases salary retention were involved in the trade. If you're going to overpay for two players, you shouldn't be overpaying for a fourth-line center and bottom-pair defenceman.

When the Penguins were sold in 2021 to Fenway Sports Group, the sale was for around $900 million. The asking price for FSG's prospective transaction could stand at around $1.8 billion USD, which would be double the amount that the company paid to acquire ownership of the team. The increase in value comes as the Penguins' ongoing postseason drought has surpassed three seasons; their last playoff appearance, a seven-game first-round loss to the New York Rangers, came in the 2021-22 season.

Dickinson, who was taken 11th overall by the Sharks in the 2024 NHL Draft, has played in 27 of San Jose's 36 games so far this season. He has a goal and two assists and is averaging close to 15 minutes of ice time per game, including 17:33 in the Sharks' 4-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday at SAP Center. After the game, Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said he thought Dickinson's legs were going tonight.

Heineman fired a career-high 10 shots on goal against the Sabres, a volume rarely seen in today's NHL, and his tenth attempt finally broke through. With 29 seconds left in regulation and the Islanders on the power play, Heineman snapped home the game-tying goal to force overtime in a game the Isles eventually lost 3-2 in a five-round shootout before a sellout crowd of 19,070 at KeyBank Center.

If the Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames pull off a trade this season, it sounds like Flames' defenceman Rasmus Andersson will be involved. TSN's Pierre LeBrun recently reported that Maple Leafs' general manager Brad Treliving has circled back to the Flames regarding their pending unrestricted free-agent blueliner, and that begs the question - what exactly do the Maple Leafs have to offer?

The Seattle Kraken have traded forward Mason Marchment to the Columbus Blue Jackets, six months after acquiring him from the Dallas Stars. The Jackets are sending two draft picks to the Kraken, a 2026 fourth-rounder originally owned by the New York Rangers and a 2027 second-rounder, an NHL source told ESPN. "Mason is a player I know very well, and I think he will add a great deal to our team," said Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell. "He is a physical, hard-nosed competitor with proven offensive ability and we are very excited to have him join the Blue Jackets."

Pretty much the same as last night. We came out in the first period, and I think we were ready to go. Things were fine. We got a power play. We killed some penalties. We had a few looks on the PP, but it just seemed like it unraveled after that for us. They scored a couple of goals in the first period that were defendable.

I thought we made it really easy for them,

San Jose Sharks forward Will Smith continues to rehab from his injury, but it remains unclear when he'll be able to rejoin one of the team's practices. Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said Friday that Smith has been attending meetings and working out at the team's practice facility in recent days but held off on giving any specific timeline for the 20-year-old's return.