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Dan’s Daily: Florida Trouble; Trial Gets Tense; Penguins Trade List
It’s a shocker in Toronto, where the Maple Leafs now own a commanding 2-0 series lead after beating the Florida Panthers again. The trial of the five 2018 Team Canada players accused of sexual assault turned tense as Carter Hart’s lawyer appeared to score a few points for the defense on cross-examination. We put another potential Penguins trade target on the board, as well as a few others who would fit the bill for general manager Kyle Dubas, and the St. Louis Blues might be willing to shake up their roster.
We had a pretty good live chat, and I’ve made it available via audio version on the PHN podcast page. We talked about the Penguins’ coaching search and potential trades. A fair number of you wanted to talk about signing RFAs, but I had to go into professorial mode to explain why a lot of the big names don’t make sense and why it’s almost a virtual certainty that the Penguins won’t go the big-name route.
You can go to the YouTube page here.
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Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Minnesota Wild are iffy on Marco Rossi’s fit and future with them, and so it seems he is headed for the NHL trade market, and the Penguins should be very interested. We tossed a few more names on the Penguins trade board, too.
Steelers Now: The Steelers traded wide receiver George Pickens to the Dallas Cowboys and didn’t get a high pick in return. Alan Saunders writes that there was one reason and one only for the Steelers’ trade.
Pittsburgh Baseball Now: Oh, good Lord. There’s another viral video from PNC Park, and this time, an usher or employee at PNC took a fan to the woodshed, actually punching him and removing his belt to whip the fan twice. The fan was harassing a female employee, and then all hell broke loose. More fun at PNC Park.
On the field, the Pirates stink like rotting fish. Really, really, stink. They can’t hit at any professional level and lost their seventh straight. Here’s the gory Pittsburgh Pirates recap.
NHL Rumors, News, & National Hockey Now
TSN: I thought Wednesday was the first time the defense made some headway in the sexual assault trial of the Team Canada Five. Carter Hart’s female lawyer pushed the story into the gray area and asked the core question in a very simple way. Based on Rick Westhead’s reporting, it seems the lawyer was effective.
The testimony on Monday remains damning and subsequent reports that Michael McLeod’s lawyer laughed at a couple of E.M.’s answers only served to hurt the defense, but now the jury has something to discuss. I could also envision some older jurors being more open to the defense’s direct insinuations on Wednesday.
Sportsnet: The Toronto Maple Leafs are in a position we haven’t seen them in a long time. They are in a commanding spot in Round Two, leading 2-0. Florida bombarded them in the third period, but Toronto held the fort. Here’s why these Maple Leafs are the best Brad Marchand has ever seen.
NHL.com: Dallas beat Winnipeg in Game 1, 3-2. It was quite an entertaining game.
And the Utah Hockey Club is no longer. They are now … wait for it … the Utah Mammoth.
The Athletic ($): The NHL rumor mill. Jeremy Rutherford thinks Jordan Kyrou could be on the block this summer, as St. Louis seems a bit tepid on him because he hasn’t reached the peak of his talent.
If Kyrou is on the market, expect 31 other teams to make a play for him. I can’t speak to the other 80 games per season, but every time I see Kyrou live, he’s impactful.
NYI Hockey Now: Updates. Who are the favorites for the New York Islanders gig?
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Players’ height and weight:
It’s probably just me but I’ve noticed an increasing preoccupation in the comments section with the physical dimensions of various players as some sort of inviolable litmus test for potential inclusion on the Penguins roster.
I’m glad that those observers were not among those in a decision making position when a less than towering figure from Nova Scotia was available 20 years ago.
Fortunately for the Penguins, Sid’s lack of size was recently offset by another Nova Scotian, Ryan Graves. Whew 😅
Sure glad we didn’t make the same mistake twice.
Well, I always thought Kunitz was a slacker. *eyeroll* Ask Kimmo Timonen about it. Max Talbot also wasn’t big enough either. Apparently every player we need has to be McDavid with an additional 30 pounds of muscle. smh. Gimme hockey IQ and heart.
Not the same league anymore. Washington, Vegas, St Louis, Colorado….Big fast and strong.
Even before yesterday, I figured these guys are gonna walk. There are too many inconsistencies between her testimony and the case filings, and her admission that she went back for a ring really damages her claim she was scared and wanted to leave. The Crown might have something in the group chats, but the cross-examination has likely done irreparable damage to her credibility.
You might be right, but I’m glad it went to trial. Would have been better if a real investigation was done when it happened instead of Hockey Canada paying people off and having it swept under the rug. This should be used by parents and coaches to talk about the potential consequences of bad decisions and how it can affect their future. Being a potential NHL star doesn’t excuse bad behavior and in today’s world of cameras everywhere they probably won’t get away with it.
They should be convicted.
Is there any good, neutral reporting out there on the Team Canada trial? Like a podcast series or anything like that?
I read the questions and answers on cbc news website, and unlike Dan I don’t think the case could be any worst for the prosecution
CBC News and the London Free Press are running live blogs. Each has details the other misses so it’s worth checking both.
That Pirates fan deserved what he got. He needed to walk away but instead escalated the situation and was trying to get the employee to hit him. Spitting on someone is a D-Bag move.