Dan’s Daily: What to Watch with Penguins, Price Tags for Goalies

Which Pittsburgh Penguins players can and must improve next season? And we examined president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas’s past draft strategies and found a good possibility we’ll see a few Penguins trades. The Philadelphia Flyers are still on the NHL trade market, and no one is safe. The Montreal Canadiens might be on the phone with the Flyers. A former teammate says Jack Eichel stuck to his guns, and we found out why a Juuse Saros trade did not happen.

It was a pretty good day for the Hockey Now network. We were all over a few stories and were really at the fore of those stories. Oh by the way, we’ve expanded to 20 markets, and the NFL is next.

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Pittsburgh Penguins / Steelers, Pirates

Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Who needs to be better, and who has a real chance to get better? From P.O Joseph to the bottom sixers, Dave Molinari went over the Penguins roster.

Kyle Dubas likes to trade, especially at the Draft. It’s a strategy, and it appears we could see some Penguins trades soon.

Steelers Now: 

Here’s a race you might like. Mike Tomlin racing go-carts with this team. Goofing off with the Steelers.

WR Mark Robinson is impressing folks. Wednesday, he got first-team reps, and Matt Canada is making changes at Steelers OTAs.

Pittsburgh Baseball Now:

“Cutch” is on the verge of 2000 hits. A look back at the Andrew McCutchen milestones.

Roansy Contreras is in trouble. He only got one out Wednesday as the A’s beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-5

But some good news — Henry Davis made his AAA debut. The latest on the Pirates Prospects.

NHL Trade Talk, Stanley Cup Final, National Hockey Now:

Vegas Hockey Now: The Misfits have unfinished business. The six originals are leading the way for the Vegas Golden Knights.

Florida Hockey Now: Brandon Montour rushed home between games for the birth of his son. New dad energy for the Florida Panthers?

Now, to the NHL trade scoops and stories from Hockey Now…

Nashville Hockey Now: The LA Kings called about goalie Juuse Saros. Michael Gallagher breaks the story and the price tag — why the Predators trade didn’t happen.

San Jose Hockey Now: A league source tells Sheng Peng the cost of acquiring Carter Hart. It would be quite a price for the San Jose Sharks.

Philly Hockey Now: Why Daniel Briere traded Ivan Provorov. Flyers trade analysis.

Buffalo Hockey Now: A former teammate of Jack Eichel said he “stuck to his guns” against the Buffalo Sabres.