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Weekend NHL rankings: Which playoff bubble team is under the most pressure?

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We’re exactly four weeks away from the playoffs, and as always at this time of year there are four groups of teams: Those that have had a spot locked up for weeks or months, those that have been out of the race forever, those that are right on the bubble, and those that still think they’re in the race but probably aren’t. That last group, sadly, includes a few of this year’s teams that have been the most fun to watch. That includes our beloved Sabres, as well as the…

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Lazerus: Sharks get it right. Don’t let pride outliers steal the spotlight — or hide

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Let’s start, for once, with the positive: The San Jose Sharks did the right thing. They spoke to James Reimer. Listen to James Reimer. And upon learning that James Reimer had decided not to wear the team’s night jersey, citing his Christian beliefs, they wore the jerseys anyway on Saturday. They chose to show their support for inclusivity in hockey in general and for the queer community in hockey in particular, rather than protect a teammate from bad PR. It may not seem like much after all, wearing a rainbow…

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Sharks is the first appearance of William Eklund’s season: Breakdown Turn-Up after another

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After 52 games with the San Jose Barracudas in the MHL to start this season, it’s finally time for William Eklund to make his NHL 2.0 debut. Eklund played the first nine games for the Sharks last season before returning to his Swedish club. This year, he got his first extended taste of North American hockey in the AHL, but was called up three minutes after the trade timeout on Friday and was due Saturday afternoon for the Sharks against the Washington Capitals. What did coach David Quinn want to…

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What Erik Karlsson of Sharks and Logan Couture said about futures after the Timo Meier deal

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SAN JOSE — One day after the San Jose Sharks traded Timo Meier, two other franchise pillars have addressed their immediate futures with the organization. Erik Carlsson is the contender for the Norris Trophy this season, and he’s well on his way to getting more than 100 points. His name has been mentioned almost as often as Mayer’s for the past several weeks before the March 3 trading deadline. His situation is very different from Meyer’s – Carlson has a complete immobility clause, and the largest contract for a defenseman…

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Rumble LeBrun: NHL execs on trade for Tanner Jeannot, and inside deal for Timo Meier

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There was a collective moment on NHL Twitter Sunday night where we learned what the return on the Tanner Jeannot trade was. The Lightning sent defenseman Cal Foot, his first-round pick in 2025 (top 10 protected) and his second-round pick in 2024 to the Predators, as well as third-, fourth-, and fifth-round picks in 2023. So, as noted on Twitter, one draft pick for each of Janu’s five goals this season. Here’s the thing: If there’s any team that benefits from the doubt, it’s Team Lightning. It’s a very smart…

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NHL Trade Scores: The Devils make a big splash with Timo Meier Trade

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commerce demons get: F Timo Meier (50% of salary kept), D Scott Harrington, D Santeri Hatakka, F Timur Ibragimov, G Zach Emond, 2024 fifth-round pick (from COL) Sharks get: 2023 first-round pick, 2024 conditional second-round pick (becomes a first pick if the Devils reach the conference final in 2023 or 2024 and Meyer plays 50 percent of the games), DI Shakir Mahmudullin, F. Fabian Zetterlund, DI Nikita Okhotyuk, F. Andreas Johnson, 2024 seventh-round pick Sean Gentile: In-between news of the deal breaker – hello Pierre Lebrun – and hitting the…

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NHL playoff tiers and buyer/seller 3.0: Where all 32 teams stand two weeks ahead of the trade deadline

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The NHL trade deadline is less than two weeks away, and it’s time for teams to make the call: buy or sell? For some, the moves are already flying or the decision is a formality and the trades a matter of time. For others, every win, loss and injury on the way to March 3 will be a factor. Which teams fall in which category? To survey the field, The Athletic asked the writers who know each of the NHL’s 32 teams best two questions: 1) How confident are you in the…

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NHL trade board 2022-23: What the Tarasenko trade means for Meier, Kane and other top deadline targets

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The NHL trade market is slowly swinging into a higher gear, with the Rangers making their statement Thursday, acquiring right winger Vladimir Tarasenko in a deal with the Blues. All season, the Rangers have been short a right winger to play in their top six — and the two primary candidates were always going to be Tarasenko and the Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane. Both players have a history with Artemi Panarin, who is arguably the Rangers’ most dynamic forward and one player who could use some help at five-on-five. The case…

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When can sharks call their prospects senior? All-Barracuda Mail Bag

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It’s been a busy week managing the roster just below the San Jose Barracuda level. The Sharks traded Jasper Wetherby on Wednesday to the Red Wings for AHL veteran Kyle Criscolo. The Barracuda also traded one player under AHL contract, Patrick McGrath, to Grand Rapids for future considerations. And the Sharks announced Monday that defenseman Nikolai Knygov has joined the Barracuda on a long-term loan for injury conditioning. Trading Weatherby, who played 50 games with the Sharks last season, for a 30-year-old AHL vet, is another data point for what…

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Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under 23: Rasmus Dahlin tops the list

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Welcome to the midseason update of the under-23 NHL player rankings for the 2022-23 season. This is an age-based ranking of the best young players overall on teams’ reserve lists, meaning within an NHL organization, in or outside the league. This is a ranking meant to show who I think will have the best pro careers, not who I would take in a game tomorrow. This is also a good exercise to show how the last five age groups compare to each other, as this largely spans the player pool…

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