Two players from the top team in the Western conference are frontrunners for some coveted hardware, according to Yahoo NHL reporter Justin Cuthbert.
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The San Jose Sharks traded forward Tommy Wingels to the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday for two minor league forwards and a 2017 seventh-round draft pick. Wingels had been a key contributor to the Sharks over the years but his role had diminished this season with the emergence of rookies like Kevin Labanc, Timo Meier and Ryan Carpenter, who have made the case for more consistent playing time. ”These young players are knocking on the door and ready to play and ready to make a difference,” general manager Doug Wilson said.
There are several reasons a general manager fires an assistant coach the way Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman whacked Mike Kitchen this week, and almost none of the fallout is good. One reason is to threaten the head coach with his job if a particular assistant isn’t canned after a bad event, such as a top seed getting swept by the last team in the playoffs, even if that head coach is a three-time Stanley Cup-winner and sure-fire Hall-of-Famer. Another reason is to prompt the head coach to resign after his usual control of assistant coaches is usurped. Another is that it was a necessary move that the head coach was too close to properly evaluate. Yet another reason is for the GM to cover his backside
Corey Crawford turned in a vintage Corey Crawford performance in Friday’s series-clinching win for the Blackhawks. And he’s heating up just in time for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
