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He stands the entire game. I can't imagine having to sit in any of the seats 2-3 rows behind him and you can't see a thing.

At this point, you might want to keep imagining. I'm extremely disappointed right now. Waddell could pull something out of his a$$, but I don't see the Canes improving where they need it. Translated: first round squeaker, second round exit.

I'm glad the Canes didn't make that move. Jarvis will be here for a while; Meier, not so much.

I'm a couple thousand miles away enjoying my vacation and this is what I get? I see Waddell at almost every home game. If this is all he's got, I may have to voice my very strong opinion next time I see him.

Isn't there a pretty good blue liner in AZ we could also use?

The one and only detail being reported is there is no extension as part of the deal.

Who's left that will translate to immediate results in the last 8 weeks of the season and carry over to the playoffs? Unless there is some team out there who hasn't shown their hand yet, I'd be very surprised if there's a trade out there that makes an overnight difference in the manner of Boston, NY and our other division rivals.

There's not much gray area here. Either the Canes get themselves better for a playoff run or they fug this up and everyone else in contention gets better and the Canes don't.

Where is former San Jose Shark Brent Burns in all of this? Are we gonna here that he never made a call to Meier?

When you cannot win games you're supposed to, you do not deserve Cup attention. First round okay, followed by a second round loss. Seen it too many times now.

Nice win based on the stats I read. Another game giving up an inordinate number of shots is not good. I'd like to see how that's happening, because the D has been fairly consistent except in that regard. Too many clean entries? Too many SOGs on the PP? How are these teams putting so many shots on net?

Posting from Aruba, guys.... before heading over to the beach, looks like Freddie is in net again tonite. Anyone but me think Raanta might be the silver bullet for a trade deal to get done? He's a UFA and Kochetkov is waiting in the wings... Having to sign both Raanta and Freddie after the season is not a good place to be in from a GM perspective. Both are going to demand big money for the seasons they've had.

After the 2nd, St. Louis had 23 shot attempts and 20 of those were SOG. Conversely, the Canes had 46 shot attempts and 30 on goal thru the second.

And I think the Canes are seriously considering keeping him next year. Look, after 2 Achilles injuries in less than a year, he'll have had 10 months of rehab before lacing up the skates next season. He will also take a lower salary number given he's very damaged goods at this point. He might play for $5.5-6M versus the $7M he got this year.

Not to mention the 16 shots the Blues got in the 3rd period alone. Anderson stood on his head tonight, otherwise this is a different game.

Yep.

Check this out... https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2580670/report-blues-join-meier-sweepstakes It seemed like the St. Louis Blues would be all-out sellers ahead of the NHL's March 3 trade deadline, but it turns out they're pursuing the biggest name on the market. "A new team has entered the chat on Timo Meier, and I'm told that it is the St. Louis Blues," Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli reported Tuesday. "That may be a surprise to some, but it shouldn't be. I'm told that the Blues inquired with the San Jose Sharks earlier this week about Timo Meier after executing the trades for Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan O'Reilly." St. Louis shipped O'Reilly to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday, eight days after sending Tarasenko to the New York Rangers. The Blues currently have three 2023 first-round picks after those deals, along with two 2023 third-rounders and a pair of second-rounders in 2024. This isn't an unprecedented strategy from St. Louis general manager Doug Armstrong. He acquired a first-round pick in February 2018 when he traded Paul Stastny to the Winnipeg Jets, then included that selection in the package he sent to the Buffalo Sabres for O'Reilly that July. Armstrong also landed a first-rounder by trading Kevin Shattenkirk to the Washington Capitals in February 2017, then sent the pick to the Philadelphia Flyers to acquire forward Brayden Schenn four months later. Numerous suitors for Meier reportedly emerged in recent weeks, including the Carolina Hurricanes, New Jersey Devils, Maple Leafs, and Vegas Golden Knights. The Rangers apparently considered him their top target before reeling in Tarasenko. Meier has 31 goals and 21 assists over 57 games for the Sharks in 2022-23. The 26-year-old Swiss star is on pace for a career-high 43 tallies over an 80-game pace, having missed just one game this season. St. Louis is projected to have approximately $6.75 million in cap space at the deadline, according to CapFriendly. Meier, a pending restricted free agent, is playing out the final season of a four-year contract carrying a $6-million average annual value.

I'll be watching from the house tonite, then I'm off to Aruba for a bit. Will be home just in time to be at PNC for the Flyers game on the 9th and the Jets game on the 14th. I'll be keeping tabs while I'm laying on the beach....

Was mentioned during the Stadium game: Waddell is not a rental guy. He is following Dundon's desire to keep the team competitive and not sacrifice next season for a run this season. Every season will be relevant and competitive. Any prospective FA acquired via trade will have an extension included at some point.

No, it's a legit injury. When teams hold players out while trade talks are pending, they announce it as such, much like the Motte trade to the Rangers and the O'Reilly trade to the Leafs. Both were held out of games and teams announced it was because of possible trade talks. Calling it an injury only hurts the trade value of the player.

I remember him as the stand-up comedian. I don't watch much network TV and have never seen an episode of L&O, so I'm not familiar with his work there. As a stand-up, though, he was pretty irreverent and reminded me a lot of Lenny Bruce.

Yeah, he's listed day-to-day because of a hand injury, at least that's what I read somewhere yesterday.

I'm curious whether Burns has made a phone call yet. Kane does not have Carolina on his list of NMTC teams, and I don't think he's on Waddel's wish list regardless. NY is the hurdle in the Metro division the Canes cannot seem to get over, and they've gotten better this week.

And the largest size is a 2X... not big enough for me.....

There's $12M in free money sitting there. If no trade is going to happen, DW would use the money to start extending contracts of upcoming free agents. Players are going to get moved, it's just a matter of when.