Today, Kent Hughes made a deal. He sent Jake Allen elsewhere. In return, he received a conditional third-round pick and withheld 50% of his salary until July 1, 2025. I’m probably not telling you anything yet.
Yesterday, he traded Jan Mysak and a few weeks ago, Sean Monahan. So he’s been busy.
Personally, I didn’t think it was possible for Allen to change his address at all. Hughes really pulled a rabbit out of his hat. A+, Kent.
After his day, he talked to the media.
He talked about his coach and his future with the team, but also about Cole Caufield.
“Cole’s scoring less, but he’s getting more assists. It’s very hard to score goals consistently in this league. But he’s a goalscorer. I’m confident he’ll continue to score goals in this league.” -Kent Hughes
– Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) March 8, 2024
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The DG isn’t worried about his production. My colleague Charles-Alexis Brisebois actually slipped a word about his lethargy into his morning text.
The diminutive forward hasn’t scored since February 15, a stretch of nine games. He’s picking up assists, which is good news, but Caufield has always been a scorer wherever he’s been.
And his boss doesn’t think he’ll stop scoring. His young right-hander is going through a rough patch, but he’ll bounce back. It’s hard to be a consistent scorer in the big leagues.
One thing’s for sure, he’ll have to bounce back; he’s not being paid $7.85 million annually for the next eight years to feed Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky… He’s supposed to get fed.
In 2023-2024, Caufield has 50 points, including 19 goals, in 63 games. He’s on track to collect more assists (40) than goals (25), which is far from a disaster, we agree.
Breaking news
– Tomas Hertl trade: fans are unhappy.
The rebuild is going much less well in San Jose than in Montreal. See the comments below the Sharks’ message. https://t.co/S3om6tyoSd
– Alexandre Pratt (@alexandrepratt) March 8, 2024
– Julien BriseBois spoke out about his former defenseman. The GM is proud of the work he accomplished.
“That’s probably why they kept Savard” – Brisebois https://t.co/2IbwLwzZqa
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) March 9, 2024
– The Rocket’s first goal in their new colors.
Logan Mailloux opens the scoring on the power play!
Mailloux opens the scoring on the power play! #GoRocket https://t.co/HTWrwXUj0J pic.twitter.com/cQWsGMD3bY– Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) March 9, 2024
– Too bad.
#SJSharks captain Logan Couture tells reporters he won’t play again this season due to injury. Played just 6 games in late January.
– NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) March 8, 2024
– The winners and losers of March 8, 2024.
2024 TRADE DEADLINE WINNERS AND LOSERS, from @MLarkinHockey:
Embrace the #VegasBorn evil empire, give kudos to the #CauseChaos, shed a tear for the #LetsGoPens…and scratch your head at the #SJSharks.
– Daily Faceoff (@DailyFaceoff) March 9, 2024
– Hard to disagree.
On a baseball level, the signing doesn’t make sense. https://t.co/YO0PR00lRv
– Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) March 9, 2024
– Ah well.
Boxing | Federal announcement about Mexican workers forces GYM to change its card https://t.co/OoY3SlCgse
– La Presse Sports (@LaPresse_Sports) March 8, 2024