The supposition coming into the season was that GM Chris Drury would wait till commerce deadline season to shore up his staff as he has carried out the primary three years of his tenure.
However this will not wait. Fissures are rising into cracks. The staff that was ordained to reside within the NHL’s upper-class neighborhood can be designated as squatters if present in that locale. One thing is off. And one thing might have to present earlier than this spirals into one thing vital.
Might I remind you that not considered one of Jacob Trouba, Chris Kreider, Okay’Andre Miller or Ryan Lindgren has a full no-move clause?
The truth that Tuesday’s 6-3 empty-net-abetted defeat to 15-1-0 Winnipeg on the Backyard wasn’t actually all that dangerous, and possibly even higher than most over the past three weeks, ought to inform you all you might want to know concerning the standing of final season’s Presidents’ Trophy winners.