clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Thursday Morning Skate: Mute

teammates!
teammates!
Greg Fiume

Good morning folks and welcome back to the timely morning skate! Uh, ahem. Anyhow, some crazy trades happened yesterday huh? Andrew Ference's Oilers got worse, trading away a goalie that's maintained a .910 sv% with that defense in front of him. They think they upgraded with Matt Hendricks, but it looks like he may have fallen off the Campbell Cliff - used to be very useful, now in swift decline and carried by reputation. Did you know that Douglas Murray used to be good? (If you're a Habs front office person, he still is and should be signed at a premium and locked up long term!) But players age and its obvious that some teams (like the sharks) are getting better at analyzing players than some of their more old-fashioned counterparts. Which is why you'll see stat nerds going nuts about 4th liners. It is a decent-enough indicator for how much care goes into picking a roster. Anyways, bravo to Nashville and anyone else making a trade that make them maybe better.

What's on tap, y'all?