We’ve seen some more news trickle out about the potential of the Edmonton Oilers trading for Jakob Chychrun.
Sportsnet’s Mark Spector and The Athletic’s Daniel Nugent-Bowman both reported the Oilers may not be very active in talks.
My understanding is Edmonton Oilers are NOT in on any Jakob Chychrun talks at this time.
Philip Broberg a nonstarter as a prospect going to Coyotes, as is Dylan Holloway.
Jesse Puljujarvi – with a 1st rd pick – not enough for ARI.— Mark Spector🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@SportsnetSpec) September 30, 2022
Are the Oilers in the Jakob Chychrun sweepstakes? “Too rich for our blood,” said a team source.
Things can always change. For now, EDM is content with a left side of Darnell Nurse, Brett Kulak and a plethora of options (Broberg, Murray, Niemelainen and possibly righty Samorukov).
— Daniel Nugent-Bowman (@DNBsports) September 30, 2022
To be frank, this is a mistake and could be a missed opportunity for the Oilers. I like Philp Broberg as a prospect quite a bit and think he has a solid ceiling as a good second-pairing defenseman down the road. We don’t, however, know if this is even attainable for Broberg as a prospect.
I always think about the episode of Family Guy where Peter is given the option to either get a boat, or a mystery box. The boat is Jakob Chychrun. The mystery box is Philip Broberg.
The Vancouver Canucks have parted ways with new analytics hire Rachel Doerrie.
Hired this past offseason, it was reported a few weeks back that she would, on top of her analytics work, take a role on the Canucks coaching staff.
The #Canucks have confirmed that analyst Rachel Doerrie is no longer working for the organization. Doerrie did not respond to a request for comment.
Departure certainly seems odd for someone who was reportedly promoted to Bruce Boudreau’s coaching staff a few weeks back.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) September 30, 2022
Here’s some of what our colleagues at CanucksArmy wrote:
Doerrie was hired by president Jim Rutherford to join the club’s analytics department in late January 2022, but worked remotely from her home in Toronto before moving out to Vancouver at the beginning of September.
Just days before training camp in Whistler, Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau brought up Doerrie’s name and new role on his coaching staff while speaking with reporters ahead of the team’s annual Jake Milford Charity Invitational Golf Tournament at Northview Golf and Country Club in Surrey.Boudreau was asked about his meetings over the past couple of weeks with his new coaching staff and in his response, mentioned new video coach Dylan Crawford and then also Doerrie, who he identified as Crawford’s assistant.
The Montreal Canadiens are waiting to see if forward Josh Anderson will develop spidey senses or the ability to shoot webs after he was apparently bitten by a spider.
He’s missed time during training camp, but skated Friday in Brossard, Que. with the team.
And…a strange upper body injury it was. Anderson has been dealing with an infection caused by what is believed to be a spider bite on his finger. https://t.co/hIqEkNk1jP
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) September 30, 2022
This is a weird one.
Apparently, the Toronto Maple Leafs are considering playing Mitch Marner on defense? Yes, you read that right.
“There could be opportunities in games where we might want to give him a look on defense,” Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe said, as transcribed by TSN. “Whether we’re trying to score a goal or playing from behind or whatever the case might be. That’s something we’ll continue to look at through the preseason and make a determination from there on how we might use it.”
Marner apparently took reps alongside defenseman Morgan Rielly at practice this week and TSN reported that William Nylander took reps on offense alongside Auston Matthews and Michael Bunting.
Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaingor reached by email at [email protected]
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