Most important: no update yet on Jake McCabe, who crashed to the ice during a fight last nigh.

Tis the season to make trades, hand out contracts, put guys on waivers, and sign new players from unexpected places.

The last trade was an uninteresting swap of AHLers by Pittsburgh and Buffalo, so we'll have to wait for a fun one.

This is not where I write 500 words explaining deferred salary deals again. Go here.

Now, I need a sign players from unexpected places example... hmmm. Anyone heard how John Klingberg's rehab skating is going?

At the WJC, Kazakhstan lost the relegation game, and the bronze went to:

Happy Czechs

What that likely says:

The gold medal game had Finland ahead for some time until the USA tied it up before the third period. They went to overtime and I went to bed.

This looked handy.

And that's it for Monday. Leafs back at it tomorrow. Happy Monday.

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