Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Nikita Soshnikov to St. Louis Blues for 2019 Fourth-Round Pick - Pension Plan Puppets
The saga of Sosh in Toronto comes to an end.

Maple Leafs trade Soshnikov to Blues for 4th round pick - Video - TSN
The Maple Leafs have traded defenceman Nikita Soshnikov to the Blues for a fourth round draft pick in 2019. TSN Hockey Insider  Darren Dreger explains what dealing Soshnikov does for Toronto ahead of the trade deadline

Blackhawks, Senators make trade | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League
The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired center Chris DiDomenico from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for defenseman Ville Pokka.

USA vs SVK - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF
In this tight affair, the U.S. rebounded to secure an important three points in Group B after blowing a 2-0 lead and falling 3-2 in overtime to underdog Slovenia in their opener. The Slovaks failed to sustain the momentum they created in their 3-2 comeback win over the favored Olympic Athletes from Russia. The Americans will face the OAR team on Saturday.

OAR vs SLO - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF
The result was a convincing win in which Kovalchuk had two goals and an assist and Kaprizov a hat trick.

Sweden is playing Germany this morning while Norway plays Finland.

We’ll have a post today explaining the women’s elimination round format and get you ready for those games.

TSN Hockey's Trade Bait List - Article - TSN

Okay, who is going next?

Who will be traded next?

Rick Nash, before the price goes higher.110
Mike Hoffman, because Ottawa is stupid.220
Jack Johnson, because someone else is bound to be stupid.66
Patrick Maroon, because he’s showing up in the Atlantic, you just know it.128
Someone else who I’ll explain to you in the comments.77
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