Storm Advisory 2/22/2019: NHL News, Rumors, Links, and Daily Roundup

Reading Assignments

• Yesterday’s News Today: Canes come back, hold off Panthers, Metro Roundup, How the Bunch of Jerks shirts came to life so quickly.
• Even the Mentors know how to be a Bunch of Jerks:

• In this N&O article we find out that the walk off home run Surge that sparked the Jerk outrage, was originally a Warren Foegele idea. [N&O]
• Our very own Brian LeBlanc joined our very own Andrew Schnittker on Technician’s sports podcast this week to talk #Jerks [Technician]
• The Charlotte Checkers are out to prove more than one hockey team in NC can have an epic throwback uniform this year. [Bardown]
• Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts podcast talks a lot about the trade deadline with some stuff about every team in the league. [Sportsnet]
• We have another trade, this time to a Metro division rival:

• Ahead of the Stadium Series game this Saturday, Gritty is getting his diary entries published. [NHL]
• The logistics behind getting a freshly traded player to his new team ASAP. [The Athletic $]
• What it’s like to be in the NHL’s Central Registry on deadline day [TSN]
• For Buffalo, not trading Jeff Skinner should be risk worth taking. [The Hockey News]
• Evander Kane tried to peak at the Penguins whiteboard which led to a brawl. [NBC Sports]

Stalking the Standings

With their win over Florida last night, the Canes jumped back in to a playoff spot passing Columbus. It was a busy night around the league which was overall not favorable for the Canes with one exception.

• The San Jose Sharks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0 to keep the Pens at 71 points.
• Washington took down Toronto 3-2 pushing them up to 75 points.
• Montreal throttled Philadelphia 5-1 which kept them three points head of Carolina in the first wild card spot.
• The New York Islanders lost to the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in overtime allowing Washington to creep one point closer to the top spot in the Metro.
• Tampa held off Buffalo 2-1 in the shootout. Buffalo did get one point for making it to overtime and they continue to barely hang around.

Updated Standings

• Metro 1: NY Islanders: 60 GP, 77 points, 105 pt pace
• Metro 2: Washington Capitals: 61 GP, 75 points, 101 pt pace
• Metro 3: Pittsburgh Penguins: 61 GP, 71 points, 95 pt pace
• WC 1: Montreal Canadiens: 61 GP, 73 points, 98 pt pace
• WC 2: Carolina Hurricanes: 61 GP, 70 points, 94 pt pace
• 9th: Columbus Blue Jackets: 59 GP, 69 points, 96 pt pace
• 10th: Buffalo Sabres: 60 GP, 64 points, 87 pt pace
• 11th: Philadelphia Flyers: 61 GP, 63 points, 85 pt pace

Rooting Guide for Tonight:

• Ottawa Senators over the Columbus Blue Jackets