News Before Regular Season

So the NHL regular season is starting up tomorrow and AHHHHHHHHHH, but seriously it is starting tomorrow and a lot has happened since my last post. Nail Yakapov got traded to the Blues for almost nothing which adds to the list of first overall picks the Oilers traded away. Yakapov has not done anything special in Edmonton and this was necessary for Edmonton and Yakapov. Maybe Yakapov and the Blues will work out and Yakapov can become a real first overall pick. Next up we have Jonathan Huberdeau out for 3-4 months when he took a skate to the back of the foot or leg during a preseason game against the Devils. That sucks for the Panthers especially since they have Stanley Cup aspirations for this year and missing out on their former third overall pick who has been a huge part of the Panthers obviously hurts it. Hopefully he'll be back as soon as possible. Also the Panthers finally named their captain and that was Derek MacKenzie. The alternate captains are Jussi Jokinen and Aaron Ekblad. MacKenzie has been a good leader even though he is 35 years old so once he retires or leaves the Panthers Aaron Ekblad will likely take over considering he's a first overall draft pick and a stud defenseman. Next Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with a concussion or at least put into concussion protocol. Crosby did skate with the Penguins today so we don't know for sure what's going on or if he's ok. Crosby said himself that it' going day by day so we'll just have to find out later. The Flames have finally signed superstar Johnny Gaudreau to a six year 40.5 million dollar contract. The Flames struggled to sign him and wanted him signed by the opener so luckily they reached an agreement. Speaking of signing, Nikita Kucherov has signed a bridge deal  contract for 3 years worth about 14.3 million dollars with the Lightning so he can stay and keep going for the Stanley Cup. Just like the Flames the Lightning have struggled to sign him so luckily for the Lightning he wanted to stay so bad he signed short term for now. Lastly Rasmus Ristolainen resigned with the Sabres with a 6 year 5.4 million dollars a year deal. He has been an important player for the Sabres so that's good that he resigned. That's about it with the NHL news. I will probably do a review of opening night which is tomorrow so watch out for that. Anyways I'll see you guys after opening night. Are the Panthers screwed with out Huberdeau? Should the Oilers have traded away Yakapov? Was Derek MacKenzie the right choice for captain? stay tuned....