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The Nation Roundup

Sep 18, 2020, 07:00 EDTUpdated: Sep 17, 2020, 15:46 EDT
Oilers in search of a 3rd line centre; Flames rumoured to be interested in everyone; The untold story of the Leafs curse; the NHL playoffs are boring; Do the Canucks re-sign Markstrom; 2020 NHL Draft Consensus Rankkings and more in this week’s Nation Roundup brought to you by Sumo Jerky.
In the Roundup, we go around the Nation Network and give you some of the best articles of the last couple weeks. Every once in a while it’s good to know what other teams are doing, or maybe you find an interesting article you wouldn’t have found otherwise.
LEAFS
Leafs curse: The untold story (Filipe Dimas)
Leafs might be one of Pietrangelo’s preferred destinations (Scott Maxwell)
Is Sami Vatanen still an option for the Leafs? (Jon Steitzer)
Should the Leafs sign Wayne Simmonds? (Nick Barden)
Mo’ Money, no problems for the Leafs (Jon Steitzer)
CANUCKS
Report: Canucks will be a cap team in 20-21 (Zach Laing)
JETS
Re-signing Demelo could prove difficult for Jets (Thomas Hall)
Could Roslovic score 20 next year? (Thomas Hall)
FLAMES
Player evaluation: Andrew Mangiapane (Mike W.)
Player evaluation: Rasmus Andersen (Craig Petter)
OILERS
Trade options: Finding a 3rd line centre (Tyler Yaremchuk)
Weekly rumours: One week closer to madness (Tyler Yaremchuk)
Best NHL forwards carrying the puck into the offensive zone (Jason Gregor)
Hockeyfights.com – Scrap of the week
More from around the NHL
The NHL playoffs have become very boring (Jason Gregor)
2020 NHL Entry Draft Consensus Rankings (Mark Norman)
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Breaking News
- GDB 28.0: Oilers Need to Get Kraken (7 PM MT, SNW)
- Scenes From Morning Skate: Pickard gets the start despite Skinner’s recent performance
- Surely the NHL won’t use Italy rink concerns as a reason pull players from Olympics… right?
- Pre-Scout: Kraken coming off days of practice eyeing revenge against Oilers
- Better Lait Than Never: No one wants to talk about Oilers silver linings after losses but I do
