Remember Peter Mueller?<\/p>\n
Aside from Marek Svatos, I don\u2019t think any under-the-radar player caught my eye quicker than Mueller. His 15-game run after the 2010 trade deadline was one of my favorite Avalanche stories of that era.<\/p>\n
Now 37 years old, Mueller officially announced his retirement from hockey. I was surprised to see all the places he\u2019s played for since departing from the NHL more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Former Avalanche Forward Retires from Professional Hockey<\/a><\/p>\n Around The NHL<\/p>\n Detroit Hockey Now: One of the Wings\u2019 Swedish prospects is taking the Henrik Zetterberg route<\/a> and suiting up for Timra of the Swedish Hockey League.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Hockey Now:\u00a0The week-long World Junior Summer Showcase began on Friday at Ridder Arena in Minnesota. The Pens, as you\u2019d expect from a rebuilding team, have a ton of representation<\/a> at the event. The Avs don\u2019t have anyone there, which isn\u2019t a surprise given the number of picks and prospects they\u2019ve dealt in recent years. Their 2024 draft pick Will Zellers is listed for Team USA, albeit the Avalanche traded him to Boston in the Casey Mittelstadt and Charlie Coyle trade.<\/p>\n The WJSS is one of my favorite events to cover. They\u2019re often held at the USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich., about 15 minutes from where I grew up. I try to go back for it whenever it\u2019s there.<\/p>\n Back in 2017 and 2019, I watched guys like Cale Makar, Conor Timmins, and Sampo Ranta at that event. It\u2019s truly a fun hockey get-together with several GMs, scouts, and NHL legends present.<\/p>\n Philly Hockey Now:\u00a0Ready for bold predictions season? We\u2019ve got three on the Flyers<\/a> over at PhHN.<\/p>\n New Jersey Hockey Now:\u00a0That Sportsnet story, which listed five Kadri destinations, also has New Jersey among them.<\/a> The Flames and Devils have already made one big trade last year, involving Jacob Markstrom.<\/p>\n Florida Hockey Now: Aaron Ekblad said recently that Florida was always his only option<\/a>. Which, isn\u2019t a surprise for a player that won the Stanley Cup again, was playing his best hockey of his career, and decided to take a pay cut.<\/p>\n We often see players take less than market value to stay with their clubs, but those deals are usually still reasonable. Ekblad signing for $6.1 million was the first time I\u2019ve seen an extension that genuinely should\u2019ve angered the NHLPA. You always want players signing within the range of their value to raise all future contracts.<\/p>\n Take Nathan MacKinnon for example. Signing for $12.6 million is far less than what he should\u2019ve taken, but it was still the highest paid contract at the time and a reasonable extension. Could you imagine if MacKinnon signed for $9-$10 million? That would\u2019ve been an issue for other star players.<\/p>\n Ottawa Hockey Now: Predicting Shane Pinto\u2019s next contract.<\/a><\/p>\n
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