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<\/p>\nMINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Greetings from the lovely city of Minneapolis, which is as close as I could get to Pittsburgh on Monday. In the Daily, we\u2019ve got the latest on Bryan Rust\u2019s hearing and the Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 choices approaching the NHL trade deadline. The New York teams pulled off a swap while the Rangers beat Boston in overtime. Evander Kane is officially shopping himself for a trade, the Montreal Canadiens are waiting to activate Patrik Laine, and Craig Button has a Hart Trophy take, but I don\u2019t agree, even a little bit. <\/p>\n
So, no blame to the airline that dropped me off in Minneapolis. I get it. It\u2019s just one more night in a hotel. After a walk around the Mall of America (which is really just a big mall that lacks a train as good as The Greengate Mall choo choo), I plowed through an old favorite from my days in the minors, Outback Steakhouse. Cmon, an entirely red sirloin with a loaded baked potato and spicy ranch dressing at a spot near the hotel is an easy, quick hit on the road. <\/p>\n
Though my favorite moment that just brightened the roadie was at a coffee shop in Vancouver. Some sort of foofy coffee on the sign grabbed my attention, so I had to try it. Only moments later, I realized how ridiculous I looked. The barista noticed the same. And we just both started laughing. No words needed. Yep, I drank this in front of everyone, big pink marshmallow included. <\/p>\n
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Especially the big pink marshmallow. <\/p>\n
Not bad for a Reddit described \u201cmotorcycle Frasier,\u201d eh?<\/p>\n
I am currently scheduled to arrive back in Pittsburgh this morning, and it seems all systems are go. I did crack up my Uber drive this morning as I arrived at the airport a bit early so I could eat at the Delta Club\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cTraveling sucks, so I take the free food.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Uh oh. The NHL Department of Player Safety and subjective penalties called. For that elbow on Brock Boeser, Bryan Rust<\/a> has a hearing.<\/p>\n Now then, we also dug into the paths forward. Will general manager Kyle Dubas pull a Robert Frost and take the road less traveled? Will he hold, sell, or what? We looked at the Penguins\u2019 trade options<\/a>.<\/p>\n Steelers Now: Mike McCarthy has a healthy coaching tree (unlike\u2026oh, never mind). It\u2019s time to start mining that tree for the potential Steelers coordinators<\/a>.<\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & NHN<\/p>\n Sportsnet: With a bit of a smile and some frustration, the injured William Nylander gave the camera a one-fingered salute as the camera panned to the press box, where he was watching in street clothes. Oops. Even though the NHL has ignored other such incidents, the league kindly requested $5000 from Nylander. And Luke Fox writes that\u2019s just more immaturity from a struggling Leafs team<\/a>.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know. Maybe I\u2019m immature. Everyone get over it. It was actually amusing. Life. Emotions. Personality. Shouldn\u2019t come at an expense, especially if you\u2019re in the entertainment biz. <\/p>\n Forever Blueshirts: Trade. Carson Soucy leaves Manhattan for Long Island as the Rangers begin their \u201cDon\u2019t call it a rebuild\u201d rebuild. What\u2019s next for the New York Rangers<\/a>?<\/p>\n TSN Video: Craig Button says the Hart Trophy is a race between Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid. Here\u2019s his take<\/a>.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know\u2026Don\u2019t overlook what Macklin Celebrini has done this season. It\u2019s EXTRAORDINARY on a bad team.<\/p>\n Philly Hockey Now: Will James has a shrewd look at this mini-trade deadline before the Olympic freeze. Uh, what about those Philadelphia Flyers trade<\/a> needs?<\/p>\n SN Montreal: Activate Patrik Laine? Well \u2026 let\u2019s wait. Here\u2019s why<\/a>.<\/p>\n New Jersey Hockey Now: Couldn\u2019t be happening to a better human. Cody Glass is on fire and helping to right the ship, at least a little bit, and rearranging the New Jersey Devils\u2019 trade<\/a> priorities.<\/p>\n That\u2019s all we\u2019ve got time for today. It\u2019s been a morning, and this barely legal jet is about to take off. I don\u2019t expect the wifi to be more than dial-up speeds. <\/p>\n I shall be telling this with a sigh Robert Frost Categorized: Links<\/a> NHL Trade Rumors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS \u2014 Greetings from the lovely city of Minneapolis, which is as close as I could get to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[5,4433,100],"class_list":{"0":"post-430680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl-trade","10":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115967463917042229","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I\u2014
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.<\/p>\n
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