Patrick Sharp made a great play to assist on Petr Budaj's game winner for Chicago. Just a brilliant tape-to-tape pass.

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Apparently Jaroslav Halak intends to hit the free agent market this summer. This doesn't entirely rule out the possibility of his return to Washington but not if Adam Oates is the coach. But Oates could definitely be gone. The whole handling of goaltenders this season was miserable. Definitely buy low on Braden Holtby if you can though.

Again, assuming Oates is gone Holtby should have a bounce back season.

As for Halak, off the top of my head I see openings in goal for the Islanders and Wild. Also, the Jets could use someone to plug the opening in Ondrej Pavelec's five-hole.

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The Canucks canned Mike Gillis and then hired Trevor Linden as their new President of Hockey Operations. It remains to be seen what they will do with John Tortorella or who they will hire as their new GM.

I'm not always a fan of change but this seems like it was a pretty necessary move. We'll see what they do with Ryan Kesler this summer as well but I still think the Sedins have a lot left in the tank, which means they could make a quick turnaround.

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Apparently Brendan Shanahan has been offered a job with the Leafs, which is just perfect. What has been more inconsistent over the past few years, Shanahan's discipline or the Leafs play?

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Justin Bourne with an interesting piece on how coaches manipulate players and how that changes come playoff time.

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