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Whether it’s in our minds or with our buddies, we all dabble in trade rumors. Even I can’t deny I get weak in the knees when I pontificate potential “perfect fits” for my favorite puck-stoppers. And no matter how hard we want to ignore wild rumors that wedge their way into our daily lives, once we see one or two, we can’t stop thinking about others. But for goaltenders, I think it’s important to flip the traditional rumor logic upside down by looking at things in a specific order.

The term “freak” is defined in the dictionary as “Claude Giroux”. OK, it's not really, but the definition does have a description of our boy dressed in orange.

Sam Gagner’s eight-point night can serve as a good learning tool for poolies.

Last season there were 43 players who cleared the 100 penalty minute plateau. Out of those 43 players, 29 cleared ten points, 15 cleared twenty, five hit or cleared fifty and only three players were north of 60. One special player, in a monstrous breakout year, hit a whopping 98 points and was the second-ranked player in Yahoo rotisserie pools last season. His name – Corey Perry.

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In this week's Prime Cuts, I discuss Jeff Carter, the Tim Gleason extension, an OHL sleeper to watch, and more.

As you drive towards the border-town of Sarnia, Ontario you will begin to hear several strange noises.  First, Sarnia is the largest city on the shores of Lake Huron and its home to numerous refinery plants lining “Chemical Valley” rumbling throughout the day and night to produce the oil our world craves.