Jason Chen and Michael Amato catch up on the latest news, including the Elias Pettersson contract saga with the Canucks, Gabriel Vilardi's unlucky first season with the Jets, Logan Stankoven sparking the Stars, Valeri Nichushkin re-joining the Avs, talk some trade deadline and answer all the mailbag questions.
In the 24th episode of the THN Sleepers and Keepers fantasy hockey podcast, Jason Chen and Michael Amato dive right in discussing Elias Pettersson's new contract with the Canucks and how it might bust their slump before diving into the rest of the week's news.
Elias PetterssonEpisode 24 covers:
- Ottawa's Shane Pinto, Florida's Brandon Montour -- patience pays off -- Arizona's Matias Maccelli, Washington's Anthony Mantha, Philadelphia's Morgan Frost and Seattle's Philipp Grubauer all on hot streaks
- Vancouver's Pettersson and Quinn Hughes, New York Rangers' Mika Zibanejad, Boston's Brad Marchand, Tampa's Steven Stamkos, Chicago's Connor Bedard, Ottawa's Claude Giroux and Minnesota's Brock Faber quiet stretches
- Gabriel Vilardi getting injured again in a tough-luck season
- Logan Stankoven sparking the Stars in Tyler Seguin's absence
- Valeri Nichushkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov's returns from the NHL/NHLPA Players Assistance Program and their diverging career paths
- the Jacob Markstrom trade to the Devils that never happened but still might
- a lot of mailbag questions
- sleeper picks including Washington's Hendrix Lapierre and Arizona's Maccelli, and keeper picks that features two Predators: Tommy Novak and Cody Glass
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