St. Louis Blues

A tight series that went six games, the St. Louis Blues are now officially out of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs with the Colorado Avalanche moving on to ...

If the dollars are equal, and I believe Calgary will pony up, then he has a decent shot to remain a Flame. If not, I think Gaudreau will be playing south of the 49th. Fortunately for Ekman-Larsson and the Canucks, the recovery time for this injury is four to six weeks. And in all likelihood, Gaudreau’s next contract would outlive Sutter’s time with the Flames. But I think what it boils down to is this: Gaudreau is coming off the best year of his career on a very competitive team. I’ve written a couple of times already this year on how difficult it will be for the Flames to keep this group together, with RFAs Matthew Tkachuk, Andrew Mangiapane and Oliver Kylington to be signed in addition to Gaudreau. It will be a monumental task to fit all of their weapons in under the cap, but unless Johnny wants to leave or prioritizes money above all else, I think he and the organization find a way to keep him in Flames colors. He is such a talented player and he’s shouldered the burden of Calgary’s playoff disappointments, some of which have been deserved, some of which have not. The two sides agreed to put off talks long ago, and my feeling is Gaudreau has come this far and shouldered all of the risk playing out a contract year, that it only makes sense for him to get a feel for the market before deciding. The Houston Astros look to rebound from Friday's 6-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners tonight in Seattle. Houston is 10 games up on the Mariners in the division, so losing games to them is unexpected and shouldn't happen all that frequently. Back Milwaukee to improve to 13-6 in their last 19 on the road. The New York Mets have had a fantastic start to the 2022 season and they’ve done it without Jacob deGrom in their rotation. He didn't give up more than a single run in any of those starts and hurled a complete-game shutout back in September. Somehow, that guy is even money against a rookie who gave up seven hits and four runs to the Pirates last week? Ville Husso has the makings of a legitimate starter in the NHL. He might have lost out to Binnington in these playoffs and only gotten another shot because of an injury but he’s quickly becoming a goaltender teams are taking notice of. If he does want to go, he had a fantastic season and only has one more season at a $7.5 million cap.