Quick Shifts: How Nikita Kucherov’s trade request helps Lightning

Oct 31, 2026, 1:47 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Sportsnet, by Luke Fox,

There have been some wild reactions to the even wilder bombshell that was Nikita Kucherov’s trade request. But, as Sportsnet’s Luke Fox writes in the latest Quick Shifts, the reigning MVP may actually be doing the Lightning a favour.

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