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Dan’s Daily: Barkov Ugly Injury; Awkward Joke; Penguins Injury News

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from Pittsburgh Hockey Now,

The NHL trade rumors today are the same old bits of speculation, but the news is significant. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman confronted the spate of trade requests by players weaponizing their no-trade clauses and threatened to address the matter with the NHLPA if it persists. Unfortunately, Florida Panthers center Sasha Barkov suffered an ugly injury last night and left the ice immediately. A color analyst tried to joke with Jake Hughes between periods but offended him instead, and the awkward video is amusing. Nashville is poking around defensemen on the trade block, and the Pittsburgh Penguins might look different on Saturday.

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