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The rumor I'm reading is Fiala and Dumba to Vancouver for J.T. Miller, which might actually benefit the Canucks.

He can just coast around the attacking zone in any direction with the puck on his stick and seemingly not even need to take a stride to maintain speed.

God, I fucking hate these guys. I cannot believe they're one point away from taking over the division despite a massive dead cap hit and underachievers all over the damned roster except for one guy...but that's the only who matters because Kirill Kaprizov is somehow able to singlehandedly will his team to wins. It also helps the Western Conference is a festering shit-pile.

Wylde get an old friend back in Marcus Johansson, and also throw a nothing pick at Lumbus for Gustav Nyquist. Something tells me ol' Billy Boy ain't done either.

I hate them now. Ryan frigging Reaves scored. Isles outplayed them the whole night but as usual, couldn't score.

Not really sure why the Sens originally gave Filip Gustavsson away, but now he's the guy in Minny and signed an extension.

MAF isn't allowed to wear a helmet for Native American Heritage Night, but the Blackhawks logo is A-OK. Once again the NHL gets it wrong.

MAF isn't allowed to wear a helmet for Native American Heritage Night, but the Blackhawks logo is A-OK. Once again the NHL gets it wrong.

Wednesday’s departure of assistant GM Chris O’Hearn only adds to the feeling of chaos and panic, and not just because of the unanswered questions about the justification for his dismissal, which team sources tell The Athletic came on the heels of multiple investigations into Wild executives by an outside firm commissioned by the organization.

O’Hearn was not the subject of that latter investigation, and it’s unknown the specific nature of any allegations against him. It appears that the first investigation just happened to conclude at the same time the second one was being conducted.

What’s interesting is that O’Hearn was the front-office representative on the Wild’s latest four-game road trip, which ended Sunday in Seattle. He didn’t give the appearance that anything was amiss, being around the team in his normal jovial fashion and answering questions from reporters about the team likely needing to go into LTIR. Agents who have spoken to him in recent weeks said it was business as usual.

Unusually, especially since this was the first long road trip for new coach John Hynes, Guerin was not on that road trip, nor was he at the team’s charity gala Tuesday in St. Paul. Guerin’s wife, Kara, appeared for her husband at a fan meet and greet, apologizing to those in attendance and saying Guerin was on an important call. The team asked players Jake Middleton and Brandon Duhaime to fill in for Guerin.

Team sources say the parting of ways with O’Hearn came that same day — not Wednesday, when the team sent a statement to The Athletic confirming the news.

In the time since, Guerin, normally as accessible as any executive in the league, has not responded to several messages.