The DFO Rundown Ep. 345 – Kakko goes to the Kraken & the Habs add Carrier

It was a wild evening in the NHL as three trades went down in the matter of a few hours. Frank and Jason broke it all down today on a new episode of The DFO Rundown. 

They started with the deal that saw Alexandre Carrier go from the Nashville Predators to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Justin Barron. The guys talked about why the rebuilding Canadiens wanted to get an older, more expensive defenseman and whether or not Barron is a project worth taking on for the Preds.

They then got to the Kappo Kakko trade as the Rangers moved the former second-overall pick to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a package that included defenseman, Will Borgen. Gregor likes the move for Seattle and thinks that Kakko still has some upside. Frank thinks the upside is limited and thinks the Rangers did well in this deal.

They quickly touched on the small trade that the Pittsburgh Penguins made, and then they talked a bit about the Utah Hockey Club’s run. Are they capable of being a playoff team this year?

Tyler then popped in for another edition of Buy or Sell where he asked the guys about the teams that are currently leading their division, the Penguins run and whether or not we’ll see another trade before tonight’s roster freeze.

To wrap up the pod, they talked a little about Christmas plans, their youth hockey coaching experiences and they quickly touched on the Vancouver Canucks and their potential plans ahead of the roster freeze.

1:20 – Preds move Carrier to Montreal

11:55 – Kraken add Kakko

22:30 – Joseph goes back to Pittsburgh

25:05 – Utah’s on a run

31:30 – Buy or Sell

52:15 – Current state of the Canucks

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