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Deen’s Daily: Mittelstadt on the Move?; Hartman Suspended 10 Games; Avalanche Reportedly Returning to Comcast

Casey Mittelstadt found himself on the latest edition of an NHL Insider’s trade targets board. There’s also a report that Avalanche games could be returning to Comcast soon. Also, a massive suspension was handed out to Ryan Hartman on Monday.
All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — February 4.
Colorado Hockey Now
Trade talk is buzzing at this time of the year. The deadline is still 32 days away but with the 4 Nations Faceoff around the corner, several teams have gotten early business done. Of course, this all began with a stunning trade that sent Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes.
But could the Avs be up to another sizeable move? Frank Seravalli believes there’s at least a chance that Mittelstadt will be dealt before March 7.
In my weekly Monday Notebook, I also focused on the trade market. I wrote about how the Avalanche should focus their efforts on trying to upgrade their defense.
Reports from a local Avalanche media member say that Comcast and Altitude TV are nearing an agreement to return Avalanche games to Xfinity cable packages.
Around the NHL
Ryan Hartman: The NHL handed out a 10-game suspension to Minnesota’s Ryan Hartman for a play where he intended to injury Senators center Tim Stutzle off a faceoff. Hartman has been suspended four times and fined seven other times in his NHL career. He’ll be forfeiting nearly $500,000 for his latest actions.
From the @NHLPlayerSafety video explanation: "It is important to note that this is not a hockey play. Hartman contends that he is attempting to use his hand to regain his balance using Stützle for support and that their fall to the ice is accidental. We disagree." pic.twitter.com/BWlHRsip3s
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) February 4, 2025
Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Vincent Desharnais is suddenly a Pittsburgh Penguin. Where does the giant defenseman fit?
Philadelphia Hockey Now: After clearing cap space with the Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost deal, are the Flyers gearing up for a big splash?
New Jersey Devils Now: All eyes are on the Devils after other teams in their division acquired big-name players. One reason why a trade could be coming.
NYI Hockey Now: Mathew Barzal is out indefinitely. How that might affect the Isles trade deadline plans.
Detroit Hockey Now: Five under-the-radar reasons why the Red Wings are the hottest team in the NHL.
Florida Hockey Now: The Panthers visited the White House with the Stanley Cup on Monday.
Chicago Hockey Now: The Blackhawks called up their top prospect.
The DoPS video on Hartman was pretty insane. They tacitly said he’s a liar and pointed out that in his career he’s faced discipline roughly every 60 games. What a scumbag, and probably should’ve gotten a bigger suspension.
I think the goal of leagues should be that you don’t have to over officiate your games, if there’s players that need to be overofficated those players need to be removed from the league.
The Athletic says the Avs should trade Mittelstadt and Carolina’s 2025 2nd round pick to New York for Brock Nelson. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6107818/2025/02/04/2025-nhl-trade-deadline-perfect-fits?source=user-shared-article
No way the Avs are giving up a 26 year old and a 2md rounder for a 33 year old rental. There would be rioting.
I saw a trade on puckpedia Mittlestadt and 4th rd to hawks for kurashev kaiser donato and 3rd.
Then kurashev behrens and 3rd to isles for nelson 50% retained.
Yeah..if Nelson was a few years younger & had some term. I’d be ok with it. You’re not getting what you’re going to need from him as 2nd line center, if the objective is still to win a cup (speaking of Mittelstadt).
He’s soft as hell. A liability defensively & just generally inconsistent. In a 7 game series against Vegas, Dallas, etc he’ll get eaten up.
And he’s not Luka Doncic. If they trade Mittelstadt there will be zero rioting.
Number one Casey hater on the internet, but I agree. Maybe they saw the Mikko deal and thought it’s open season on Colorado.
If the Isles were interested in moving him (which they probably aren’t at this point considering they’re pretty close to a playoff spot; they should rebuild or do a major re-tool but they won’t), Nelson would be great except for him being so old; if he were even a few years younger, I’d say, “Go for it” but he isn’t. I’m not down for selling off assets for rentals and aging pending UFA’s. Now, if Landy is done and Nelson would agree to a one or two-year deal, that could work but I bet he wants at least three years… Read more »
We finally get 4 centers playing fairly well (granted only for a couple games), and talk starts up about us moving 2C…this is media driven silliness!
Well, if they can all keep it up over the next three games and right after the break, maybe the talk will quiet down. Getting Val back will help a lot.
Do you watch the games. Beyond MacKinnon you’re not winning shit in the postseason with Mittelstadt, Drury & Parker Kelly.
True, we are about as deep as Snooki from Jersey Shore right now.
💯 exactly.
Good thing they traded a hall of famer for more depth.