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Atlantic Division Preview here Metropolitan Division Preview here Happy Wednesday, Razzball faithful! It’s your new/old hockey writing friend, MarmosDad, back with another divisional preview as we start knocking games off of the NHL calendar. Last week, I gave you the final Eastern Conference preview with the Metropolitan Division (you can click it to check it out!). This week, we head West with a peek at the Central division, and boy, am I excited to get rolling on this one!  I nearly jumped the gun and went straight to the Central when I started writing these up, just because I’m kind of obsessed with a certain Winnipeg Jets prospect who opened some eyes in training camp. That should be enough of a teaser to get us through this preview, especially because the Jets round out our teams at the bottom of our profiles today. So let’s close our eyes, take a deep breath, and try to find our Central, er, center, as we head out to visit the place with the least creative division name of all…
In a game that was overshadowed by Provorov's refusal to wear the Pride jersey in warmups, Kevin Hayes continued his All-Star season with a hat trick against the Ducks.  With his six shots, Hayes is approaching three shots per game, and playing at a 75 point pace, easily the best of his career.  The Flyers have been much better over the last month, with Hayes being one of the focal points.  He's erased his horrible plus-minus which is enough to make him a bottom end hold in all format.  Let's take a look at what else happened on Tuesday night:
For those that didn't see part one of my recap of the trade deadline, you can read it here.  I'm going to get right into Part Two below.  And away, we go! Arizona acquires the right to Jack McBain from Minnesota for a second round pick.  All indications were that McBain wasn't going to sign in Minnesota so the Wild tried to get something for his rights.  I assume Arizona will do him the favor of burning a year off his ELC for him to sign.  There's some upside here long term, but nothing for now.