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NHL has a player freeze period during Christmas where teams cannot make moves during the holiday. Seems like a good deal for the players where they don’t have to worry about their holiday being upset by a trade or release happening.
Something for the players to think about during CBA negotiations, though one wonders how much it would affect them in comparison to hockey players that have Christmas during the actual season.
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- The signing of Kyle Schwarber is yet another piece of evidence of how the Cubs and the Phillies operate differently ($).
- Schwarber is signed, sealed and delivered. Now, J.T. Realmuto moves to the front of those that need to be “wooed” by the Phillies.
MLB news:
- Jim Bowden has given his takeaways about the Winter Meetings, including some notes about things behind the scenes about some trades ($).
- There are always unwanted contracts that teams are trying to offload to someone else. Which contracts are the ones this year that teams want to move on from?
- Go to the World Series, they told Mark Shapiro. He did, so now he gets a fancy new five-year extension with the club.
- Rumors of Ketel Marte moving to the Rays would involve Ryan Pepiot and Shane Baz going back to the Southwest in return.
