The NHL will participate in the 2026 Winter Olympiad at Milan/Cortina.

https://www.nhl.com/news/olympics-nhl-player-participation-in-2026-gets-final-approval

This Olympiad makes no sense to me. With how big the Olympics have gotten, it is difficult to have all the events in one location. I expect future Olympics to be like Salt Lake City or Sochi, where there are two clusters of events. But the Salt Lake and Sochi clusters were a short drive from each other. Salt Lake is a one hour drive from the city where the ice skating events took place to the slopes where the snow events took place. Today, it’s a five hour drive between Milan and Cortina, which will probably be 8 during the event because of the local roads. And, there are a couple other event locations that aren’t in between Milan and Cortina.

 - 3.6 for Mangi is high.  He showed some skills but I really didn't see Caps signing (nor did i want to) he was way overpaid for the production.  I think Oilers is more his style of play, but who knows.
 - Eller gone...I like him, but he def lost a step and was a zero scoring threat. McMike stepped up some last year and also stated end of season he wants to play center so maybe he can handle 3C (although he was more productive on wing)
Raddysh - not surprised.  what kind of coin did he get?  I hoped for more from him, especially physically, but never really did much.
Alexeyev is a disappointment.  I always wanted him to be more, but he just never got there.  I think that's on him and not on the coaching.  Lavi, i expect to not give him a shot, but Carbs was pretty good at getting the best or developing young guys.  Maybe Alexeyev just missed the timing/chance to do that. He was a late 1st round pick though, and is 25 - he should be better by now.  What always strikes me about Alexeyev is compare him to Fehrevary - they are the same age, yet Fever made the best of his opportunities in the same Caps system and he's a stud.  Could just be talent and speed too.
Alexeyev getting only a 1 year deal for league minimum is also telling.  That's the best he could do in FA?

Alexeyev is a penguin for 1 year @ $775K

I had higher hopes for AA. But from what I saw, he's too slow. And I don't believe that's fixable. He'll probably end up a hall of fame blue liner, but that'll be our luck. 

It’s being reported that Hunter Shepard has signed with the Ottawa organization.

Anthony Mantha in Pittsburgh