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Video: PHT Extra -- Fights, trades expected to be discussed at GM meetings

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On Thursday, Brough and I looked ahead to next week’s NHL GM meetings and discussed the two (likely) major topics at hand -- fighting, and trades.

On the first topic, we discussed what might be done in the wake of Ray Emery jumping Braden Holtby.

After NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said he didn’t “think anybody liked it,” and NHL discipline czar Brendan Shanahan said he hated it, it stands to reason some adjustments might be made -- like, as we suggest, using “heightened sensitivity” on the already-existing aggressor rule, much like how the NHL used “heightened sensitivity” with regards to goaltender protection following the Milan Lucic-Ryan Miller incident of 2011.

On the second topic, we looked at two teams in desperate need of goaltending: Edmonton and the New York Islanders.

Will GMs Craig MacTavish and Garth Snow use next week’s meetings as an opportunity to kick the tires on a new netminder?

Go on, have a watch: