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Episode 30: Trade Deadline Day

March 6, 2026·57 min·2 clips

We got news already breaking this morning—a John Carlson trade happened while we were all sleeping.

Tri-State Hockey Podcast covers NHL Trade Deadline Day with hosts Johnny Lazarus, reporter Arthur Staple, and Stanley Cup champion Mike Rupp. Episode opens with breaking news of John Carlson's overnight trade (age 36, to Anaheim for first-round pick) and live discussion of Vincent Trochek's Rangers situation. Experts debate whether Rangers will trade their elite centerman or maintain organizational messaging from their recent 'letter' announcing a retool. Discussion includes market dynamics, contract leverage, right-shot defenseman scarcity (Braden Schneider analysis), New Jersey Devils' uncertainty, and strategic implications for franchise building. Real-time updates from insiders Elliot Friedman and Emily Kaplan integrated throughout.

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Deadline talk that values fit over noise.

Trade Deadline Day plays like a live morning market check-in, with Johnny Lazarus, Arthur Staple, and Mike Rupp reacting to a John Carlson trade that had already broken and to Elliot Friedman’s note that the Rangers are prepared to keep Vincent Trocek if they do not get what…

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You want the first real read while the deadline is still breaking.

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