The NFL Trade Deadline came and went today, but unlike most deadlines, it came with high drama.
Sauce Gardner, Quinnen Williams, Jakobi Meyers, Jaelan Phillips, Rashid Shaheed, Jaire Alexander and other notable names were shipped in a frenetic deadline that actually impacted futures odds.
It's unusual when odds move without a massive name being dealt, but we're seeing that today. To be clear, oddsmakers likely aren’t adjusting numbers based on these trades, but instead they're moving numbers based on action coming in on the trade benefactors.
According to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, Kucherov has the Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs among the teams at the top of his preferred destinations for a potential trade.
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were described by a prosecutor Wednesday as “cheaters” during opening statements at a New York criminal fraud trial that has cast a spotlight on the threat gamblers pose to America’s pastime.