Tag: Jori Lehtera

NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers – Looking For A Goalie … Not Rebuilding

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Tim Panaccio of CSN Philly: The Flyers management will be returning back to Philly with the draft over and still without a veteran goalie to go with Michal Neuvirth. The draft is usually the place…

Mark Easson

NHL Expansion Draft: St. Louis Blues Primer

Forward Decisions The bulk of St. Louis’ front line production comes from six established forwards that will be protect, and they have some solid prospects, who are expansion ineligible. Coming off another stellar year with 39 goals and 36 assists, Vladimir Tarasenko…

Kevin Wickersham

NHL Rumors: St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars

On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Blues forward Jori Lehtera has two years left on his deal at a $4.7 million salary cap hit. Lehtera might be the type of player that the…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Trade Bait and Vegas Holding All The Cards

List of the top players who could get traded this offseason ... Frank Seravalli of TSN: Teams will be looking to make moves instead of losing players for nothing in the expansion draft. Teams like the Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and Five Teams Feeling The Cap Crunch

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings GM Ken Holland expects trade talk to pick up this week at the scouting combine. They would like to trade one of Jimmy Howard or Petr Mrazek before…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Kings, Stars, Blues and Islanders

On the Los Angeles Kings ... John Hoven: Ontario Reign (AHL) coach Mike Stothers interviewed with the Kings and has decided to stay with Ontario. There will be more interviews next week. On the Dallas Stars ... Sean Shapiro of…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Panthers, Golden Knights, Kings and Blues

On the Florida Panthers ... Frank Seravalli: The Panthers will be interviewing Capitals assistant coach Todd Reirden for their vacant head coaching position. Reiden is also a candidate for the Sabres position. On the Vegas Golden Knights ... Andy Strickland:…

Mark Easson

NHL Injuries: Senators, Leafs, Wings, Bruins, Predators, Canucks, Blues and Blackhawks

On the Ottawa Senators ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen: The Senators will hold defenseman Erik Karlsson out for their remaining regular season game, his third straight game. Karlsson on if he'll be a 100 percent for the start…

Mark Easson

NHL Injuries: Habs, Panthers, Sens, Wings, Devils, Blues and Jets

On the Montreal Canadiens ... Montreal Canadiens: Coach Claude Julien said that defenseman Shea Weber will miss the next two games with a lower-body injury. Stu Cowan: Goaltender Al Montoya (lower-body) was back on the ice at yesterday's morning skate.…

Mark Easson

Western Conference Injuries: Sharks, Ducks, Coyotes, Stars, Blues, Wild and Canucks

On the San Jose Sharks ... Curtis Pashelka of the San Jose Mercury News: Forward Jannik Hansen missed last night's game with an upper-body injury. He took a Brandon Montour stick to the face on Saturday. On the Anaheim Ducks…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Blues, Rangers and Bruins

On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Blues have a hole in their lineup - they lack a true No. 1 center and haven't had much production down the middle lately.  GM Doug Armstrong…

Mark Easson

Western Conference Injuries: Stars, Blues, Canucks and Avs

On the Dallas Stars ... Mark Stepneski: Forward Jiri Hudler practiced with teammates yesterday. He is doing better, but will need more practices before he able to return to the lineup. Mark Stepneski: Defenseman Johnny Oduya is expected to practice tomorrow.…

Mark Easson