NHL Rumors II: Penguins and Sutter … Weekes on Brodeur
Shelly Anderson: Hearing that the Penguins and Brandon Sutter are making progress. Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports: The Penguins and Sutter have talked about both short and long-term contracts over the past couple weeks. A source said the Penguins…
NHL Rumors I: Jets and Frolik … Carlyle and Gardiner
Ken Wiebe: Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff said they still hope to eventually sign Michael Frolik to a long-term deal. The Jets can't sign Frolik to a new long-term deal until January 1st. Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press: Jets…
NHL News: Staal, Mueller, Samuelsson, D’Amigo, LaRose and Marchand
Chip Alexander: Hurricanes Eric Staal had surgery for a core injury he suffered during offseason training. He should be ready for training camp according to the team. Andy Strickland: The Blues signed Peter Mueller to a one-year, two-way deal. He'll get…
NHL News: Gardiner Signs Five Year Deal With Maple Leafs
David Cooper of the Toronto Star: The Maple Leafs signed restricted free agent defenseman Jake Gardiner to a five-year contract worth $20.25 million. The deal will take the 24-year old defenseman one year into unrestricted free agency, and does not…
NHL Rumors III: Treliving Talks Flames … Trotz Talks Second Line Center
Aaron Vickers of Flames.nhl.com: Flames GM Brad Treliving on their current roster. “One of the things that help you improve is creating internal competition at all positions. You look at our team right now. We’ve got some young forwards that…
NHL Rumors II: Braun, Leafs, Spaling, Stoa and Nelson
Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: The Sharks have started contract extension talks with Justin Braun, though nothing is imminent. “Nothing yet. We will be talking more later in the month after Justin’s wedding,” Neil Sheehy said via email. Braun…
NHL Rumors I: Reimer and His Agent Talk About Situation With Leafs
Jeff Simmons of SportsNet: Maple Leafs James Reimer told the Fan 590 that his rift with head coach Randy Carlyle was overblown. “In all honesty, I’ve always defended (Carlyle). Maybe we didn’t see eye-to-eye last year,” Reimer said on Sportsnet…
Quick Hits: Arbitration, Winnik, Tatar, Stats and Brassard
Luke Fox of SportsNet: Remaining arbitration hearing dates: Jimmy Hayes (FLA) - July 29th, Nick Spaling (PIT) - July 31st, Michael Frolik (WIN) - July 31st (update - just signed a one-year, $3.3 million deal), Dwight King (LA) - Aug. 1st, Justin…
NHL News: Wings Sign Tatar … Leafs Sign Winnik
Detroit Red Wings: The Red Wings have re-signed RFA Tomas Tatar to a three-year contract. Helene St. James: Tatar will carry a $2.75 million salary cap hit. Danny DeKeyser is the lone RFA remaining for the Red Wings. A decision…
NHL Rumors II: Wings, Oilers, Hurricanes and Zacha
Brendan Savage of MLive: Danny DeKeyser still doesn't have a deal with the Red Wings, but he isn't concerned. "There won't be any problems," DeKeyser told Fox 17 while in Portage to play in annual Western Michigan Hockey Alumni and…
NHL Rumors I: Maple Leafs, Flames and Rangers
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Dave Poulin appeared to know that he would be let go. Claude Loiselle didn't think he would be let go despite knowing that changes were coming. Talk is that Poulin and Brendan Shanahan didn't…
NHL News: Leafs Re-sign Reimer
Elliott Friedman: The Toronto Maple Leafs have re-signed James Reimer to a two-year contract. He'll have a salary cap hit of $2.3 million.