Afternoon NHL rumors and notes: Carter, Kings, Radulov, Ruutu, Capitals, Stastny, ‘Hawks, Glencross, Duchene, Green … Devils and Leafs lines
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets GM Scott Howson and Jeff Carter's agents won't speak publicly about the situation. Carter agent did confirm though that Carter has not requested a trade. There are probably 5 or 6 teams…
Jets and Ducks pull off small trade
The Winnipeg Jets have acquired center Maxime Macenauer from the Anaheim Ducks for center Riley Holzapfel. Macenauer was a 3rd round pick of the Ducks in 2007. Holzapfel was a 2nd round pick of the Thrashers in 2006. Macenauer has…
State of the Tampa Bay Lightning: NHL Trade Deadline Edition
Written by Brent Lemon of The Hockey Writers and can be found on twitter at @LemonSports. For most of hockey-country, thunderstorms are a summer phenomenon. Places like Ontario, Minnesota, or New York just don’t see much lightning in February. And…
Morning NHL rumors involving the Flyers, Sabres, Canadiens, Wild, Blackhawks, Islanders, Oilers and Rangers
Sam Carchidi via twitter: Carchidi thinks the Flyers should go after Luke Schenn if the Predators won't trade Ryan Suter or Shea Weber. He'd give up a 1st and 2nd round pick for Schenn. Dennis Bernstein via twitter: Schenn isn't…
Free Agent and injury notes involving Parise, Parenteau, Mueller, and Malone … Potential Habs GMs
Rich Chere of the Star-Ledger: Devils GM Lou Lamoriello said, “We will make every effort to re-sign Zach.” Parise might get $8 million on the open market. Arthur Staple of Newsday: Islanders GM Garth Snow has had preliminary talks with…
State of the Minnesota Wild: NHL Trade Deadline Edition
Written by Anatoliy Metter of The Hockey Writers and can be found on twitter at @anatoliymetter. The Minnesota Wild are fighting for their playoff lives in the Western Conference as they are trying to stave off teams such as Phoenix,…
A short list of players available … Bruins could look at? Parise not talking contract anymore … Oils close on Sutton deal … Knuble could get interest
Kevin Paul Dumont of the Boston Globe: The Bruins could look at Hurricanes defenseman Jaroslav Spacek and forward Tuomo Ruutu. If the Ducks make Bobby Ryan and/or Corey Perry available, the Bruins might be interested. For Ryan it may take…
Sunday morning mash of names in the NHL rumor mill
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Several GMs are looking to have a one time amnesty buyout in the next CBA that wouldn't carry a salary cap hit. The Rangers would be interested in Rick Nash, and the Blue Jackets…
HockeyCentral Trade Tracker Videos: Forwards
Follow the below link to a collection of Sportsnet's HockeyCentral Trade Tracker videos. The forward collection includes: Tuomo Ruutu, Brenden Morrow, Mikhail Grabovski, We'll update more when they do. They've taken down Teemu Selanne, Ales Hemsky, Derek Roy and Bobby…
Hawks looking for trade partners … Options for Pacific teams … Carle could cash in … Koivu could be in … MacDonald close, Steen unknown
Craig Custance of ESPN: Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman would love to find a trading partner. "There's a lot of guys looking for players and not a lot willing to part with players," he said during a Tuesday phone conversation. "I…
HockeyCentral Trade Tracker Videos: Defenseman
Sportsnet's HockeyCentral has put together a video collection of defenseman that could be traded by the February 27th trade deadline. They have also done videos for forwards, goalies and a team, which will be included in a separate post. Follow…
Grabovski’s worth … Pros/Cons on Ruutu to Leafs … Leafs may not make big deal … Gagner could stay … Blues scouted Habs-Jets … Vanek may return on weekend
James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail: Mirtle looks at Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski's worth. Brian Burke has said that despite being a UFA, he could remain with the Leafs. A comparable mentioned for Grabovski is Canadiens Thomas Plekanec's…