2015-16 Carolina Hurricanes Top 10 Prospects
The Hurricanes have one of the weaker prospect pools in the NHL and the main reason why is an inability to draft and develop players. In the last ten years, Carolina has a terrible track record with their draft picks…
Rumors and Notes: Leafs, Kings, Devils, Kane, Sutter and Werenski
Jason Brough of Pro Hockey Talk: Trade speculation will continue to follow Maple Leafs Dion Phaneuf, Joffrey Lupul, Tyler Bozak and others. It's not a great time for the Leafs to be dumping salaries and retaining any salary as they…
2015-16 Boston Bruins Top 10 Prospects
Rookie GM Don Sweeney has inherited a team that fell well short of Championship aspirations and a salary cap situation that demanded roster moves. At the draft Sweeney made some controversial trades, in particular the trade of Dougie Hamilton, but…
Rumors and Notes II: Captials, Sharks, Devils, and Coyotes
J.J. Regan of CSN Washington: Capitals GM Brian MacLellan on how they will replace Eric Fehr on their third line this season. "It’s just a matter of which way we want to go, how we want to set our lineup…
Rumors and Notes: Senators and Maple Leafs
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators assistant GM Pierre Dorion said on TSN 1200 radio yesterday that the Senators won't be buying out Colin Greening's $2.65 million cap hit over the next two seasons. Their second buyout window opens…
Rumors and Notes II: UFA Dmen, Blue Jackets, and Capitals
Ryan Dadoun of Pro Hockey Talk: Some noteworthy free agent defenseman that are still looking for work: Cody Franson, Marek Zidlicky, Christian Ehrhoff, Lubomir Visnovsky and Sergei Gonchar. Aarron Portzline: The Blue Jackets have an offer on the table for…
Rumors and Notes: Buyout Window, Wings, Ducks, Stars and Devils
Chris Johnston: The Maple Leafs, Senators and Wild have a second window to buyout a player. The 48-hour window opens on Wednesday. Igor Eronko: Red Wings prospect Alexei Marchenko said that he doesn't think about the KHL and his plan…
Top 2016 NHL Free Agents – Part II: Ranking Forwards 1 to 5
With the free agent class mostly settled into new homes, it’s time to start speculating on next year’s UFA group. While the 2014-15 cohort lacked elite impact players, next season’s list of potential free agents offers star power at many…
Morning Hits: Capitals, Maple Leafs, and Blues
J.J. Regan of CSN Washington: After getting Marcus Johansson locked up for the year, the Capitals have about $460,000 in cap space. That number does include three goalies, with Justin Peters the one most likely to end up in the…
Morning Hits II: Bruins Not Friendly for Young, Elite Players? Leafs Lines
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: If the last 10 years, there have been some big named, young talent that the Bruins have traded before they've hit their prime - Joe Thornton, Phil Kessel, Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton. Is there a…
Morning Hits I: Stars, Matthews and Hanifin
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: Stars GM Jim Nill on their goalie competition between Antti Niemi and Kari Lehtonen. "I think it's healthy competition. I've spoken to both of them. They both want to win. In the end,…
2015-16 Buffalo Sabres Top 10 Prospects
After two seasons of historically bad teams, the Sabres now have accumulated a wealth of talented prospects which has allowed them to acquire some quality NHL talent in Evander Kane, Ryan O’Reilly and Robin Lehner. While GM Tim Murray was…