NHL Rumors: Ferland, Silfverberg, Boyle, Brassard, Howard, and the Islanders
Notes on Micheal Ferland, Jakob Silfverberg, Brian Boyle, Derick Brassard and Jimmy Howard Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Interest in Micheal Ferland has cooled as teams like the Nashville Predators and Boston Bruins may be wanting to see what happens…
NHL Rumors: Scouting MTL-ANA, WSH-VAN and PIT-CAR … Top 50 Trade Bait
Scouting the Montreal Canadiens and Anaheim Ducks Stu Cowan: Scouts listed to attend last night's Canadiens-Ducks game: Tampa Bay Lightning (2), Chicago Blackhawks (2), Dallas Stars, Nashville Predators, Vegas Golden Knights, Philadelphia Flyers, and the New Jersey Devils. Scouting the…
NHL Free Agency: Auston Matthews Signs Five-Year Deal – Numbers, Notes, and Thoughts
The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Auston Matthews to a five-year contract for $58.17 million - a $11.634 million salary cap hit. Bob McKenzie: Salary and bonus breakdown. Year 1: $15.2M SB, $700K salary. Year 2: $15.2M SB, $700K salary. Year…
NHL Rumors: Matthews Signs Five-Year Extension … Marner Still Wants To Wait
Matthews extension with Maple Leafs appears imminent Update: Kristen Shilton: #Leafs have signed Auston Matthews to a five-year contract extension, with an AAV of $11.634 million." Chris Johnston: 93 percent of Matthews contract will be money paid out in signing bonuses.…
NHL Rumors: Coyotes, Penguins, Blackhawks, and Capitals
Coyotes not really into the rental market Matt Layman: Arizona Coyotes GM John Chayka last week: "We're not looking at the rental market as strongly as maybe other teams are." Chayka added that he's having a lot of discussions looking at…
NHL Rumors: Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers and the Winnipeg Jets
Brisson and Dorion meet for hours TSN 1200: Darren Dreger is reporting that Matt Duchene's agent Pat Brisson is in Ottawa for face-to-face contract talks. Darren Dreger: Brisson and Senators GM Pierre Dorion met for a few hours yesterday. There…
NHL Rumors: Scouting TOR-ANA, DAL-ARI and PHI-VAN … Bobrovsky and Brassard
Scouting the Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks David Pagnotta: Scouts listed to attend last night's Leafs-Ducks game: Carolina Hurricanes (3), Columbus Blue Jackets (2), Florida Panthers (2), New York Rangers (2), Montreal Canadiens (2 - including GM Marc Bergevin),…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, and Artemi Panarin
The Wild could use some scoring help but will wait for now Sarah McLellan of the Star Tribune: Minnesota Wild GM Paul Fenton on the trade deadline. “I’m just going to watch here the next couple weeks,” Fenton said, “and…
Notable NHL Trade Candidates and Their Potential Destinations
The NHL's Feb. 25 trade deadline is just three weeks away. As expected, several players are frequently popping up in the rumor mill as possible trade candidates. Here's a look at the notable names and their potential suitors, based on…
NHL Rumors: Ducks, Canadiens, Panthers, Maple Leafs, and Penguins
Ducks-Silfverberg talks progressing Pierre LeBrun: Contract talks between the Anaheim Ducks and pending UFA Jakob Silfverberg are progressing. The Ducks would like to keep him but they need to know if they can get a deal done before the trade…
NHL Rumors: Avalanche and Rantanen … Top 45 Trade Bait
Rantanen is going to be costly for the Avs Chris Nichols of Nichols on Hockey: Darren Dreger was on WGR 550 talking about the Colorado Avalanche and their pending restricted free agent forward Mikko Rantanen. Dreger notes that he believes…
NHL Rumors: Florida Panthers, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Dallas Stars
Blue Jackets and Panthers are interested in each other's pending UFAs Mike Johnston of Sportsnet: Nick Kypreos said last night that the sense is that the Florida Panthers will trade forward Derick Brassard before the trade deadline on February 25th.…