NHL Rumors: Capitals, Lightning, Maple Leafs and Bruins
On the Washington Capitals ... John Shannon: As of Friday night as 7:00 PM, have been told that the Capitals hadn't offered head coach Barry Trotz a contract yet. As of that time, there had been no meetings planned. On…
NHL Rumors: Oilers and Canadiens … Islanders and Tavares
On the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens ... Jimmy Murphy: Have been hearing that the Oilers and Canadiens could restart trade talks that they held before the trade deadline. There have been numerous names discussed but nothing concrete. Canadiens…
NHL Rumors: Stars and Sabres … Blues – Hutton, Free Agents, and Kovalchuk
On the Buyout Window ... Chris Johnston: The first buyout window is open. There had been some speculation that the Dallas Stars could buyout forward Jason Spezza, but the Stars won't do that and he'll play out the final year…
NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers – Free Agency, Filppula, and Simmonds
On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Daily News: Flyers GM Ron Hextall on free agency. “We have money to spend short term; we can do something short term,” said Hextall, who said he does not plan…
NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames and the Boston Bruins
On the Calgary Flames ... Tim Campbell of NHL.com: Flames GM Brad Treliving said they'd like to back into the first-round, but it takes a good piece to do so. "The cost of getting into Round 1 is steep right…
NHL Rumors: Blue Jackets, Canadiens, Golden Knights, Senators, Coyotes, and Jets
On the Columbus Blue Jackets and Alex Broadhurst ... Aaron Portzline: The Blue Jackets could be close to re-signing pending Group 6 unrestricted free agent forward Alex Broadhurst. On the Montreal Canadiens and Max Pacioretty ... Jimmy Murphy: After the…
NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, and the Philadelphia Flyers
On the Edmonton Oilers and Carolina Hurricanes ... The Fourth Period: Multiple sources are saying that have taken calls on goaltender Cam Talbot, and he has been asked for a 10 team trade list. Talbot has a year left on…
NHL Rumors: Avs and Bernier … Oilers and Lucic … Sens, Hoffman and Karlsson
On the Colorado Avalanche and Jonathan Bernier ... Adrian Dater: The Avs and pending unrestricted free agent goaltender Jonathan Bernier are talking about a potential new contract. On the Edmonton Oilers and Milan Lucic ... Chris Nichols of FRS Hockey:…
NHL Rumors: Canucks … Kovalchuk, Skinner, Hurricanes and Bruins
On the Vancouver Canucks ... Rick Dhaliwal: If the Canuck are looking to add some size and grit in the free agent market, have been hearing that pending UFA center Jay Beagle is one player they could be looking at. Rick…
Pucks in Depth: Three Players NHL Teams Should Avoid In Free Agency
Every year general managers go on spending sprees in free agency. Sometimes things work out, of course, but much more often we see players fail to live up to the lucrative contracts they sign. In this post, I'll take a…