NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Kovalchuk, Bruins and Canadiens
On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Howard Berger: "Maybe it's happening. Source: #Leafs working "on a big" trade to acquire a legit No. 1 defenseman. Wouldn't reveal particulars." Howard Berger: "#Leafs apparently talking trade with Colorado, Calgary and the Rangers.…
NHL Rumors: Zadorov, Faksa and Duchene
On Nikita Zadorov ... Slava Malamud: @Boogaard_2 of Sport Express is reporting that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov has a contract agreement in place with CSKA if he's not able to re-sign with the Avalanche soon. On Radek Faksa ... Sean Shapiro:…
NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Golden Knights and Senators
On the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vegas Golden Knights ... Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Think that Maple Leafs should try to get William Nylander signed to a six-year, $36 million extension - a RFA after next season. thinks…
NHL Rumors: Coyotes, Rangers, Maple Leafs and Canadiens
On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan: The agent for restricted free agent forward Jordan Martinook - Jeff Helperl - said that there have been no progress in contract talks so far. Craig Morgan: The agent for restricted free agent…
NHL Rumors: Red Wings and Tatar Talks Aren’t Going Anywhere … Do They Look To Move Him?
On the Detroit Red Wings ... George Malik of Kukla's Korner: Red Wings RFA forward Tomas Tatar spoke CAS.sk about his free agent status and filing for salary arbitration. (through Malik's translating the article) His agent, Rich Winter has been…
NHL Rumors: Canucks, Capitals, Rangers and Blues
On the Vancouver Canucks ... Rick Dhaliwal: Unrestricted free agent Darren Archibald should sign a contract soon and the Canucks are still in the running. He was the MVP in Utica last season. On the Washington Capitals ... JJ Regan:…
NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning, Buffalo Sabres and Evander Kane
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Both Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat filed for salary arbitration, but there is still plenty of time for the Lightning to sign them. Hearing will be scheduled…
NHL Rumors: Boston Bruins and David Pastrnak … Offer Sheets Coming?
On the Boston Bruins ... Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins are still looking for a left-handed top-four defenseman and a maybe a left winger for David Krejci. The Bruins biggest priority remains to get David Pastrnak signed, who is…
NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs – Depth On The Wing And A Need For A Defenseman
On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: The Maple Leafs have forwards under contract next year, not including RFA Connor Brown, injured Joffrey Lupul and Nathan Horton, and youngsters Kasperi Kapanen and Miro Aaltonen. In…
NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes and the Edmonton Oilers
On the Arizona Coyotes ... Darren Dreger: Sounding like Rick Tocchet could be the next head coach of the Coyotes. Frank Seravalli: Keep hearing Ralph Krueger's name being attached to the Coyotes. Craig Morgan: The Coyotes will only say that…
NHL News: Canadiens, Oilers, Maple Leafs, Salary Arbitration, Coyotes, Galiev and Islanders
Catching up on some NHL news from the past 24 hours ... On the Montreal Canadiens ... Chris Johnston: The Canadiens signed Alex Galchenyuk to a three-year contract extension with salary cap hit of $4.9 million. He'll be an unrestricted…
NHL Rumors: Bruins, Oilers, Blue Jackets and Avalanche
On the Boston Bruins ... Jimmy Murphy: Source saying that the Bruins and restricted free agent forward David Pastrnak are close on a new contract. Not exactly sure on the numbers, but would guess that it's a five-year deal at…