NHL Rumors: Vegas Golden Knights and the Boston Bruins
On the Vegas Golden Knights ... Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal: The Golden Knights have a August 3rd arbitration hearing set for defenseman Nate Schmidt if they can't get a deal done beforehand. Vegas GM George McPhee: “We’ll…
NHL Rumors: New York Islanders, and Notable Restricted Free Agents
On the New York Islanders ... Arthur Staple: "Two things: 1) There is no #Isles news right now. 2) The chances of the #Isles trading John Tavares before the season are roughly 0.0001%." On notable RFAs that are still looking…
NHL Rumors: New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins
On the New York Rangers ... Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The Rangers could carry eight defensemen to start the season with Jesper Fast being on the IR. Alexei Bereglazov is believed to have a KHL option if he's…
NHL News: Arvidsson, Martinook and Gaudet Sign … Watson, Dumoulin Arbitration Numbers
On the Nashville Predators ... Adam Vingan of The Tennessean: The Nashville Predators and Viktor Arvidsson agreed on a seven-year contract worth $29.75 million - a $4.25 million salary cap hit. The Predators and Arvidsson had an arbitration yesterday before…
NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames – Gaudreau, Bennett and Backlund
On the Calgary Flames, Johnny Gaudreau, Sam Bennett and Mikael Backlund ... Chris Nichols FanRag Sports: Flames GM Brad Treliving was on Sportsnet 960 and was asked about Johnny Gaudreau's "Yeah, it'd be sweet," comments about playing for the Philadelphia Flyers…
NHL Rumors: Devils and Severson … Flyers and Gaudreau
On the New Jersey Devils and Damon Severson ... Chris Ryan of NJ.com: Devils GM Ray Shero doesn't expect any hiccups with their remaining restricted free agents. Defenseman Damon Severson isn't arbitration eligible. "Guys like Damon Severson we’ll take some…
NHL Rumors: Pittsburgh Penguins – Hornqvist, Cole, Bozak, Dumoulin, Kessel, Maatta and Cullen
On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Sam Werner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: (mailbag) Patric Hornqvist will be a UFA after next season, and at 31 years old, he'll likely be looking for one more big contract and a raise from his…
NHL Rumors: Islanders and Tavares … Devils and Kovalchuk
On the New York Islanders and John Tavares ... Brett Cyrgalis of the NY Post: The anxiety levels are increasing for some, but many think there is no need to panic yet that the NY Islanders haven't re-signed John Tavares.…
NHL Rumors: Five NHL Free Agents and Their Best Fits
On five NHL free agents and their best fits ... Josh Cooper of ESPN: Looking at five intriguing free agents and were they could end up. Jaromir Jagr - The 45-year old Jagr needs to find the right fit -…
NHL Rumors: Nashville Predators and the Detroit Red Wings
On the Nashville Predators ... Adam Vingan of The Tennessean: Viktor Arvidsson and the Nashville Predators are scheduled to have an arbitration hearing on Saturday, with a ruling by Monday. The sides can agree to a deal anytime before the…
NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes and the New Jersey Devils
On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan: Jordan Martinook's agent said that they and the Coyotes are "close" on a deal for the RFA forward but he thinks the Coyotes may want to go to salary arbitration on July 26th.…
NHL News: Parayko, Arvidsson, Dzingel and Okposo
On the St. Louis Blues and Colton Parayko ... Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The St. Louis Blues and Colton Parayko agreed to a five-year, $27.5 million contract today. The deal carries a $5.5 million salary cap hit.…