Flames Offer Sheet for O’Reilly Almost Became Extremely Costly
Chris Johnston via twitter: "For what it's worth, Bill Daly says any quotes from him refuting my story aren't legitimate." Chris Johnston of SportsNet: The Flames may have gotten real lucky that the Avalanche matched their 2-year, $10 million offer…
Blues notes … Avalanche got Burned … Scouting the Flyers, Blues-Hawks, Bruins-Sens … Leafs Will Need to Make Roster Moves
Andy Strickland of TrueHockey: A Blues trade of Kevin Shattenkirk for Daniel Briere makes zero sense for the Blues. Shattenkirk will eventually sign a contract extension with Blues. They talked before the lockout and will resume talks at some point, which…
Trade Rumors: Hurricanes, Canucks, Oilers, Stars and Bruins
Kevin Allen via twitter: The Carolina Hurricanes could be making a trade for a veteran defenseman in the next couple days. Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: The Canucks will be without center Ryan Kesler for four to six weeks. If…
Morning Rumors II: Tagging, Blues, Briere, Shattenkirk, Luongo and Schneider
Andy Strickland of True Hockey: On March 1st teams will be allowed to spend up to 10% of next season's $64.3 million salary cap ceiling. The "tagging rule" usually doesn't come into play until after the season. This will help…
Morning Rumors: Getzlaf, Perry, Hiller, O’Reilly, Iginla, Whitney, Devils, Canucks and Byfuglien
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: To LeBrun's understanding, the Ducks will have contract talks with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry in the next 7 to 10 days. LeBrun thinks a Getzlaf deal will get done, but is not sure about Perry.…
Quick Hits: Filppula, Coach’s challenge, Wider nets, Iginla, Smith, Scouting Leafs-Flyers, Sit Kulemin?
Elliotte Friedman of CBC: If there is NHL expansion, it won't happen in the next year or two. You have to think that Gary Bettman as a good idea of the scenarios for the Coyotes for next year.A couple teams…
Five Bruins targets … Weiss and Theodore available? Richards Buyout? Outdoor Games … Scouting Avs-Ducks
James Murphy of ESPN Boston: The Bruins may be looking to add some scoring depth, a top-6 forward. Murphy lists 5 trade targets: Jarome Iginla - if GM Jay Feaster comes down on a price to say a 1st round…
Garrioch’s rumor roundup … Liles on borrowed time? Whitney scratched … Clowe suspended pending hearing
Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Jarome Iginla and Flames haven't had any serious contract talks. Many believe that Iginla will be traded, but GM Jay Feaster shouldn't expect to hit a home run with the pending UFA. "I'm just not sure…
Do the Avs have a problem doing business with players? Ryan O’Reilly counterargument
Adrien Dater of the Denver Post: There has been no negotiations going on between the Avalanche and O'Reilly. They had hoped to re-sign him and had no intentions of trading him. Things have changed and it's a virtual certainty that…
Kessel’s agent says he’d love to finish his career as a Leaf … Pens cap space … Iginla’s ‘fire’ gets questioned
Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: Phil Kessel's agent, Wade Arnott, thinks that Kessel would like to finish his career in Toronto. “Phil (Kessel) is still a really young man,” Arnott told the SportsNet Fan590. “He really enjoys living in Toronto…
Friedman’s thoughts … Pens need a winger … Blues – Flyers scouting each other … Isles holding pat? Bruins to sign Pandolfo
Eliotte Friedman of CBC: The Wild have lots of young talent but at different stages of development. They are 5-5-1 and have holes to fill. "They will not be a contender until their young players are ready," said one executive.…
Free agent and Trade rumors: O’Reilly, Timonen, Luongo, Kiprusoff, Bishop, Kessel, Bernier, Sabres and Capitals
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: The Avalanche and Ryan O'Reilly's camp did talk, but it looking like neither side is going to budge. The Avs remain at 2 years and $7 million or 5 years and $17 million. O'Reilly…