Trade talk is picking up as Olympic Freeze is Over
11:05 AM: John Glennon of the Tennessean: The Predators coud use some scoring depth, and/or someone that can kill penalties. They'll most likely look to add a rental player, instead of one with a longer contract. Dan Hamhuis and/or Dan…
Puck-Moving Defenseman are Wanted by Many
Rich Chere of the Star-Ledger: The Devils will welcome back defenseman Paul Martin on March 10th after a 52 game absense due to a fractured left forearm. That may not stop GM Lou Lamoriello from looking to acquire another Dman.…
Vokoun to Caps? Hamhuis Would Like to Remain a Pred? Auld to Rangers? Kozlov Requests Trade …
TheFourthPeriod: The Vokoun to the Blackhawks for Huet, Crawford, and Versteeg rumor has been dismissed by several sources. An "unconfirmed" rumor has Vokoun heading to Capitals for Jose Theodore, one of either John Carlson or Marcus Johnsson, and a draft…
A Couple Signings and a Suspension
Ian Busby of the Calgary Sun: The Calgary Flames signed Rene Bourque to a 6 year, $20 million contract extension on Thursday. The 28 year old winger was traded from Chicago Blackhawks before last season for a 2009 2nd round…
Preds Re-sign Rinne … Stars Waive Auld
Jeff Marek via Twitter: The Nashville Predators have signed goalie Pekka Rinne to a contract extension. This is good news for my fantasy hockey team, as it most likely means that Dan Ellis will traded, and Rinne will get the…
Rumors from the Pacific … Hawks-Panthers Talking? Interest in Kozlov
E.J. Hradek and Puck Prospectus of ESPN: Doug Wilson and the Sharks would like to add some secondary scoring and a puck moving Dman. It would have to be a rental player, as Patrick Marleau and Evgeni Nabokov need to…
Pens Looking for Winger, Dman … Trade Talks Involving Hamhuis Pick Up … Ott Getting Interest
Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Penguins GM Ray Shero is looking for a goal scoring winger for Evgeni Malkin and a physical defenseman. The Pens 22 man roster is about a $1 million below the cap ceiling. Their rental…
LeBrun and Garrioch Sunday Rumors …
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Blackhawks have looked for available goalies around the league, but feel that it wouldn't be an upgrade. They also don't have a lot of cap room for this year, after the acquistion of Kim Johnsson.…
Are the Preds and Ducks Buyers or Sellers? Injury to Getzlaf, Franzen Returns Tonight
Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: The Bruins have not asked Tim Thomas to waive his no trade clause, not yet at least. Mike Heika of the Star-Telegram: With Tom Hicks and the Dallas Stars having some money issues, they…
Hockey Night In Canada’s “Hotstove” video
Every week during the second intermission of the CBC's Hockey Night In Canada broadcast, they regularly have their "Hotstove" (Source:CBC.ca) segment, where trades and trade rumors are discussed. In last night's edition they analyzed the Ilya Kovalchuk trade by Don Waddell of the…
Souray provides list, 10 Intriguing Teams for Kevin Allen, Could the Hawks go after Niedermayer? Could the Predators trade Hamhuis?
1:00 pm: The St. Louis Blues made a push Ilya Kovalchuk, but felt the Thrashers wanted a little more than they were willing to give up. ”We had been working at it for the better part of the week,” Davidson…
Ilya Kovalchuk Trade Rumors
We'll be giving Ilya Kovalchuk his own trade rumors section from here on out, updating each day with any new rumors we find. Feb. 4th: 7:45 pm: TSN is reporting, from USA Today, that Ilya Kovalchuk has been traded to…