News: Schultz, Hamill, White and Saskin
Edmonton Oilers: The Oilers have signed RFA defenseman Justin Schultz to a one-year contract. ($3.675 million) “I knew it was going to get done,” he said. “I didn’t want to drag it on into training camp and be a distraction.…
Rumors I: Coyotes and Hurricanes, Las Vegas Relocation Candidates?
Luke DeCock: "Don't work yourself up over" Dan Patrick's speculation about the Hurricanes moving to Las Vegas. Luke DeCock of the Raleigh News & Observer: Hurricanes Peter Karmanos is looking to sell chucks of the team to local investors, but…
News: Nothing New To Report On Expansion According To Daly
CP on SportsNet: Bill Daly on expansion in an email: "Nothing new to report on this subject" and "Nothing new has happened." MLSE president and CEO Tim Leiweke on the Fan 590 yesterday. "The commissioner and I had other business this morning,…
News: Devils, Flyers, Flames and the Senators
Tom Gulitti of the Record: Scott Gomez will be attending the Devils training camp on a tryout. Dave Isaac of the Courier-Post: Kimmo Timonen had his no-travel restrictions lifted a few ago and is traveling back to the U.S. to…
News: Senators Sign Anderson To Three-Year Extension
Ottawa Senators: The Senators have signed Craig Anderson to a three-year contract extension worth $12.6 million, a $4.2 million salary cap hit. Anderson will make $4.75 million in both 2015-16 and 2016-17 and $3.1 million in 2017-18. In 158 career…
News and Rumors: Johansen, Leiweke and Bylsma
Michael Arace of the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets training camp starts in 27 days and they still need to come to terms with RFA Ryan Johansen. If they can't reach a deal by the start of training camp, then…
News: Giguere Retires and Leiweke Leaving MLSE
Colorado Avalanche: J.S. Giguere has officially retired from the NHL. The 37-year old goaltender played in 597 regular season games, winning 262 of them. He ended up with a 2.53 GAA and .913 save percentage. During the playoffs he went…
News: Joe Thornton Loses His Captaincy
David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Joe Thornton is no longer the captain of the San Jose Sharks, and they will start the season without one. Thornton spoke with head coach Todd McLellan yesterday, but Thornton found out later in…
NHL News: MacArthur Signs Extension With Senators
Ottawa Senators: The Senators have signed forward Clarke MacArthur to a five year contract extension worth $23.25 million. Salary breakdown: $4.5 million, $4.5 million, $4.75 million, $4.75 million, and $4.75 million. The 29-year old MacArthur was originally drafted by the Sabres, 74th overall in the…
Afternoon Hits: Leighton, Borowiecki, Ceci and Milano
Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune: The Blackhawks have signed 33-year old goaltender Michael Leighton to a one-year deal. Leighton played with Donbass of the KHL last season. He'll give the Blackhawks depth in net with Rockford of the AHL.…
NHL Rumors III: Devils, Red Wings, Hayes, Burmistrov and Bissonnette
Rich Chere of the Star-Ledger: Both Devils GM Lou Lamoreillo and owner Josh Harris say that there has been no thought of bringing back Ilya Kovalchuk. Lamoriello said that Kovalchuk is unable to return before 2018-19. “I’ll answer that the…
NHL News: Coyotes, Seattle, Fisher and Karlsson
Craig Morgan Fox Sports Arizona: The Coyotes Jobing.com Arena will now be known as Gila River Arena, pending approval from the Glendale City Council vote on September 9th. The deal is believed to be worth $30 million over 10 years.…