Blackhawks Trade Daniel Carcillo To The Kings
The Chicago Blackhawks traded winger Daniel Carcillo to the Los Angeles Kings for a conditional 2015 draft pick. Carcillo was drafted 73rd overall in the 3rd round of the 2003 draft by the Penguins. The 28-year old winger has $825,000…
Afternoon Hits: Bailey, Kovalchuk, Brunner, Markstrom, Bruins and Helm
Brett Cyrgalis: The Islanders avoid arbitration with the Josh Bailey: 5 years, $16.5 million. Dmitry Chesnokov: Ilya Kovalchuk on returning to the NHL: "I am not going to Russia to start thinking about coming back to the NHL." Tom Gulitti:…
Sunday Morning Hits: Markstrom, Miller, Vanek, Kovalchuk and the Blackhawks
Harvey Fialkov: The Panthers should be signing goalie Jacob Markstrom "shortly" according to GM Dale Tallon. Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: Sabres GM Darcy Regier on whether it's possible that Ryan Miller and Thomas Vanek could be at the…
Kovalchuk’s mom talks, the Fallout, Gonchar and Datsyuk were close to leaving and the KHL cap
Dmitry Chesnokov: SKA is denying they had a deal in place with Ilya Kovalchuk in January. Pavel Lysenkov of SovSport spoke with Kovalchuk's mom, who was not surprised with what transpired. “I knew about it, to be honest. Of course…
Free Agent Hits: Brunner, Whitney, Hainsey, Kadri and Duchene
Igor Eronko: The Devils are close to signing Damien Brunner. Josh Rimer: Rimer was told that the Hurricanes are talking to Ryan Whitney and Ron Hainsey. They would only sign one and less than what they are asking for. David…
Morning Hits: Bruins, Hemsky and Barkov
CSNNE: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli: “I think right now we’re going to stand pat. I like the fact that we’re going to have competition on the third line. We have some good young players already in the organization that we…
Ilya Kovalchuk Hits: Likely to sign in KHL on Monday, Deal in place since January? Long term gain for Devils
Alexander Zaytsev: Ilya Kovalchuk's signing with SKA will most likely be announced on Monday according to SovSport. Kovalchuk will making around $10 million a year according to Sport-Express. Igor Eronko: Sport-Express is reporting that Kovalchuk and SKA agreed to a…
Free Agent Hits: Clifford, Penner, Prospal and Jagr
John Hoven of Mayor's Manor: Kings GM Dean Lombardi on talks with Kyle Clifford. “It gets closer every day, it’s whether it’s close enough,” Lombardi quipped. “I don’t think with all these guys we’re far apart. But, as we find…
Quick Hits: Rask, Zidlicky, Luongo, Islanders and Coyotes
Elliotte Friedman: From what Friendman understands, Tuukka Rask has a no-movement clause for the first four-years, then it turns to a modified no-trade clause in which he submits a list of teams he would be willing to be dealt too.…
New Jersey Devils Ilya Kovalchuk retires from the NHL
5:15 PM Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports: From Paval Lysenkov of SovSport, Kovalchuk will be signing with SKA St. Petersburg and he'll become the highest paid hockey player in the world. Lysenkov speculates that he wouldn't be surprised if it…
21 Players File for Arbitration
NHLPA: 21 players have filed for salary arbitration. Deadline is today at 5:00 pm ET. Player Team Brendan Smith Detroit Red Wings Sam Gagner Edmonton Oilers Trevor Lewis Los Angeles Kings Alec Martinez Los Angeles Kings Jake Muzzin Los Angeles…
Free Agent Hits: Jagr, Grabovski, Clifford, Boedker, Prospal, Rynnas, Stewart and Pietrangelo
The Fourth Period: Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford said on Tuesday that he's still talking with a "big name free agent" and is trying to create a roster spot for him. "There's one guy that has said he will take less…