Rumors: Jackets, Habs, Stars, Isles, Coyotes, Lightning and Pens
Aaron Portzline: The Blue Jackets have had a two-year, $6 million offer on the table for Ryan Johansen for months. Jaden Schwartz signed yesterday (two-years, $4.7 million) after having a breakout season of 25 goals and 31 assists for 56…
Rumors II: Boedker, Stewart, Jets, Markstrom, Flyers and Hurricanes
Craig Morgan of FOX Sports Arizona: Coyotes GM Don Maloney continues to have talks with Mikkel Boedker's agent, but nothing to report. Maloney isn't sure if anything substantive will happen before the end of the season. Boeker is finishing up…
Rumors I: Blackhawks and Johansen
Scott Powers of ESPN Chicago: On trade rumors surrounding the Blackhawks Joel Quennville: "I'm not sure exactly who you're talking about because there's not a lot of discussions from our standpoint, but I think everybody's looked fine," Quenneville said at…
Rumors II: Bruins, Gorges, Maple Leafs, Oilers and Hayes
Joe McDonald of ESPN Boston: The Bruins would prefer to have Torey Krug and Reilly Smith sign one-year deals and then earn multi-year deals after this season. McDonald thinks the Bruins need to make the moves quickly and find a…
Rumors I: Options For Blackhawks To Get Under Salary Cap
Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago: Blackhawks Nick Leddy is in the last season of his deal and carries a $2.7 million cap hit. He's aware of his name being the rumor mill. “It’s something you can’t focus on. It’s out…
Rumors III: Three Mailbags and Hurricanes Options At Center
Craig Custance of ESPN: (mailbag) No updates on if there is any interest in UFAs Ray Whitney and Tim Thomas. There is no way the Wild could move Niklas Backstrom unless they take a bad contract in return.Custance thinks that…
Rumors II: Johansen, McQuaid, Moen, Sharks, Lindholm and Blues
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Ryan Johansen's originally asked for $6.8 million per season over two-years, and is now down to $4.7 million per season for two-years. The Blue Jackets may be fighting a bigger fight. The Blue Jackets…
Rumors I: Kane, Alfredsson, Kadri, Carter and Vokoun
Chris Nichols of NicholsOnHockey: Bob McKenzie on Evander Kane, Jets-Flyers trade talk from this summer. “I think it’s quiet on the Evander Kane front right now. But I I believe that the Winnipeg Jets were much more open to the…
Injuries: Datsyuk, Stepan, Horton, Preds, Pysyk, Stars, etc.
Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk has a 2nd-degree separation of his right shoulder. GM Ken Holland said he's expected to miss about four weeks. "The good news is our home opener is (Oct. 9 vs. Boston), so…
Rumors: RFA Update, Isles, Blackhawks, Fleury, Blues and Habs
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Predators don't plan on trading RFA defenseman Ryan Ellis. "This is clearly one of those cases where we want to pay him X and he wants Y," veteran Preds general manager David Poile told ESPN.com…
Rumors II: Blue Jackets and Jets
Aaron Portzline: Ryan Johansen's latest offer to the Blue Jackets was for two-years and $9.4 million, $2 million a year lower than their original offer. The gap is now down to $1.7 million per year. Portzline still doesn't think the…
Rumors I: Sens, Blue Jackets, Bruins, Coyotes and Stars
Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet: NHL team executives on Bobby Ryan's decision to wait a bit before committing to the Senators: “That’s a bad spot for Ottawa.” Marc Methot wants to remain in Ottawa, but there is a question on how…