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…
Rumors and Notes: Johansen, Coyle, Frolik, Ryan and Perlini
Elliotte Friedman: Sergei Federov, CSKA Moscow's GM, said there were talks about Ryan Johansen, but he did not and won't be making a contract offer to Ryan Johansen. Federov added that they needed to know if there was a commitment…
Edmonton Oilers 2014-15 Season Primer
The Edmonton Oilers are the last team in our 2014-15 season primer series. There is some optimism regarding the Oilers, but a playoff berth is unlikely once again. Use the below Tabs to view Oilers info for this upcoming season,…
Rumors: Johansen’s KHL Offers, Stars, Vermette and Green
Farhan Lalji: CSKA Moscow (KHL) were suppose to be sending Ryan Johansen a one-year $5 million offer last night. It would be his seventh offer from a KHL team. Mike Heika: There has been open dialogue between the Stars and RFAs…
Rumors: Trade Candidates, Staal, Oduya, Leddy, Bruins and More
Allan Muir of SI.com: Muir lists some players who could be traded this year: Bobby Ryan, Marc Methot, Adam McQuaid, Ryan Ellis, Mike Green, Joel Ward, Antoine Vermette, Dustin Byfuglien, Nick Leddy, Lubomir Visnovsky, Casey Cizikas and David Desharnais. Steve…
