Colorado Avalanche: Cap Situation and Free Agents
2016-17 Cap Situation Roster Size: 15 Standard Player Contracts: 25 Projected Cap Hit: $52,650,595 Projected Cap Space: $21,349,405 Estimated Salary Expenditure: $51,865,000 2016 Unrestricted Free Agents Mikkel Boedker (26), Shawn Matthias (28), Patrick Bordeleau (30), Jesse Winchester (32), Nate Guenin…
Chicago Blackhawks: Cap Situation and Free Agents
2016-17 Cap Situation Roster Size: 17 Standard Player Contracts: 31 Projected Cap Hit: $66,983,462 Projected Cap Space: $7,016,538 Estimated Salary Expenditure: $76,483,333 2016 Unrestricted Free Agents Andrew Ladd (30), Jay Harrison (33), Christian Ehrhoff (33), Dale Weise (27), Tomas Fleischmann…
NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets
On the Dallas Stars ... Craig Custance of ESPN: Looking at three areas that Stars GM should focus on this offseason. 1. Upgrade their goaltending - Kari Lethonen and Antti Niemi had a combine save percentage in the playoffs under…
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Ducks, Flames, Blues and Islanders
On the Edmonton Oilers ... David Staples of the Edmonton Journal: Had Travis Hamonic still wanted to be traded, the price to acquire him would have been higher for the Oilers than it would for Sami Vatanen or Tyson Barrie,…
NHL Rumors: Washington Capitals … Jimmy Vesey
On the Washington Capitals ... Craig Custance of ESPN: Looking at the offseason focus for Capitals GM Brian MacLellan. 1. Don't overreact to their disappointing finish - the worst thing to do would be to blow it up. They are…
NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Coyotes and Flyers
On the Arizona Coyotes and Toronto Maple Leafs ... Craig Custance of ESPN: (from last week) Maple Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello on the Leafs not saying who they will take with the first overall pick. "There's plenty of time between…
NHL Rumors: New York Rangers and New York Islanders
On the New York Rangers ... Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Rangers GM Jeff Gorton continues to work on signing prospect Pavel Buchnevich. While there is still some work to do on it, sources saying it could be completed…
Anaheim Ducks: Cap Situation and Free Agents
2016-17 Cap Situation Roster Size: 15 Standard Player Contracts: 29 Projected Cap Hit: $53,292,500 Projected Cap Space: $20,707,500 Estimated Salary Expenditure: $54,507,500 2016 Unrestricted Free Agents David Perron (27), Jamie McGinn (27), Anton Khudobin (29), Shawn Horcoff (37), Chris Stewart…
NHL Rumors: Hamonic to Stay? Okposo, Nielsen and Doan
On the New York Islanders ... Arthur Staple of Newsday: A source is saying that Islanders defenseman Travis Hamonic has rescinded his trade request and will remain with the team. Hamonic hasn't addressed the media, but the source confirms that…
NHL Rumors: Bruins, Canucks, Oilers and Senators
On the Boston Bruins ... Fluto Shinzawa: Bruins GM Don Sweeney was seen chatting it up with Jimmy Vesey at a Harvard function. Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins need to improve their blueline this offseason. Six defensemen the Bruins…
NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers
On the Detroit Red Wings ... Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: The Red Wings won't bring back goalie coach Jim Bedard, and Jeff Salajko is the leading candidate to replace Bedard. Salajko has a history with Petr…
NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers and Florida Panthers
On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Philadelphia Flyers have plenty of defensive prospects in their organization, but they are a little thin up front. They are expected to go after forwards with size…