Rumors II: Maple Leafs and Hurricanes
On the Maple Leafs ... Darren Dreger of TSN: Joffrey Lupul is focusing on the now, but realizes that trade talk is inevitable. Belief is that Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello will gut the team at the trade deadline regardless of…
Rumors: Predators, Islanders, Flyers and Oilers
On the Predators and Islanders ... Darren Dreger of TSN: Predators GM David Poile has had a number of contract extension talks with CAA Sports (Pat Brisson and JP Barry) about Seth Jones and Filip Forsberg. Talks started in the…
Rumors II: Radulov, Sedin’s, Canes, Caps, Flyers and Jets
On Alexander Radulov ... Igor Eronko: (Nov. 25th) The CEO of CSKA told R-Sport that they will sign Alexander Radulov to a long-term contract soon. Igor Eronko: Radulov said "there's nothing" about a new contract with CSKA and added "I'm…
Rumors: Jets, Oilers and Predators
On the Jets ... Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: Campbell wonders if having so many players as pending free agents is playing a role in the Jets mediocre record, 10-11-2. Drew Stafford (who is not a pending UFA) said that…
Rumors III: Predators and Blue Jackets
On the Predators ... Jason Brough of Pro Hockey Talk: GM David Poile on if he'd trade one his defensemen for some help at forward. “We are very happy with our defense corps,” Poile said, like a politician repeating the party…
Rumors II: Six Potential Trade Targets … Crosby-Lemieux Rift?
On six players who could be traded ... Kevin Allen of USA Today: Allen looks at six players who could be traded before the trade deadline. 1. Travis Hamonic (NYI) - the Oilers appear to be a good trade partner,…
Rumors: Kopitar, Stamkos, College UFAs, and Senators
On Kopitar, Stamkos and potential college UFAs ... Bob McKenzie of TSN: Think that a deal between the LA Kings and Anze Kopitar is "close," but not done. McKenzie thinks they have the term (expected to be the maximum eight…
Rumors II: Habs, Isles, Oilers, Hawks, Jets, Wild, Flames and More
Friedman's Thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Watch out for the Canadiens on the trade front. GM Marc Bergevin is one of the more active GMs, who makes a lot of calls to see what is out there. Don't know…
Rumors: Blue Jackets, Trade Bait Board and the Coyotes
On the Blue Jackets ... Mark Millard of theScore: Darren Dreger on Insider Trading said that Blue Jackets Ryan Johansen is "softly in play." "That doesn't mean that Jarmo Kekalainen, the general manager of the Blue Jackets, is calling teams…
Rumors II: Kings, Predators, Oilers and Jets
On the Kings ... John Hoven: Multiple sources close to the Anze Kopitar - Kings situation ... they are currently around eight years at $9.75 million per season. On the Predators ... Adam Vingan of the The Tennessean: (mailbag) The…
Rumors: Hamonic – Ducks, Flames, Oilers, Wild and Jets
On Travis Hamonic ... Damien Cox of Sportsnet: Ducks GM Bob Murray has been on Travis Hamonic for months now. It appears that some GMs have known about Hamonic's situation before others. Some think that Hamonic would go to Anaheim,…
Rumors II: Canadiens, Sharks and Scouting
On the Canadiens ... Chris Nichols of Today's Slapshot: Elliotte Friedman on Sportsnet 960 on expanding on his weekend talk that the Canadiens could be looking to make a big move. “Well, the reason I kind of did that is…