Rumors IV: Oilers, Canadiens and Sharks
David Staples of the Edmonton Journal: On Renaud Lavoie's tweet that the Oilers have been looking at the Maple Leafs goalies the past couple of weeks. Staples thoughts on Leafs players "The problem with players from the Leafs is they…
Rumors III: Predators, Coyotes, Blackhawks Scouting and Wings
Thomas Willis of Nashville Predators: Predators GM David Poile on the trade deadline. “Fortunately for me, I was able to get out ahead of the deadline, which is probably every manager's ideal situation,” Poile said. “You don’t want to get…
Rumors II: Mostly Maple Leafs With A Little Bit Of Red Wings
Jeff Simmons of Sportsnet: Nick Kypreos saying the Maple Leafs are trying "real hard" to trade Dion Phaneuf. “It’s abundantly clear that he won’t be the captain next year,” Kypreos said Sunday on Sportsnet 590 The Fan. “So the sooner…
Rumors I: Ducks, Bruins, Flames, Blues, Canucks, Caps and More
Jeff Simmons of Sportsnet: Five teams that need to make an impactful trade at the deadline1. Ducks - Need to upgrade their blueline. Dion Phaneuf, Jeff Petry and Zbynek Michalek. 2. Bruins - Only two points up on Florida for…
Rumors XII: Preds, Bruins, Caps, Devils, Avs, Hawks and Flyers
Katie Strang: The 1st round pick the Coyotes acquired from the Rangers is lottery protected. Craig Custance: "I thought Predators entire front office might be on a beach somewhere today after shopping early, but hearing they're kicking some tires." Darren…
Rumors XI: Zuccarello, Sharp, Cole, Bernier, Michalek and Habs
Kevin Allen of USA Today: The Rangers are getting close to signing Mats Zuccarello to a multi-year contract extension worth $4.5 million according to a source with knowledge of the situation. John Shannon: Not done, but sounds like it will…
Rumors X: Best Fits, Pens, Hawks, Oilers, Sabres, Ducks and Kings
Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports: Best trade fits for the East and West on some of those who are available.1. Erik Cole - Dallas Stars Best Fit in the East - Capitals (article posted before Glencross trade) Bets Fit…
Rumors IX: Waivers, Yandle, Ference, Bruins, Cole, Semin and More
Elliotte Friedman: On waivers today: Craig Cunningham (BOS) Keith Aulie (EDM) Paul Carey (COL) Tye McGinn (SJ) Rene Bourque (ANA). Pierre LeBrun: Coyotes GM Don Maloney was evasive last night when asked about defenseman Keith Yandle. There is no doubt that…
Rumors VIII: Avs, Blackhawks, Leafs, Bruins, Wings and Lightning
Mike Colligan: Teams have to put players on waivers by noon today if they want to create more cap space for the deadline tomorrow. Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Avalanche will be moderate sellers. They have pending UFA defenseman Jan…
Rumors VII: Flyers, Oilers, Blues, Bruins, Habs, Devils, Blues and Stars
Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Flyers still have eight defenseman left on their roster, with six under contract for next year and RFA Michael Del Zotto. So the Flyers are not done dealing. “There’s some things we’ve got to…
Rumors VI: O’Reilly, Hejda, Bruins, Capitals and Scouting
Terry Frei of the Denver Post: Avs Joe Sakic has indicated that they would attempt to sign Ryan O'Reilly to a contract extension in the offseason to prevent him from becoming a UFA after the 2015-16 season. "I don't want…
Rumors V: Stewart, Cole, Glencross, Atkinson, Yandle, Blues and More
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Things will now turn to Chris Stewart and Erik Cole with Vermette out of the way.The Flames are having talks with the Blackhawk, Bruins, Blues and Capitals about Curtis Glencross to see what their…