- The Leafs 2014 Draft Video: The Maple Leafs were offered the 21st, 33rd and 52nd pick for their 8th overall pick at the 2014 draft. The picks ended up being: #21 (Fabbri), #33 (Barbashev) & #52 (Letunov) for #8 (Nylander).
- Kurt Dusterberg of NHL.com: Hurricanes Cam Ward and Ron Francis talk about this offseason.
“To be honest, at the start of the summer I didn’t think I was coming back,” Ward said. “I respect Ron for being honest with me all summer long and telling me how it is. It was going in the direction that I wasn’t going to be here.”
“We did have that conversation, absolutely,” Francis said. “We talked that that was a possibility going into the start of the summer.”
“Quite frankly you look at what you will get back in return,” Francis said. “If you make a trade and you don’t get something back that makes you better, it isn’t good to make that deal. We looked at a lot of different things.”
- Steve Zipay: Rangers RFA defenseman John Moore said there has been a lot of movement regarding contract talks in the past week and is optimistic that a deal will get done by training camp.
- Aaron Portzline: (answering question) It seems very unlikely that Ryan Johansen will be signed before the start of training camp.
- Lance Hornby: The Maple Leafs are considering a PTO for defenseman Brendan Mikkelson.
- Josh Rimer: As of now there is no truth to the rumor that Dustin Penner is going the Canadiens camp on a PTO.
- Damien Cox: Despite not having a new CBA for the officials, not sounding like there is a real threat of a work stoppage.