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 II: Blue Jackets, Maple Leafs, Red Wings, Ducks and Bruins
Male Leafs Hot Stove: Bob McKenzie on the Blue Jackets trading with the Maple Leafs and not with the Kings or Hurricanes. "I couldn’t honestly tell you that I know for a fact there was conversation between . What I…
Rumors VIII: Bruins, Canes, Leafs, Wings, Sabres, and Wild
Pierre LeBrun: As Dreger is reporting, the Bruins are trying to get Antoine Vermette. Can also say that they are still in on Chris Stewart and others. David Pagnotta: Two sources saying that the Hurricanes have been looking to trade…
Rumors V: Hawks, Caps, Leafs, Bruins, Oilers, Sens, Flames and Kings
TSNs Insider Trading: McKenzie: Would put Antoine Vermette at the top of the Blackhawks wish list. There are at least a half dozens teams interested in Vermette. The Blackhawks are also looking at Curtis Glencross and Cam Atkinson. LeBrun: The…
Rumors I: Senators Looking for Top-Nine, Methot and Coyotes
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators GM Bryan Murray is still looking to add a top-nine forward as training camp nears. Sources saying available forwards at the moment include Alexander Semin ($7 million), Damien Brunner ($2.5 million), Drew Stafford…
The Top 10 Worst NHL Contracts
Every year teams sign players to contracts that are awful. It’s the nature of the business, sometimes you have to take a gamble to try to improve your team, and sometimes, those gambles backfire drastically. For my list, the likes…
Morning Hits: The Gretzky Trade, Semin and Prokhorkin
Tal Pinchevsky of NHL.com: Former Kings owner Jerry Buss had floated the idea of trading for Wayne Gretzky, and when Bruce McNall bought 25 percent of the team in 1986, the talk increased. McNall bought the remaining shares of the…
Quick Hits: Semin, Vatanen and Roy on Leafs
Dmitry Chesnokov: Alexander Semin has been added to the Russian Olympic team. Eric Stephens: The Ducks have sent Sami Vatanen to the AHL. Chris Johnston: Patrick Roy: "Two weeks ago in Toronto I thought they were going to trade everybody. Now…
2013 NHL Free Agents – Unrestricted
A list of 2013 NHL unrestricted free agents. There are almost 300 players who will become free agents after this season. Player Age Pos Team 2012-13 Cap Hit Jarome Iginla 35 RW PIT $7,000,000 Patrik Elias 36 C NJD $6,000,000…
More players heading overseas … Ladd not going to KHL anymore … Bergenheim injured
Pierre LeBrun via twitter: Claude Giroux and Daniel Briere are off to Berlin in the German League. Gary Lawless via twitter: Andrew Ladd is not going to Russia due to family reasons. Staying in Winnipeg. Chris Johnston via twitter: Michael…
Overseas player signings and rumors
David Pagnotta via twitter: "insurance is a huge factor for players looking to play overseas, and it'll prevent a lot of guys from going." Slava Malamud via twitter: KHL's Ak Bars Kazan said they won't sign NHLers. It was reported…
Neuvirth comments on Holtby and Semin … Yakupov looking at KHL? Samsonov looking for a tryout … Some CBJ could be sent to AHL
Stephen Whyno via twitter: Capitals goalie Michal Neuvirth tells iSport.cz that Braden Holtby is his "weakest competition yet." Brian Stubits of CBS Sports: (Russian Machine Never Breaks translation) Neuvirth did clarify a little better, He sure is a great goalie.…