Rumors III: Garrioch’s Weekly Rumor Roundup
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Islanders, Ducks, Devils, Oilers, Flyers, Senators and Canadiens would all be interested in Evander Kane, but it wouldn't make sense to trade him before the deadline. Sources saying Sharks GM Doug Wilson has…
Rumors I: Landing Spots for Kane, Oilers, Kings, Leafs and Lightning
Mike Johnston of Sportsnet: Seven potential trade destinations for Evander Kane and potential trade chips. 1. Penguins - Kasperi Kapanen, Nick Spaling, Beau Bennett, Blake Comeau, Scott Harrington2. Ducks - Matt Beleskey, Jakob Silfverberg, Devante Smith-Pelly, Nick Ritchie, Emerson Etem,…
Rumors IV: Evander Kane and Who Might Be Interested
Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: Evander Kane's agent said that they have talked to GM Kevin Cheveldayoff about Kane playing elsewhere. "It’s something that Kevin and Evander have addressed multiple times in the past several years, and I’ll…
Rumors III: Rangers, Kings, Oilers, Sabres, Ducks, Stars and Canucks
Mike Halford of Pro Hockey Talk: With Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks, GM Glen Sather could look at bringing in a veteran goalie. Options could be Jonas Gustavsson (might be a hard move for the…
Rumors I: Myers, Fowler, Timonen, Matthias and Beleskey
Renaud Lavoie: Trade talks between the Ducks and Sabres have intensified on Tyler Myers. Other teams are still interested in Myers as well. Nichols on Hockey: Renaud Lavoie on WGR 550 yesterday on his Ducks-Sabres report. “That's interesting because yesterday…
Rumors V: OIlers, Blues, Coyotes, Rangers, Ducks, Caps, Sens and Isles
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Matheson thinks the Oilers should hold out for a 2nd round pick and solid defenseman prospect for Jeff Petry. Should ask the Red Wings for Xavier Ouellet or Ryan Sproul and a pick for…
Rumors IV: Kane Needs Surgery and the Rumors Around Him
BREAKING: Darren Dreger: Evander Kane will be out four to six months as he needs shoulder surgery. Will scare most teams away, but not all of them. Jason Brough: Jets Blake Wheeler: "We're expected to uphold a certain standard...if you don’t…
Rumors VII: Radio Hits From Yesterday
Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger on TSN radio: "Good character guys, there's no question (Santorelli, Winnik & Franson) but they're also playing for contracts. In TO or elsewhere. The Leafs have interest in holding onto Santorelli, but at what price? He's looking…
Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 17
Three different teams were ranked in the top slot, with the Blues collecting the most 1st place rankings with five apiece. Six different teams were ranked in the top three by the eight media outlets. With eight rankings this week, we…
Rumors II: Red Wings, Jets, Canadiens and Capitals
Craig Custance of ESPN: Red Wings GM Ken Holland. “I’m not going to pay a price to bring in someone to be a sixth or seventh defenseman or bottom-six forward,” Holland said when we chatted over the weekend. Dylan Larkin…
Top 25 2015 NHL Free Agents
You may not agree with our rankings, but here is our initial 2015 Top 25 NHL free agent list. In creating this list we took into consideration factors such as players age, position, injury history, likelihood of signing with another team,…
Rumors II: Coyotes, Wings, Ducks and Canucks
Kevin Allen of USA Today: Coyotes Antoine Vermette could be the hottest commodity leading up to the deadline. Other players that could be dealt include: Jaromir Jagr, Jiri Tlusty, Marc Methot, Tyler Myers, Zbynek Michalek, Jeff Petry and Drew Stafford.…