Rumors: Kings, Hurricanes, Sabres, Coyotes, Stars and Loktionov
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Kings may getting some salary cap relief if the NHLPA approves it. Slava Voynov's $4.16 million cap number is still on the books even though he is suspended. They played a player short on Tuesday.…
Rumors II: Devils and Notes on Top 10 Remaining UFAs
Tom Gulitti of North Jersey: Devils RFA defenseman Eric Gelinas is prepared to miss the start of camp. “He’s prepared, for sure,” said agent Gilles Lupien, who had remained silent on contract talks previously. “We’ve got some ideas how to…
Rumors: Stars, Blue Jackets and Oilers
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) Heika thinks it's too early to trade Devin Shore or Jason Dickson, need to see if they can re-sign Jason Spezza to a contract extension first. Sergei Gonchar, Shawn Horcoff and Erik…
NHL Rumors: Gonchar, Top 9 UFAs, Pitkanen, Alfredsson, Kapanen and Isles
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: The Stars have been willing to eat $2.5 million of Sergei Gonchar's $5 million salary in a trade, but have been unsuccessful so far this offseason. Heika had thought that the Senators and…
NHL Rumors II: UFAs That Are Still Available
Craig Custance of ESPN: Free agency has hit a bit of a lull. “There’s a few players that teams are starting to call on to round out the roster,” said one agent on Wednesday. “They go through the initial blast…
Top 10 Remaining Free Agent Forwards
Written by Greg Stamper, who can be found on twitter @g_stamp91 July 15 marked the day that the once bountiful NHL free agent market got extremely thin. With the top two centres remaining in Derek Roy and Mike Ribeiro both signing…
NHL Injuries: Stepan, Brassard, Lucic, Kelly, Semin and Loktonov
Darren Dreger: The doctors had cleared Derek Stepan to play on Thursday night, but yesterday morning it was determined that he required surgery for a broken jaw. There is no timetable for his return. Stephen Lorenzo: Derrick Brassard remains day-to-day according to…
NHL Free Agent Rumors: Kassian, Hainsey, Loktionov, Grabovski and Timonen
Ian Mendes:: Senators GM Bryan Murray: "Matt Kassian's not in our plans -- and we're not in his plans." Chip Alexander: Hurricanes pending UFA Ron Hainsey likes the fit and will "see how it goes." Michael Smith: Hurricanes Andrei Loktionov wants to…
Injury Notes: Gagne, Jagr, Loktionov, Tedenby, Giroux and Okposo
Chris Nichols: Oilers Sam Gagne is out indefinitely with a broken jaw. Rich Chere: Devils coach Peter DeBoer said he hopes to get Jaromir Jagr into a preseason game or two, "I believe he'll be ready (for the season opener)." Rich…
Free Agent Hits: Pietrangelo, Franson, Sedin’s, Toews, Kane and Loktionov
Hope Smoke: Bob McKenzie said that the "Blues are looking for 8 years at $6 million for Pietrangelo while the player wants $7 m if he's going to commit for that long." Jeremy Rutherford: Blues GM Doug Armstrong on the Alex…
Free Agents Hits: Malkin, Gonchar, Loktionov, Crabb, Clarkson, Elias, Bickell and Stalberg
Darren Dreger: There is speculation that Evgeni Malkin could command $15 million a season from the KHL, all tax free. Bruce Garrioch: Senators UFA Sergei Gonchar has an offer from Metallurg of the KHL. Waiting to see what his NHL…
Free Agent Hits: Baily, Hamonic, Thomas, Loktionov, Bordeleau, Ribeiro, Hendricks and Filppula
Arthur Staple: The Islanders will start long-term contract talks with RFAs Josh Bailey and Travis Hamonic. Josh Rimer: A solid source said that Tim Thomas won't play hockey next year. Dmitry Chesnokov: Andrei Loktionov's agent said there is a 99%…