Tag: Barry Trotz

NHL Rumors: Ducks, Flames, Blue Jackets, Stars, Devils, Flyers and Capitals

On the Anaheim Ducks and Calgary Flames ... Pierre LeBrun: "Interesting to look back at summer of 2016 when the Leafs acquired Frederik Andersen from Anaheim. The Ducks deliberated long and hard about which goalie to move. They felt both…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs and Other Potential Coaching Movement

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Greg Wyshynski of ESPN: Keys to the Toronto Maple Leafs offseason 1. Making the right decision on James van Riemsdyk - A pending unrestricted free agent scored a career-high 36 goals. Can and do the…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Coaching Hot Seat, Tyler Seguin, and the Buffalo Sabres

On coaches who could be on the hot seat this offseason ... TSN: Bob McKenzie: Coaches who could be on the hot seat include: Glen Gulutzan (CGY), Bill Peters (CAR), Joel Quenneville (CHI - could start a ripple effect if fired),…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Washington Capitals, Edmonton Oilers and Ottawa Senators

    On the Washington Capitals and Barry Trotz ... TSN Insider Trading: Bob McKenzie: There have been no contract talks between head coach and Barry Trotz and the Capitals. "But at this point, it does feel like his future is…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Six Coaches Who Could Be On The Hot Seat … Some Arizona Coyotes Offseason Decisions

On the hot seat ... Kevin Allen of USA Today: A coach hasn't been fired this season yet. Here are six coaches who could be on the hot seat: Alain Vigneault (Rangers), Jeff Blashill (Red Wings), Todd McLellan (Oilers), Joel…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs and Lamoriello … Capitals and Trotz … Outdoors in Regina?

Hockey Night in Canada Headlines ... Sportsnet: It's been believed for a while that Toronto Maple Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello is in the final year of his three-year deal with the team, but that may not be the case. “Technically,…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Senators, Oilers, Panthers, Flames, Canucks, Penguins, and Sabres

On the Ottawa Senators, Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, and NHL expansion/relocation ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: After Erik Karlsson's comments, there was anger from management, and there was at least one tense meeting…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Washington Capitals – Oshie, Orlov, Kuznetsov and Ovechkin

On the Washington Capitals ... Pierre LeBrun: Capitals GM Brian MacLellan said again on Wednesday that their top priority is to sign their key restricted free agents, then to  re-sign unrestricted free agent T.J. Oshie. Tarik El-Bashir of CSN Mid…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Wild, Capitals, Oilers, Islanders, Sabres, Kovalchuk, Dadonov and Belov

On the Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Dadonov and Anton Belov ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter is drawing the interest of some teams as they look…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Washington Capitals – Trotz and Leonsis on the Trade Deadline

On the Washington Capitals ... Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post: The Capitals are in a win-now mode. They have 10 pending restricted and unrestricted free agents, including UFAs in T.J. Oshie, Justin Williams and Karl Alzner. The Capitals will likely…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Alexander Radulov and Pavel Datsyuk

On Alexander Radulov ... Igor Eronko: Have been told that Alexander Radulov's NHL priorities are: "1. winning, he wants to play for a contender; 2. family comfort; money is not a big factor" Igor Eronko: Radulov didn't report to the…

Mark Easson

Rink Rumblings: The 2016 NHL Awards Outlook (Part 1)

With less than a month to go in the regular season, media members are filling out their ballots for the slate of NHL Awards to be announced in Las Vegas in mid-June. As usual, the perennial contenders for some of…

Michael Augello