Tag: Ben Bishop

NHL Rumors: The Tampa Bay Lightning Have Big Decisions to Make

On Tampa Bay Lightning rumors ... Chris Nichols of FanRag Sports: Elliotte Friedman on Sportsnet 960 talking about the Tampa Bay Lightning. “I think that Doug Armstrong saw a couple of Tampa games last week. Armstrong and Yzerman are tight.…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Louis Blues

On the Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Louis Blues ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: The Lightning held their organization meetings this past weekend. GM Steve Yzerman said that coach Jon Cooper is "doing an excellent job," so…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Bruins, Sabres, Flames, Blues and Lightning

On the Boston Bruins ... Andy Strickland: "Boston Bruins are one team looking for D-men...teams dealing with #Bruins will have a hard time getting Carlo or Mcavoy in return" Joe Haggerty: Bruins coach Claude Julian: "I'm not quitting on this team…

Mark Easson

Top 25 2017 NHL Free Agents

  You may not agree with our rankings, but here is our initial Top 25 2017 NHL free agents list. In creating this list we took into consideration factors such as players age, position, injury history, likelihood of signing with…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Red Wings, Blues, Oilers, Stars and Top 20 Trade Bait

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Craig Custance: Red Wings winger Thomas Vanek said he likes it in Detroit and wants to remain there, but added that he's use to moving now if he gets traded at the deadline. Craig…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Kings, Jets, Coyotes, Sharks, Isles, Devils, Avs, Lightning, Stars and Leafs

On the Los Angeles Kings ... Dennis Bernstein: The LA Kings shouldn't give up a high draft pick for a player like Martin Hanzal. They need to change their trend of trading away high picks. May not be a championship…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Hurricanes, Avs, Bruins, Stars, Canucks, Blues and Lightning

On the Carolina Hurircanes, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks ... Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Agree with Elliotte Friedman that the Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche would be good trading partners. The Hurricanes have defensive prospects…

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NHL Injuries: Habs, Canes, Bruins, Lightning, Ducks, Blues and More

On the Montreal Canadiens ... Amanda Stein: Forward Alex Galchenyuk and defenseman Andrei Markov will rejoin the team in Toronto and practice with them today. Eric Engels: Alex Galchenyuk was injured on December 4th and the timeline for him to return…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers and Vancouver Canucks

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Dave Isaac of the Courier Post: The plan from the start of the season for the Flyers may have been to have Steve Mason and Michal Neuvirth duel each other in an internal competition for a…

Mark Easson

Eastern Conference Injuries: Flyers, Lightning, Devils, Hurricanes and Red Wings

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Dave Isaac: Defenseman Mark Streit was put on the LTIR, which allows the Flyers to be able to activate Michal Neuvirth from the IR. Dave Isaac: Streit to the LTIR is a stopgap move as he's…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Bruins, Avalanche, Canadiens and Stars

On the Boston Bruins ... Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Colorado Avalanche power forward Gabriel Landeskog would be an intriguing trade possibility for the Boston Bruins. Avs GM Joe Sakic would likely ask for defenseman Brandon Carlo, who is from Colorado Springs,…

Mark Easson

Rink Rumblings: Pacific Division – Trade Gifts From Santa

As Christmas fast approaches, 30 National Hockey League clubs are looking at their roster and checking it twice, to see where they need to improve on the ice. Top contenders and teams just looking to sneak into the postseason may…

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