NHL Rumors: Lightning, Stars and Penguins
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Mike Halford of Pro Hockey Talk: Ben Bishop finished second in Vezina voting, was a second team all-star and will be playing for Team USA at the World Cup. Yet, with one-year left on…
NHL Rumors: Chicago Blackhawks and Tampa Bay Lightning
On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Scott Powers of The Athletic: Neither the Blackhawks nor Artemi Panarin's camp appear to be rushing to get a contract extension done, though both sides are confident that an extension will get done. Source saying…
NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: The Lightning have now locked up Steven Stamkos, Victor Hedman and Alex Killorn to long-term deals. GM Steve Yzerman is trying to keep their core together as…
NHL Rumors: Panthers, Kings, Trade Market and Sabres
On the Florida Panthers ... Jimmy Murphy: Source saying the Florida Panthers are not trying to sign free agent defenseman Kris Russell. On the Los Angeles Kings ... John Hoven: Los Angeles Kings management said that Justin Gutierrez (WHL) and…
NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche
On the Dallas Stars ... Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) The Stars plan so far is to enter next season with Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi. There is the Ben Bishop talk, but reader asks if they…
NHL Rumors: Flames, Lightning and Stars
On the Calgary Flames ... Daniel Goffenberg of Sportsnet: Flames GM Brad Treliving was on Sportsnet 960 yesterday talking about RFAs Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau. He'd like to get both signed to long-term deals. "What they on their side…
NHL Rumors: On the Tampa Bay Lightning
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Bryan Burns: Lightning GM Steve Yzerman on free agency: "Unless I can really generate some cap space, I'm not in a position right now to do anything." Joe Smith: Yzerman on Nikita Kucherov: "I'm confident at…
NHL Rumors: Habs, Avs, Stars, Panthers, Leafs and Flyers
On the Montreal Canadiens ... HabsLinks: Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin on free agency: "Some guys just tell me they won't play in Montreal." On the Colorado Avalanche ... David Pagnotta: The Avs and Nathan MacKinnon have already started contract talks. They…
NHL Rumors: Subban, Kings, Stamkos and the Lightning
On P.K. Subban ... Adrian Dater: An anonymous ex Canadien to the Toronto Star on Subban: "They hated how much fun he had. The fact that he never sulked and pouted, win or lose, just bugged them" On the Los…
NHL Rumors: Habs, Oilers, Wild, Ducks, Flames and More
On some trades that didn't happen ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Some members of the Jets scouting staff were high on Matthew Tkachuk. Looking like Loui Eriksson will hit the open market with term being the issue with…
NHL Rumors: Stars, Lightning and Kings
On the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning ... Nick Kypreos: Draft floor talk last night on the draft floor was the Stars and Lightning working on a deal for Ben Bishop. The Stars need the Lightning to take back…
NHL Rumors: Flames, Wild and Canucks
On the Calgary Flames ... Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Flames GM Brad Treliving on goaltending. "We're in a bunch of different markets on that, so we'll see how it goes," he added more seriously. Options could be Ben Bishop, Marc-Andre…