Tag: Boston Bruins

Rumors I: Kruger, Oduya, Stars, Franson and the Bruins

Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune: Blackhawks Marcus Kruger didn't file for salary arbitration in hopes of landing a long-term deal. Kruger's agent said yesterday that "nothing (is) looming" and that Kruger is "waiting for the team to be ready…

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Rumors and Notes II: Sabres, Oduya, and the Stars

Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: The Sabres could use another left-handed defenseman and there has been talk that they made a big offer to Johnny Oduya.Oduya would like to remain with the Blackhawks, but they still have cap issues…

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Rumors and Notes: Blue Jackets and Flames

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Coach Todd Richards has options up front. “It’s a pretty fun exercise this summer,” Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards said, after the Saad trade. “We have a lot of different looks we can put…

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Rumors II: Mailbags – Bruins and Red Wings

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: (mailbag) The Bruins need to find a puck-moving defenseman that can play 20-minutes a night and can play on the power-play. Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg may not be able to carry the blueline anymore. It…

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Rumors III: Friedman Roundup

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: There are still some useful free agents available - Brad Boyes, Christian Ehrhoff, Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, Cody Franson, Curtis Glencross, Jim Slater, Lee Stempniak and Scottie Upshall. “I think you’re going to see some good…

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Rumors II: Bruins, Oduya, Kruger, and Bernier

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins still need to find a top-four defenseman, preferably one that shoots right and has some offense to his game. It might have to wait until closer to the start of the season, and it…

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Rumors III: Blackhawks and Bruins

Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times: The Blackhawks still need to move some salary as they have more than $71 million committed to 19 players - 12 forwards, five defensemen and two goalies (13 forwards now as Andrew Desjardins just…

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Rangers III: Nash, Voracek, Sharp, Grabner, Fehr and More

On the Rangers and Nash ... Know there was some talk about Rick Nash in the last few weeks. His full no-trade ended today but sounds like NYR keeping him.— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 1, 2015 On the Flyers ...…

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Rumors I: Blackhawks, Bruins, Rangers, Penguins and Leafs

On the Blackhawks ... Source says #Blackhawks have been trying to figure out a way to re-sign Johnny Oduya, but the sense is it's still a long shot.— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) July 1, 2015 As for trades, well, the #Blackhawks…

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Trade: Bruins Send Smith and Savard to Panthers for Hayes

The Boston Bruins have traded right winger Reilly Smith and Marc Savard's contract to the Florida Panthers for right winger  Jimmy Hayes. The 24-year old Smith was drafted 69th overall in the third round of the 2009 draft by the…

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Rumors XV: Shattenkirk, Tarasenko, Yandle, Richards, Ward and Ladd

On Kevin Shattenkirk ... Spoke w/Kevin Shattenkirk's agent Jordan Neumann who says there's no truth that Shattenkirk is being dealt.— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) July 1, 2015 On the Blue Jackets and Shattenkirk ... They could easily put together a package.…

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Rumors XIV: Blues, Habs, Kings, Oilers, Leafs, Bruins, Green, and Ward

On the Blues and Shattenkirk ... I would NOT rule out possibility of Blues entertaining idea of trading Shattenkirk. He has 2 more years left on his deal at 4.25m AAV (1/2)— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) July 1, 2015 On the…

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