Rumors: RFA Update, Isles, Blackhawks, Fleury, Blues and Habs
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Predators don't plan on trading RFA defenseman Ryan Ellis. "This is clearly one of those cases where we want to pay him X and he wants Y," veteran Preds general manager David Poile told ESPN.com…
Top NHL Prospects – Eastern Conference Teams
As part of 2014-15 season primer series for each team, we included each teams top 10 prospects heading into the season. We've decided to re-list them all and breaking down by Eastern and Western Conferences. First up will be the…
Rumors I: Sens, Blue Jackets, Bruins, Coyotes and Stars
Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet: NHL team executives on Bobby Ryan's decision to wait a bit before committing to the Senators: “That’s a bad spot for Ottawa.” Marc Methot wants to remain in Ottawa, but there is a question on how…
Rumors II: Blackhawks, Bruins and Coyotes
Tracy Myers: Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman knows they have to get under the salary cap, but will let everything fall into place as training camp starts. They looked at training camp as a time when a deal could be made. “A…
Rumors IV: Ellis, Kuemper, Schwartz, Eakin, Dillon and Krug
Craig Custance: Negotiations between RFA Ryan Ellis and the Predators are not going anywhere. Will likely miss the start of camp. The Predators don't want to trade him, but if this situations drags out .... Michael Russo: Wild GM Chuck…
Rumors II: Spezza, Methot, Neal, Bylsma, Franson and Thornton
Luke Fox of SporstNet: The Stars don't see Jason Spezza a rental player and GM Jim Nill is "pretty confident" that they can sign him to a contract extension before the 2014-15 trade deadline. “We wanted Jason to get to…
Rumors II: Bruins, Flyers, Senators and Hurricanes
CSNNE: Kevin Paul Dupont on the Torey Krug/Reilly Smith situation with the Bruins. "I think the inevitability here is they get signed," said Dupont. "but it means they are going to have to move Boychuk and Marchand… You've got to…
Rumors II: Friedman’s Thoughts, Handzus, Nylander, BizNasty and Timonen
Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet: CBA talks between the NHL and the Refs/linesmen are moving well.Will a team offer Mike Babcock a role similar to Patrick Roy's position with personnel control? Roy is also the VP of Hockey Operations. With five…
Morning Hits: Alfie, Lucic, Price … PTOs – Coyotes, Wings, Caps and Devils
Helene St. James: Daniel Alfredsson's back pain is bad enough that they don't expect him at training camp later this week. SportsCentre: Alfredsson's agent said they'll wait till his back settles down before making any decisions. Matt Kalman: Bruins Milan…
Rumors: Bruins, Blackhawks, Sharks and Senators
Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli wouldn't comment on contract negotiations involving Torey Krug and Reilly Smith. Chiarelli has all but said that he'll be trading one of his nine defensemen. “Around the fringes, guys have…
Rumors: Soderberg, Johansen, Bobrovsky and Bellemare
Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Bruins center Carl Soderberg will be a UFA at the end of the season and he could explore the open market. He won't be a top-two center with the Bruins, but another team might…
Rumors II: Boychuk, Staal, Glencross, Ryan and Methot
DJ Bean of WEEI: Bruins Johnny Boychuk knows he's a potential trade candidate due to the Bruins cap situation and unsigned Torey Krug and Reilly Smith, but he's trying to just focus on being on the Bruins blueline to start…