Tag: Brendan Smith

NHL Rumors: Wings, Stars, Panthers, Pens, Flames, Avs, Ducks and Kovalchuk

On the Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Stars, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Anaheim Ducks, Ilya Kovalchuk and Alexander Kerfoot ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: heard that some teams called the Detroit Red Wings about Andreas Athanasiou. Wings GM Ken…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Stars, Red Wings, Canucks, Vermette and the Bye Week

On the Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Vancouver Canucks, Antoine Vermette and the Bye Week ... TSN Insider Trade: Pierre LeBrun: Dallas Stars forward Patrick Eaves could be one of this year's most sought after rentals and it's not because…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Knights, Devils, and Potential Matches For Rental Defensemen

On the Vegas Golden Knights ... Aaron Portzline: Golden Knights GM George McPhee said they've been studying how then GM Doug Risebrough build the Minnesota Wild in their expansion process. Andy Graziano: Vegas owner Bill Foley said that there final…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Bob McKenzie: The Maple Leafs put Brooks Laich on waivers. Bob McKenzie: Laich is on regular waives and not unconditional waivers which allows the mutual termination of the contract. Joshua Kloke of The Athletic:…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Penguins, Flames, Canucks and Red Wings

On the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames ... Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Nick Kypreos on Hockey Central at Noon on the Calgary Flames. "I still hear they're kicking tires on Marc-Andre Fleury." Fox notes that at the 2016 draft, Eric…

Mark Easson

NHL Trade Deadline: Three Rentals Teams Should Target

With the trade deadline just around the corner, many general managers are laying the groundwork for potential trades to improve their team's chances of a) qualifying for the playoffs and b;) making some noise once they get there. As is…

Todd Cordell

NHL Rumors: New Jersey Devils And The Detroit Red Wings

On the New Jersey Devils ... Andrew Gross of The Record: The Devils play five games in eight days, and it will determine if GM Ray Shero will be a buyer or seller at the trade deadline. P.A. Parenteau is…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Los Angeles Kings – Could Use A Defenseman To Land A Scoring Winger

On the Los Angeles Kings ... The Fourth Period: The Los Angeles Kings would like to add a top-six scoring winger by the deadline. The Kings and Colorado Avalanche continue to talk about Gabriel Landeskog. Landeskog could cost the Kings…

Mark Easson

Atlantic Division Injuries: Lightning, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Sabres and Wings

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Steven Stamkos met with his surgeons last week and "they're pleased with how he looks and where he's at." He was expected to be out for four months,…

Mark Easson

NHL Injuries: Pens, Habs, Leafs, Devils, Sabres, Wings, Kings, Hawks, Avs, Ducks and Oilers

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Jason Mackey: The Penguins activated defenseman Kris Letang from the IR before last night's game. On the Montreal Canadiens ... SportsCentre: Defenseman Andrei Markov and forward David Desharnais returned to the lineup last night. Renaud Lavoie:…

Mark Easson

Eastern Conference Injuries: Pens, Habs, Leafs, Bruins, Panthers, Rangers and More

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Pittsburgh Penguins: Coach Mike Sullivan said that Evgeni Malkin is working out off-ice and is making progress. He added that Kris Letang is a game-time decision tonight. On the Montreal Canadiens ... Eric Engels: The…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Time Running Out For The Detroit Red Wings

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Gregg Krupa of the Detroit News: The Red Wings are seven points out, and have three games in hand on the Boston Bruins. With the way their schedule is laid out before the trade deadline,…

Mark Easson