Tag: Brian Elliott

NHL Rumors: New York Rangers – Offseason Priorities and Looking At Each Position

On the New York Rangers ... Craig Custance of ESPN: Looking at three offseason priorities for the New York Rangers. 1. Roster moves to get ready for the expansion draft: The Rangers currently will have to expose a good player…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames – Brouwer, Expansion, Johnson, Versteeg and Stone

On the Calgary Flames ... Eric Francis of the Calgary Herald: Flames forward Troy Brouwer will likely be left unprotected for the expansion draft. When the Flames gave up a second round pick for Curtis Lazar, it meant they likely…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames – Brian Elliott and Brad Treliving

On the Calgary Flames ... Eric Francis: Brian Elliott's time as the Flames goaltender is over. Can't see them trying to re-sign him after his play in the playoffs. Jim Matheson: GM Brad Treliving will have lots of options on…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Taveres, Fowler, Boeser, Elliott, Bishop and Darling

On the New York Islanders, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Ben Bishop and Scott Darling ... TSN's Insider Trading: Darren Dreger: Jonathan Tavares' future with the New York Islanders should be known by June. He can't sign a contract…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Bruins, Flames, Canucks and College Free Agents

On the Boston Bruins ... DJ Bean of CSNNE: Both the Bruins and David Pastrnak's camp are interested in doing a long-term contract. Good news for the Bruins is that Pastrnak won't be asking for a Vladimir Tarasenko comparable -…

Mark Easson

Fallout and Rumors: Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets

On the Calgary Flames ... Eric Francis of the Calgary Herald: The Flames added defenseman Michael Stone last week from the Coyotes for a third round pick and forward Curtis Lazar from the Senators yesterday for basically a second round…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars – Vegas Could Help Them Find A No. 1 Goalie

How the expansion draft can help the Dallas Stars find a No. 1 goalie ... Mike Heika of Sportsday.com: The Dallas Stars have two 33-year old goalies in Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi. They carry a combined $10.4 million cap hit,…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Sens, Avs, Canucks, Trade Suggestions, Blackhawks and Blues

On the Ottawa Senators and Colorado Avalanche ... John Shannon: Sounding like the Senators and Avs will play in Stockholm Sweden next November 8th and 10th. NHLPA and NHL still need to come to a final agreement. On the Vancouver…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Jets, Coyotes and Matt Duchene Best Fits

On the Winnipeg Jets ... Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun: Connor Hellebuyck will be one of the Jets goaltenders next season. Ondrej Pavelec could be traded before the deadline, and if not, the pending UFA likely won't be back…

Mark Easson

Pucks in Depth: Three NHL Free Agents Whose Stock Is On The Decline

With more than half the season in the bag and free agency just five months away, I thought it’d be interesting to look at which pending unrestricted NHL free agents have hurt their cause the most when it comes to getting…

Todd Cordell

NHL Rumors: Penguins, Flames and Lightning

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: (chat) Conor Sheary is a pending restricted free agent, so that will lessen his negotiating power a bit. It won't be cheap to re-sign him, but will be worth…

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