Rumors II: Maple Leafs, Canucks, Flames and Kings
On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Teams will be heavily scouting the Maple Leafs leading up to the trade deadline. Anyone not named Morgan Rielly, Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner and James Reimer may be…
Rumors II: Lightning, Canucks, Escrow, Ducks and Oilers
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Erik Erlendsson: Looking like the price tag for Nikita Kucherov just went up after Aleksander Barkov agreed to his six-year deal with a $5.9 million cap hit. Scouting the Dallas Stars - Calgary Flames…
Rumors III: Lightning, Habs, Jets, Flames, Rangers and More
Garrioch Rumor Roundup ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Lightning GM Steve Yzerman's top priority is to trade Jonathan Drouin. Yzerman is finding the Drouin trade market tough. 15 teams were interested in Drouin.Yzerman was looking for a roster…
Rumors IV: Lightning, Coyotes, Ducks, Flames and More
Roundup of Friedman's 30 Thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: It is believed that the Tampa Bay Lightning may have made a contract offer to Steven Stamkos in recent weeks. Friedman guesses the number started with an eight. Arizona Coyotes…
Rink Rumblings – Trade Deadline Outlook – Pacific Division
With the season reaching the halfway mark, NHL general managers have a general idea of what areas need to be addressed on their respective clubs. Trades have started to pick up in the last week, with the Seth Jones-for-Ryan Johansen…
Rumors II: Stamkos and What it Might Cost Teams To Get Drouin
On the Tampa Bay Lightning and Steven Stamkos ... Joe Smith: With Anze Kopitar's eight-year, $80 million deal getting close to being complete, have to wonder if it might move Steven Stamkos contract talks along. Jenna Laine Bucs: Dave Andreychuk…
Rumors II: Flames, Devils, Lightning, Leafs and Rangers
On the Calgary Flames and New Jersey Devils ... Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Usually there are more teams waiving the sellers flag, but not this year. There is still plenty of time for things to change, but LeBrun doesn't think…
Rumors IV: Jonathan Drouin Trade Front Heating Up
On the Tampa Bay Lightning and Jonathan Drouin ... The Fourth Period: Sounding like the Lightning are getting closer to trading Jonathan Drouin. David Pagnotta: Outside a major offer, thinking Drouin will be traded to the West. Among the West…
Rumors: Jackets, Ducks, Sens, Lightning, Preds and Blues
Bruce Garroich of the Ottawa Sun: Three trades went down last week. "There has been lots of talking. Maybe this will get some other deals moving because they've been pretty tough to make," said a league executive Friday. The Minnesota…
Rumors: Stamkos and Drouin
Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune: Steven Stamkos on if the Lightning players are concerned about potential changes and the trade deadline. “We are not worried about that stuff, that’s still a long ways away, and we can’t control that…
Rumors III: Jonathan Drouin Getting Plenty of Interest
On the Tampa Bay Lightning and Jonathan Drouin ... Bob McKenzie of TSN: It may be difficult for the Lightning to put Jonathan Drouin back in their lineup. If GM Steve Yzerman doesn't get the fair-value offer he wants, he…
Injuries: Wild, Rangers, Coyotes, Sens, Leafs and More
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: Mikko Koivu returned on Tuesday night with the team after going to a hospital after he crashed heavily into the board on his second shift against the Blue Jackets.…