Tag: Chicago Blackhawks

Rumors X: Red Wings, O’Reilly, Blues, Blackhawks and Miele

Helene St. James from Detroit Free Press: The Red Wings own the 19th overall pick, but don't select again until 73rd thanks to the Erik Cole trade. It appears Assistant GM Ryan Martin has a plan in place for his…

Matt Riegler

Rumors VII: Blue Jackets, Dubnyk, Pens, Ducks and Bozak

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets will be very active this week in trying to improve their roster. They have too many forwards on one-way contract and too many NHL-ready prospects. With a thin free agent market,…

Mark Easson

Rumors XI: Another Look at Players Who Could Be Traded

Mark Spector of Sportsnet: Spector looking at some players that might be available for trade.TJ Oshie and Patrik Berglund - The Blues aren't fast enough and need some more scoring down the middle. Eddie Lack - The Canucks have decided…

Mark Easson

Rumors III: Hedja, Stone, Available Players and Capitals

Darren Dreger: The Avalanche will meet with UFA defenseman Jan Hejda's agent at the draft. He will draw some interest if he hits the open market. Wayne Scanlan: The Senators met with Mark Stone's agent yesterday. Contract talks are progressing, but…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Wild – Dubnyk, Sprugeon, Draft and RFAs

Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: Wild GM Chuck Fletcher met with Devan Dubnyk, family and friends (his wife, son, parents, brother, sister, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, three buddies) yesterday morning for half an hour in Las Vegas. “We had a good…

Mark Easson

Rumors X: Blackhawks, Capitals, Coyotes and Red Wings

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: As of Monday night, the Blackhawks weren't far along with trade talks involving any of their players, including Patrick Sharp. Talk is that GM Stan Bowman has been doing rounds to find out the interest level…

Mark Easson

Rumors IX: Talbot Offer, Sharp, Okposo, Frolik and More

Ian McLaren of theScore: Darren Dreger on TSN 1260 radio on a Cam Talbot trade offer. I'm told that there was a team that offered two second-round picks for Cam Talbot and that didn't close the deal. So (general manager…

Mark Easson

Rumors VIII: Penguins Search For Top-Six and Where It Could Lead Them

Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Penguins have been looking for a top-six winger for a while. The supply is low and the prices are high.GM Jim Rutherford is considering moving Brandon Sutter to get a top-six - a…

Mark Easson

Rumors I: Red Wings, Sharp and the Sharks

Ted Kulfan: Red Wings GM Ken Holland is expected to announce their assistant coaches today. Habs Links: Pierre McGuire on TSN 690: "There is more chatter probably now than I've heard in a lot of yrs going into the draft."…

Mark Easson

Rumors IV: Potential Red Wings Free Agent and Trade Targets

Ansar Khan of MLive: Looking at UFA right handed defenseman Cody Franson. Could play with Niklas Kronwall on the Red Wings top pairing, or with Danny DeKeyser on their second pairing. Comparing with Jeff Petry's new six year, $5.5 million…

Mark Easson

Rumors V: Leafs, Penguins, Islanders, Blackhawks and Capitals

Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Mark Hunter is doing the draft for the Maple Leafs and Kyle Dubas is talking trade with teams.Hearing that Brendan Shanahan and Mike Babcock don't love Phil Kessel and they want to move him.…

Mark Easson

Rumors III: Nonis, Bernier, Stoll, Crawford, Blue Jackets, Avs and Sens

Steve Simmons: Dave Nonis is expected to take a senior advisor's role with the Ducks after July 1st. The Ducks can't talk to him before then. Nonis has worked with Ducks GM Bob Murray in Anaheim and in Vancouver. Steve…

Mark Easson