Trade: Islanders Acquire Leddy From Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defenseman Nick Leddy and goaltender Kent Simpson to the New York Islanders for defenseman Ville Pokka, T.J. Brennan and goaltender Anders Nilsson. Chicago Blackhawks: Pokka and Brennan will go to Rockford of the AHL and…
Rumors: Leddy, Methot, Carter, O’Brien, Nylander and Flames
Nick Kypreos: As many as seven teams could be interested in Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy. They Blackhawks are looking for a prospect in return. Jamal Mayers: The Blackhawks would prefer to move Johnny Oduya. Mark Lazerus: Understand the reasons of…
Morning Hits: Datsyuk, Flyers, Blackhawks and Methot
Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press: Pavel Datsyuk is back skating with the Red Wings in a no-contact jersey as he recovers from a separated shoulder. They put him on the IR dating back to September 22nd. Datsyuk can…
Rumors II: Rangers, Canucks, Leafs, Oilers, Bruins, Flyers and Hawks
Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet: The Rangers are looking to move at least one of their 50 contracts that they have on their books.Friedman thinks the Canucks called the Devils, Jets and others about Jacob Markstrom to see if they could get a…
Injuries: Lehtonen, Jenner, Giroux, Alfredsson, Franson and More
Mark Stepneski of Stars Inside Edge: Stars coach Lindy Ruff said that Kari Lehtonen has a concussion with "mild symptoms" and could miss a couple days. “It’s a concussion. I am not going to hide from that,” Ruff said. “It…
Injuries and Notes: Waivers, Roster Moves and Injury Updates
Renaud Lavoie: On waivers today: Patrick Mullen (OTT), Mark Cundari (CGY), Troy Bodie (TOR), Christopher Breen (BOS), Pierre-Cedric Labrie and Cody Bass (CHI), Ryan Craig and Sean Collins (CBJ), Joel Rechlicz, Justin Falk and Jonathan Blum (MIN), Stefan Elliott (COL),…
Rumors: Jackets, Habs, Stars, Isles, Coyotes, Lightning and Pens
Aaron Portzline: The Blue Jackets have had a two-year, $6 million offer on the table for Ryan Johansen for months. Jaden Schwartz signed yesterday (two-years, $4.7 million) after having a breakout season of 25 goals and 31 assists for 56…
Rumors I: Blackhawks and Johansen
Scott Powers of ESPN Chicago: On trade rumors surrounding the Blackhawks Joel Quennville: "I'm not sure exactly who you're talking about because there's not a lot of discussions from our standpoint, but I think everybody's looked fine," Quenneville said at…
Morning Hits: Waivers and Roster Moves
Renaud Lavoie: Placed on waivers yesterday: Spencer Abbott, Kevin Marshall and Trevor Smith (TOR), Jacob Markstrom (VAN), Darcy Zajac, Joe Whitney, Scott Timmins, Michael Sislo, Tim Sestito, Dan Kelly and Brandon Burlon (NJ), Jeremy Welsh, Sebastian Wannstrom, David Shields, Brent…
Rumors I: Options For Blackhawks To Get Under Salary Cap
Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago: Blackhawks Nick Leddy is in the last season of his deal and carries a $2.7 million cap hit. He's aware of his name being the rumor mill. “It’s something you can’t focus on. It’s out…
Top NHL Prospects – Western Conference Teams
Today we are looking at the top 10 prospects for each Western Conference team heading into the 2014-15 season. We included rankings from NHL.com, Corey Pronman of ESPN, Dobber Prospects, The Hockey News and Hockey's Future. Each site uses different…
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…