Morning Hits: Avalanche, Blues RFAs, and Maple Leafs notes
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: The trade front for the Avs is currently quiet. If they want to improve their blueline, Paul Stastny may be their best trade chip. Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Blues salary…
Free Agent Hits I: Clarkson, Stewart, Iginla, Thomas, Alfredsson and Briere
Rich Chere: Devils GM Lou Lamoriello wouldn't say whether he would send David Clarkson one more offer before noon tomorrow. Josh Rimer: Doug MacLean on Rimer's NiteCap show: "The two teams pushing hard for David Clarkson are Toronto & Edmonton."…
NHL Rumor Round up on 14 teams and a top trade candidate list
Bruce Garrioch: Trade talk is in full swing. "There is so much talk, and so many names, it's hard to believe that everything that is being talked about could actually happen," said a league executive Thursday. "Lots of teams are…
Free Agent Hits: Voynov, Wheeler, Little, Komarov, Ranger, Kovalev, Gonchar, Josi, Iginla, Kings and Blues
Igor Eronko: An exec from Traktor (KHL) said they made an offer to Kings RFA defenseman Slava Voynov, but there is no belief that he would accept it: ‘We know it’s almost unreal, but we’re going to try to sign…
Morning Hits: Stars, Koivu, Selanne, Niederreiter and Blues
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: The Dallas Stars fired head coach Glen Gulutzan and assistant coach Paul Jerrard. Eric Stephens: Ducks GM Murray said the team will be different next year. He indicated that he'd like Saku Koivu…
NHL Rumors II: Luongo, Briere, Couturier for Ryan, Kiprusoff, Iginla, Jagr, Smid, Horcoff, Campbell, Trouba, Bobrovsky and the Blues
From twitter unless noted otherwise Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger on TSN Radio: "Leafs haven't spoken to Vancouver in a long time about Luongo or anyone else." Todd Cordell: Dreger on TSN Radio: Daniel Briere to the Canadiens for a draft could…
NHL Rumors II: Senators looking to add, Stewart trade speculation, Not so fast on Ryan, Time for a Sharks reset
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Senators are in a good spot and GM Bryan Murray is thinking about adding and not subtracting. Their top prospects won't be available. "I don't know that there's a specific (approach yet). We've…
NHL Rumors I: Friedman’s thoughts, Decisions for Jets, Islanders to talk with Visnovsky and Nabokov
Elliotte Friedman of CBC: The Canucks are bringing their entire scouting staff to the GM meetings in Toronto on Wednesday.Teams like the Canucks (looking for centres), Philadelphia (defencemen), Rangers (a defenceman and depth forwards) and Nashville (offence) are looking to make…
Morning Rumors II: Tagging, Blues, Briere, Shattenkirk, Luongo and Schneider
Andy Strickland of True Hockey: On March 1st teams will be allowed to spend up to 10% of next season's $64.3 million salary cap ceiling. The "tagging rule" usually doesn't come into play until after the season. This will help…
Quick hits: player salaries, realignment, Orlov, Stewart, and players visiting hospitals in Montreal
Kevin Gibson via twitter: Based on the 2012-13 salaries, players lose $9,729,729 everyday. There are still free agents, so that number would be higher. Louis Jean via twitter: Realignment was discussed during the Board of Governors meetings on Wednesday, but it…
Filppula, Dubinsky and Malone injured … Simmonds returning … Stastny, Klein, Fowler and Chimera going overseas
Helene St. James via twitter: Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula sprained his right knee and will be out 6 to 8 weeks. Larry Brooks via twitter: Blue Jackets Brandon Dubinsky broke his right ring finger after blocking a shot on…
Filppula hurts knee … Sheahan arrested … Meszaros skating … Prohorkin’s contract invalid … Gervais heading to Germany
Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Valtteri Filppula sprained his right knee on Tuesday in Finland. He'll undergo further examination today. Ted Kulfan of the Detriot News: Red Wings prospect Riley Sheahan was arrested on October…