Things are Getting Heated With Ryan Johansen’s Agent
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets president of hockey operations John Davidson called Kurt Overhardt's (Ryan Johansen's agent) tactics as "extortion," "embarrassing" and "absurd." “It makes no sense,” Davidson said. “When you see the numbers that are thrown…
Rumors II: Friedman’s Thoughts, Handzus, Nylander, BizNasty and Timonen
Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet: CBA talks between the NHL and the Refs/linesmen are moving well.Will a team offer Mike Babcock a role similar to Patrick Roy's position with personnel control? Roy is also the VP of Hockey Operations. With five…
Rumors I: Johansen, Ryan, Kuemper, Brodeur, DeKeyser and Ellis
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen questions Ryan Johansen's agent Kurt Overhardt motivation. “Our success is going to come from being a team, not a bunch of individuals or stars, or whatever,” Kekalainen said during…
Rumors: Soderberg, Johansen, Bobrovsky and Bellemare
Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Bruins center Carl Soderberg will be a UFA at the end of the season and he could explore the open market. He won't be a top-two center with the Bruins, but another team might…
Rumors: Blue Jackets, Stars, World Cup, Capitals and Vokoun
Katie Strang: Kurt Overhardt, Ryan Johansen's agent, spoke with Blue Jackets assistant GM Bill Zito yesterday. There is a still a big gap, but both sides will continue to talk. Aaron Portzline: Boone Jenner would likely move back to center…
Morning Hits: Niederreiter, Malone, Clowe, Leafs and Milano
Michael Russo: Nino Niederreiter's contract with the Wild is for three-years, $8 million, a $2.66 million cap hit. Pat Leonard: Ryan Malone's deal with the Rangers is for one-year, two-way, $700,000 in the NHL and $100,000 in the AHL. Tom…
Rumors I: Johansen, Bobrovsky, Whitney and Fleury
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen's camp haven't had any contract negotiations in the past six weeks, but the sides are expected to meet face-to-face this weekend in Traverse City, Michigan. “The last time…
Rumors II: Brodeur and Johansen
Rich Chere of NJ.com: Status quo for Martin Brodeur. “Got nothing new to report,” Brodeur texted on Monday. “Everything is well with me. Just getting ready in case a good opportunity comes along.” It is possible that Brodeur could retire…
Rumors II: Leafs, Hurricanes, Rangers, Blue Jackets and Canadiens
The Leafs 2014 Draft Video: The Maple Leafs were offered the 21st, 33rd and 52nd pick for their 8th overall pick at the 2014 draft. The picks ended up being: #21 (Fabbri), #33 (Barbashev) & #52 (Letunov) for #8 (Nylander). Kurt…
Columbus Blue Jackets 2014-15 Season Primer
The Columbus Blue Jackets are the looking to build on 2013-14 playoff appearance this season, and they'll need to get Ryan Johansen re-signed if they want to have a better shot at that. Use the below Tabs to view Blue…
Rumors II: Johansen, Wideman, Stars, Semin and Bennett
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Two sources saying that there have been next to no talks for awhile between the Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen. They remain $3 million per season apart on a two-year deal. Johansen could be willing to…
Rumors: Stars, Blue Jackets and Oilers
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) Heika thinks it's too early to trade Devin Shore or Jason Dickson, need to see if they can re-sign Jason Spezza to a contract extension first. Sergei Gonchar, Shawn Horcoff and Erik…