Pacific Division: Los Angeles Kings Season Outlook
Forwards The incoming Blake/Robitaille/Stevens administration seeks increased goal scoring and a quicker pace, but philosophy alone won’t put points on the board. Anze Kopitar could still use some help. With just 12 goals and a career-worst 0.68 points-per-game, he led…
NHL Expansion Draft: Minnesota Wild Primer
The Wild are just too deep to make this simple. Unless they’re crafty they’ll end up exposing at least one valuable forward as well as a quality defenseman, and they’re understandably the target of much trade talk as the expansion…
Pucks in Depth: No Reason For Wild To Panic … Penguins’ New Top Line Dominating
No reason for the Minnesota Wild to panic ... A few weeks ago the Minnesota Wild owned a 41-14-6 record, sat atop the Western Conference in wins, points and goal differential, and looked the part of a legitimate Stanley Cup contender.…
NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars – Vegas Could Help Them Find A No. 1 Goalie
How the expansion draft can help the Dallas Stars find a No. 1 goalie ... Mike Heika of Sportsday.com: The Dallas Stars have two 33-year old goalies in Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi. They carry a combined $10.4 million cap hit,…
NHL Rumors: Predictions, Predators, Bruins and Flames
Early Predications ... Darren Dreger: Not for sure, but early predictions are: Milan Lucic to the Edmonton Oilers, Frans Nielsen to the Detroit Red Wings, Andrew Ladd to the New York Islanders and Loui Eriksson to the Vancouver Canucks. Bob…
NHL Rumors: Canucks, Oilers, Wild, Habs, Sens, Pens and More
On the Vancouve Canucks ... Darren Dreger: Canucks GM Jim Benning will be fined for his comments make about Steven Stamkos and P.K. Subban. On the Edmonton Oilers ... Ryan Rishaug: There was speculation that Nail Yakupov could have gotten…
NHL Rumors: Mostly Wild with some Kings, Coyotes and Oilers
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: The Wild haven't decided if they will buy out the final year of Thomas Vanek or not. Buying out Vanek would save the Wild $5 million next season. “The…
NHL Rumors: Blues, Rangers, Panthers, Bruins and the Wild
On Kevin Shattenkirk ... Darren Dreger: Seems unlikely that the Blues will be able to sign Kevin Shattenkirk to a contract extension. The Bruins are among the teams that are most interested. On Alexander Radulov ... Aivis Kalnins: Alexander Radulov's…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: (from earlier this week) Deciding on a new head coach will be the Wild's top priority. The only players that likely won't be shopped are Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Mikko…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild and LA Kings
On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: The Wild enter the offseason with salary cap issues and no picks in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th rounds. The following five players almost take up half the Wild's…
NHL Rumors: Expansion Draft, Wild and Oilers
Goalie market for an expansion draft ... Allan Muir of SI: Muir thinks that if the NHL expands, there could be a bunch of trades as teams put together their protected list for an expansion draft. With teams potentially only…
Injuries: Capitals, Stars, Lightning, Wild and More
On the Washington Capitals ... Mike Vogel: Nicklas Backstrom might be able to play tonight. John Carlson didn't travel with the team to Carolina. He's listed as day-to-day. Chuck Gormley of CSN Mid Atlantic: Center Jay Beagle will be out…