NHL Quick Hits: Playoff Odds and Races, Sabres, Wild, Islanders, Cooper and 50 Goal Scorers
Playoff Odds Playoff odds going into the weekendhttps://t.co/Xm8baqY1yg pic.twitter.com/6NETLRgKDq — MoneyPuck.com (@MoneyPuckdotcom) March 29, 2019 That isn't good drafting Jerry Sullivan: "The Sabres haven't drafted a player in the second round or later who scored 20 goals in a season…
Rumors: Flames, Sabres, Oilers, Bruins, UFAs, and Flyers
Brian Costello: The Flames could get a better return in a trade for Jonas Hiller than they could with Kari Ramo. Would the Flames be comfortable with a Ramo-Joni Ortio pairing if Hiller is moved a team like Buffalo? Jonathan…
Rumors: Jets, Panthers, Preds, Leafs and Penguins
Ted Wyman of the Winnpeg Sun: Andrew Ladd on the thought of not holding contract extension talks during the season. “I don’t know,” he said. “I haven’t decided yet. Whatever is going to allow me to concentrate on hockey and…
Morning Hits and Injuries: Vasilevskiy, Backstrom, Dupuis and More
Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy hopes to return by the end of October. He was on the ice Monday before practice, taking shots from in close. "I'm feeling great, almost ready to go," Vasilevskiy…
Morning Hits: Avs, Flames, Coyotes, Bruins, Wings, and Capitals
Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: The Colorado Avalanche have traded Freddie Hamilton to the Calgary Flames for a 2016 7th round pick. The Avs are now at 47 contracts, with Jack Skille and Curtis Glencross on PTOs. The Avs…
Rumors: Hurricanes, Flyers, and Capitals
Renaud Lavoie of Le Journal de Montreal: (s/t Pro Hockey Talk) (through google translate) Eric Staal is looking for approximately $9 million a season. Mike Halford: Halford points out that Mark Giordano also reportedly asked for $9 million to start…
Morning Hits: PTOs, Torres, Ritchie, Roy and Spotters
Eric Stephens: The Ducks have invited Sheldon Brookbank and Vitaly Vishnevski to training camp. Roger Millions: The Flames have invited defenseman Douglas Murray to training camp on a PTO. Roger Millions: The Flames have invited defenseman Aaron Johnson to training…
Rumors II: Alfredsson, Zuccarello, Robidas, Howard, Roy and Yakupov
On Daniel Alfredsson's return to Ottawa from Ian Mendes at TSN.ca: Alfredsson is set to join the Senators' front office in the hockey operations department. After a tumultuous breakup between the Sens and Alfredsson, the long-time captain left for Detroit…
Rumors and Notes: Capitals, Briere, Russo, and Bulmer
J.J. Regan of CSN Washington: Regan thinks the Capitals are done up front, and that Andre Burakovsky will take over as their third line center. Five of their top-six forwards are likely set with Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie,…
Rumors and Notes: Roy, Matthews, and the Wild
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Derek Roy's days with the Oilers basically ended when the Oilers won the draft lottery, even though he helped get Nail Yakupov going. With training camp about six weeks away, Roy is still looking…
Rumors II: Panthers, Oilers, Bruins, Penguins, Coyotes, Wild and Hurricanes
Jameson Olive of Fox Sports Florida: It's more than likely that the Panthers will have a quiet free agency period. If they do look to sign anyone, it will likely to be depth for the AHL team. RFA Jimmy Hayes…
Rumors I: Jets, Oilers, Devils, Flyers and Panthers
Craig Custance of ESPN: Looking ahead to the Jets offseason. They should bring back winger Drew Stafford and add a depth forward. The Jets would like to re-sign forward Michael Frolik, and will have decisions on free agents Jiri Tlusty,…