NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes – Duclair, Doan, and Possible Blue Line Options
On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan of Arizona Sports: Coyotes GM John Chayka on why it's taking so long for them to re-sign restricted free agent Anthony Duclair. “The easy answer is that Duclair didn’t have a good year,…
NHL Rumors: Predators … Lightning and Kucherov … Butcher
On the Nashville Predators ... Adam Vingan of the Tennessean: With Mike Fisher retiring, the Predators will have Ryan Johansen, Nick Bonino, Calle Jarnkrok and Colton Sissons down the middle. Frederick Gaudreau is a possibility as well. The Predators will…
NHL Rumors: Jagr, Kucherov, Penguins and Butcher
On Jaromir Jagr and Nikita Kucherov ... Larry Brooks of the NY Post: notes that Jaromir Jagr was told after the season by the Florida Panthers that after the expansion draft he would be getting a contract offer from them.…
NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings – Goaltending, Sulak, Athanasiou and Vanek
On the Detroit Red Wings ... Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: It's looking like the Red Wings will enter next season with Jimmy Howard and Petr Mrazek in net. The Wings also have Jared Coreau who lead…
NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings – Tatar, Ericsson, Green, Nielsen, and Mrazek
On the Detroit Red Wings ... Craig Custance: Tomas Tatar trade protection on his new four-year deal - no protection first year (a RFA year), full no-trade clause in second year and most of the third year, partial no-trade in…
NHL Rumors: Five NHL Free Agents and Their Best Fits
On five NHL free agents and their best fits ... Josh Cooper of ESPN: Looking at five intriguing free agents and were they could end up. Jaromir Jagr - The 45-year old Jagr needs to find the right fit -…
NHL Rumors: Nashville Predators and the Detroit Red Wings
On the Nashville Predators ... Adam Vingan of The Tennessean: Viktor Arvidsson and the Nashville Predators are scheduled to have an arbitration hearing on Saturday, with a ruling by Monday. The sides can agree to a deal anytime before the…
NHL Rumors: 2018 Winter Olympics and Top Remaining NHL Free Agents
On the 2018 Winter Olympics ... Slava Malamud: Alexei Shevchenko of Sport-Express reports that Russian NHLers have told him that the NHL has a backup schedule that has an Olympic break. Elliotte Friedman: Players that are signed to AHL-only contracts…
NHL News: Arbitration Offers, Avs, Preds, Bruins, Wings, Lightning and Capitals
On Salary Arbitration Offers ... Elliotte Friedman: The Red Wings offered $4.1 million and Tomas Tatar asked for $5.3 million. Elliotte Friedman: The Blues asked for a two-year deal for Colton Parayko at $3.4 million and $3.6 million. Parayko asked for…
NHL Rumors: Thomas Vanek, Will Butcher and Karl Alzner
On the Detroit Red Wings and Thomas Vanek ... Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: The Detroit Red Wings and free agent winger Thomas Vanek remain in contact. A few teams have been in contact with the 33-year…
NHL Rumors: Sam Reinhart, Jaromir Jagr and Tomas Tatar
On the Buffalo Sabres ... Paul Hamilton: Sabres GM Jason Botterill said that they won't have any contract negotiations with Sam Reinhart until next year. On Jaromir Jagr ... Aivis Kalnins: Jaromir Jagr's agent said contract talks with NHL are…
NHL Rumors: Red Wings and Tatar Talks Aren’t Going Anywhere … Do They Look To Move Him?
On the Detroit Red Wings ... George Malik of Kukla's Korner: Red Wings RFA forward Tomas Tatar spoke CAS.sk about his free agent status and filing for salary arbitration. (through Malik's translating the article) His agent, Rich Winter has been…