NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning and the Detroit Red Wings
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Lightning: The 34-year old Peter Budaj will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, but the Lightning are interested in bringing Budaj back next season to backup…
NHL Rumors: Wild, Capitals, Oilers, Islanders, Sabres, Kovalchuk, Dadonov and Belov
On the Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Dadonov and Anton Belov ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter is drawing the interest of some teams as they look…
Buyout Candidates: Atlantic Division
We’re now only a month away from the NHL buyout window opening (the later of June 15 or 48 hours after the Stanley Cup Final), and as we know, the incoming 31st team in Vegas will alter the buyout landscape…
NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and the Washington Capitals
On the Detroit Red Wings and the Goalie Market ... Pierre LeBrun: Would think that the Red Wings would listen to inquiries about Petr Mrazek and Jimmy Howard. Teams that lost out on Scott Darling and Ben Bishop might call…
NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames and the Detroit Red Wings
On the Calgary Flames ... Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: The Dallas Stars traded for and took goaltender Ben Bishop off the market. The Flames were interested in Bishop. Options now for the Flames in net include: Jimmy Howard…
NHL Rumors: New Jersey Devils To Reach Out To Ilya Kovalchuk’s Agent
On Ilya Kovalchuk ... Pierre LeBrun: Devils GM Ray Shero is expected to reach out to Jay Grossman, Ilya Kovalchuk's agent to discuss Kovalchuk's future. Slava Malamud: Though it seems entirely illogical, the Detroit Red Wings are another team that…
NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings – Ejdsell, Draft Picks, Tatar, Mrazek and Howard
On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ansar Khan of MLive: The Detroit Red Wings are among the teams interested in Sweden's Victor Ejdsell. The 22-year old 6-foot-5 forward visited Detroit and other cities this week before returning home yesterday. The…
NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and the Winnipeg Jets
On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ansar Khan of MLive: Frans Nielsen signed a six-year deal last offseason. Nielsen thinks they need to add more grit to their lineup. "We just got to bring a little more mean attitude and…
NHL Rumors: A Challenging Offseason Ahead For The Detroit Red Wings
On the Detroit Red Wings ... John Niyo of the Detroit News: Overvaluing some players and giving them long term contracts has given the Red Wings some salary cap limitations. The Wings may need to 'bribe' the Vegas Golden Knights…
Non Playoff Injuries: Red Wings, Panthers, Devils and Canucks
On the Detroit Red Wings .. Ansar Khan: GM Ken Holland said that Tomas Tatar will have shoulder surgery on Thursday and will be out for four to six months. Tatar indicated that he'll be ready for the start of…
NHL Rumors: Toby Enstrom, Petr Mrazek and John Tavares
On the Winnipeg Jets ... Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun: Defenseman Toby Enstrom was asked if the Jets have asked him to waive his no-movement clause for the expansion draft. “The season's just finished and we haven't had any…
Quick Hits: Injury Updates, Stars, Kings, Blackhawks, Red Wings and Bickell
On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Leafs PR: Defenseman Nikita Zaitsev left last night's game early with an upper-body injury. Defenseman Roman Polak left at the end of the second but returned in the third. Chris Johnston: Coach Mike Babcock…