Rumors I: Coaches, Bruins, Wild, Sabres, Lightning, Sens and Leafs
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Thinking Mike Babcock will remain in Detroit. Todd McLellan could intrigue the Maple Leafs if he becomes available. There are Peter DeBoer connections. Dale Hunter didn't enjoy dealing with the media in Washington, so it's hard…
Injuries: Lightning, Hawks, Coyotes, Isles, Devils, Leafs and more
Josh Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning's Radko Gudas had arthroscopic knee surgery yesterday and will be out for about four months. "It's a little tough to digest right now, just because clearly it's more serious than we thought,"…
Videos: NHL Highlights From Sat. Jan. 3rd, 2015
Ten games last night. Nightly recap video of all eight games in just under four minutes, plus extended highlights of each game. Six teams record at least six goals. Jaromir Jagr becomes the old player to record a NHL hat…
Rumors: Jackets, Blues, Leafs, Sabres, Oilers, Kings and Wings
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Blue Jackets are going to have to pay a big price to re-sign Sergei Bobrovsky. He could be looking for something similar to Pekka Rinne, $7 million a season. He is arbitration eligible…
Rumors: Devils, Red Wings, Canucks, Kings and Hurricanes
Craig Custance of ESPN: Trade speculation hasn't surrounded the Devils much as GM Lou Lamoriello isn't ready to bail on the season just yet. “That’s not even in my vocabulary right now as far as I’m concerned,” Lamoriello said. “Right…
Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 12
The Blackhawks received seven of eight first place votes. The Predators picked up one first place vote. Every media outlet had the Oilers in last. To get our consensus point total, we awarded the top team 30 points, the second team…
Rumors III: Friedman on Free Agents, Draisaitl, Fisher and Williams
Elliotte Friedman of Sportnet: Teams can start to re-sign players that they signed to one-year contracts on January 1st. Friedman thinks that the Bruins did significant work on Torey Krug and Reilly Smith contracts before they signed their one-year deals…
Rumors: Bruins, Lightning, Wild, Maple Leafs and Kings
Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Bruins Milan Lucic has one year left on his deal, with a $6 million cap hit. He's been inconsistent this season. The Bruins will have to decide this they'll want to extend him or…
Rumors: Bruins, Blues, Canadiens and Coyotes
DJ Bean of WEEI: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli has said that he doesn't have the framework for any potential trades yet. “I’ve been trying to bolster the forward group, and players are hard to come by,” he said. “Certainly I’m…
Rumors I: Smith, Krug, Vermette, Franson and Hall
Dan Tencer: Tencer wonders that since the Coyotes are a budget team, and if Mike Smith has lost his starters job, would they consider trading him? Could be a smart gamble for someone. Jason Brough: Asks Joe Haggerty if the…
Injuries: Penguins, Kronwall, Bordeleau, Mason, McQuaid and Bishop
Dave Molinari: The Penguins expect to have the mumps test results today for Brandon Sutter, Steve Downie and Thomas Greiss. Dave Molinari: Penguins Blake Comeau is expected to miss several weeks. Coach Mike Johnston wouldn't say what the injury was,…
Injuries: Mumps, Blues, Lightning, Devils, Red Wings and Wild
Andrew Gross: Rangers confirm that Lee Stempniak has the mumps. He skated on his own yesterday and will skate with the team today. Josh Yohe: Penguins Steve Downie, Brandon Sutter and Thomas Greiss were getting tested for mumps yesterday. Jameson…