NHL Rumors: Gonchar, Top 9 UFAs, Pitkanen, Alfredsson, Kapanen and Isles
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: The Stars have been willing to eat $2.5 million of Sergei Gonchar's $5 million salary in a trade, but have been unsuccessful so far this offseason. Heika had thought that the Senators and…
Quick Hits: Arbitration, Winnik, Tatar, Stats and Brassard
Luke Fox of SportsNet: Remaining arbitration hearing dates: Jimmy Hayes (FLA) - July 29th, Nick Spaling (PIT) - July 31st, Michael Frolik (WIN) - July 31st (update - just signed a one-year, $3.3 million deal), Dwight King (LA) - Aug. 1st, Justin…
NHL News: Wings Sign Tatar … Leafs Sign Winnik
Detroit Red Wings: The Red Wings have re-signed RFA Tomas Tatar to a three-year contract. Helene St. James: Tatar will carry a $2.75 million salary cap hit. Danny DeKeyser is the lone RFA remaining for the Red Wings. A decision…
NHL Rumors II: Wings, Oilers, Hurricanes and Zacha
Brendan Savage of MLive: Danny DeKeyser still doesn't have a deal with the Red Wings, but he isn't concerned. "There won't be any problems," DeKeyser told Fox 17 while in Portage to play in annual Western Michigan Hockey Alumni and…
NHL Rumors: Subban, Alfredsson, Leafs, Capitals
Brenda Branswell of the Montreal Gazette: P.K. Subban chose to remain rather silent about his contract negotiations with the Canadiens during an appearance Saturday at the RBC Canadian Open. “I’ll answer one question about the negotiation,” Subban told a media scrum at…
NHL Rumors II: Gorges, Frolik, Colorado, Ferraro
Larry Fisher of the Kelowna Daily Courier: Former Montreal Canadiens' defenseman Josh Gorges is slowly moving on from the shock that came with Montreal trading him and adjusting to his new life in Buffalo. “I would’ve loved to stay and try…
NHL Rumors II: Senators, Wings, Leafs, Avalanche and Canadiens
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Before the Senators traded Jason Spezza to Dallas, they had been working on trading another forward. The deal may have fallen through or put on the back burner. Teams have told the Sun that…
NHL Rumors I: KHL Option, Mueller, Leafs, Red Wings and Analytics
Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Capitals coach Barry Trotz has been accused in the past of clashing with players from Russia. The Caps have three Russians, including Alex Ovechkin. Trotz has said that he'll have to sit down with Ovechkin…
Salary Cap Outlook – The Atlantic Division
The NHL’s salary cap system was put in place after the 2004-05 lockout to try to even the playing field between teams and eliminate over-spending. As you know, over-spending still happens, and there are still teams (Boston, Chicago, LA, etc.)…
The Offseason “Losers” So Far Are ….
Written by Greg Stamper, who can be found on twitter @g_stamp91. In part one of this article (which can be found here) we took a look at some of the teams that were blessed with a solid offseason and deserved their…
NHL Rumors I: Ekblad, Red Wings, Hayes and Eichel
Harvey Fialkov of the Sun Sentinel: Panthers 2014 1st round pick Aaron Ekblad knows he has to earn is spot along their blueline. "Obviously, I don't expect a spot on this team. I have to earn it," said Ekblad, who…
NHL Rumors I: Red Wings, Panthers, Penguins, Wild and Predators
George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press: The Red Wings have yet to sign RFAs Tomas Tatar and Danny DeKeyser, and they don't appear to be close. Tatar is looking over a recent offer. “We’ve talked and continue to talk,…