Morning Hits: Tkachev, Honka, Islanders, Expansion and Fraser
Craig Custance: Teams must be cap compliant by the end of the day on October 7th when they have to submit their opening night rosters. Elliotte Friedman: The NHL rejected the Oilers contract with Vladimir Tkachev's as he is still…
Rumors II: Johansen, Dillon, Babcock, Ryan, Pastrnak, Leafs ….
Aaron Portzline: Contract talks between the Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen's camp resumed yesterday. The talks were just not limited to a two-year deal. John Shannon: Talks between the Blue Jackets and Ryan Johansen's camp were described as "civil." They…
Rumors II: Bruins, Gorges, Maple Leafs, Oilers and Hayes
Joe McDonald of ESPN Boston: The Bruins would prefer to have Torey Krug and Reilly Smith sign one-year deals and then earn multi-year deals after this season. McDonald thinks the Bruins need to make the moves quickly and find a…
Top NHL Prospects – Western Conference Teams
Today we are looking at the top 10 prospects for each Western Conference team heading into the 2014-15 season. We included rankings from NHL.com, Corey Pronman of ESPN, Dobber Prospects, The Hockey News and Hockey's Future. Each site uses different…
Edmonton Oilers 2014-15 Season Primer
The Edmonton Oilers are the last team in our 2014-15 season primer series. There is some optimism regarding the Oilers, but a playoff berth is unlikely once again. Use the below Tabs to view Oilers info for this upcoming season,…
Quick Hits: Red Wings, Wild, Devils, Blues, Oilers and Ducks
Helene St. James: Daniel Alfredsson is seeing a back specialists and definitely won't be at the start the Red Wings training camp. Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: Wild goalie Josh Harding will miss the start of training camp due…
Rumors II: Friedman’s Thoughts, Handzus, Nylander, BizNasty and Timonen
Elliotte Friedman of SportsNet: CBA talks between the NHL and the Refs/linesmen are moving well.Will a team offer Mike Babcock a role similar to Patrick Roy's position with personnel control? Roy is also the VP of Hockey Operations. With five…
Rumors I: Trade Candidates, Red Wings, Flyers, Habs and Coyotes
Rory Boylen of The Hockey News: Top 10 trade candidates for this season: Cody Franson, Kris Versteeg (other Blackhawks could be Bryan Bickell, Johnny Oduya and Nick Leddy), Josh Bailey (or maybe Michael Grabner), Johnny Boychuk, Evander Kane, Cam Ward,…
Rumors II: Devils and Notes on Top 10 Remaining UFAs
Tom Gulitti of North Jersey: Devils RFA defenseman Eric Gelinas is prepared to miss the start of camp. “He’s prepared, for sure,” said agent Gilles Lupien, who had remained silent on contract talks previously. “We’ve got some ideas how to…
Quick Hits: Leafs, Carter, Alfie, PTOs, Robidas and Maatta
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Simmons thinks that Randy Carlyle has about a 40 game window to improve the Leafs or he could be out of job, regardless of the extension. David Clarkson will get a shot to be…
NHL Rumors I: Bruins Cap and RFA Situation
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli on flirting with salary cap danger. “When you’re in the position of success that we’ve had, players get to an age where they’re commanding, based on their years of service, big salaries,…
Rumors: Red Wings, Avalanche and Oilers
Ansar Khan of MLive: (mailbag) Tyler Myers and Mike Green were among the players the Red Wings looked at acquiring this offseason. The Wings inquired about Ryan Kesler but they didn't have the assets to acquire him or didn't want…