NHL Rumors I: Maple Leafs, Canucks, Flames, Oilers and Kings
From twitter unless otherwise noted Bruce Garrioch: A lot of teams will see where they stand after last night to determine what they'll be doing at the deadline. Bob McKenzie of TSN: "Under the right circumstances" the Maple Leafs could…
NHL Rumors I: Crowded goalie market, Regehr, Blackhawks and Yandle, Bruins and Ducks
Damien Cox: The simple facts are: the Leafs talked to the Canucks this week about Roberto Luongo, they have some interest, and the price has dropped. Darren Dreger: Sources say the Canucks called the Maple Leafs to revisit talks. The…
NHL Rumors III: Backups that could be available, Neuvirth, Ribeiro rejects offer, Sharks and Predators
Justin Goldman of NHL.com: Goldman lists 5 backups who could be moved by the deadline. 1. Jonathan Bernier (LA): 7-2-0 with a 1.94 and .923 SV%. 2. Michal Neuvirth (WSH): Only five appearances since Feb. 1st. Career 53-35-10 record, 2.68…
NHL Rumors II: Nonis talks deadline, Maple Leafs, Luongo, Kiprusoff, Khabibulin, Smith, Reimer and Scrivens
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis, “Last year I had a list of teams I kept in touch with. I did about half. Brian (Burke) did about half. That’s how we operated. “Now, I pretty…
NHL Rumors I: Bruins and Oilers talking Whitney and more?
David Staples: Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe tweeted: “Whitney to Bruins from EDM? Johnny Boychuk is an EDM homeboy. Andrew Ference another local…. Cost of a second-pairing defenseman? See Doug Murray (PIT). Pair of R2 picks….Whitney a PP force…
LeBrun’s Rumblings: Clowe, Jokinen, Visnovsky, Hemsky, Smid and Ribeiro
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Ryane Clowe has a full no-trade clause, so the Sharks will have to run any deal by him. Having a solid playoff performance somewhere could help Clowe as he'll be a UFA. The Canadiens are interested,…
NHL Rumors III: Subban, Whitney, Hemsky, Khabibulin, Sullivan, Kessel and Iginla
From twitter unless noted otherwise Joe McDonald of ESPN: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli this morning on 98.5 The Sports Hub's, “I can tell you this: I’m not trading Malcolm Subban,” Chiarelli said. “He’s young. He’s a very good goalie prospect…
NHL Rumors II: Penguins, Flyers, Sharks, Bruins, Coyotes, Devils and Islanders
John Shannon: Penguins GM Ray Shero said he may not be done trading: "Depth on the 4th line..or a winger for the 2nd line,you never know." Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Flyers were linked to the Sharks Dan…
Scouting the Leafs-Panthers, Flames-‘Hawks and Blues-Oilers … Injury notes on MacArthur, Sharp, Hossa and Fleury
George Richards: Oilers Craig MacTavish and Kevin Lowe attended the Maple Leafs and Panthers game. Others scouting the game: Avalanche, Ducks, Canadiens, Blues, Kings, Blackhawks, Bruins, Flames, Blue Jackets, Stars, Canucks, Coyotes and Predators. Chris Kuc: Scouting the Flames-Blackhawks game: Ducks,…
NHL Rumors II: Luongo, Briere, Couturier for Ryan, Kiprusoff, Iginla, Jagr, Smid, Horcoff, Campbell, Trouba, Bobrovsky and the Blues
From twitter unless noted otherwise Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger on TSN Radio: "Leafs haven't spoken to Vancouver in a long time about Luongo or anyone else." Todd Cordell: Dreger on TSN Radio: Daniel Briere to the Canadiens for a draft could…
Quick Hits: DeKeyser, Clarkson, Merrill and Rangers scouting Sharks-Ducks
Chris Peters: Source with knowledge of the Danny DeKeyser situation believes that the Red Wings, Ducks, Predators, Oilers, Blues and Lightning are the strongest contenders. Todd Cordell: Dreger on TSN: There hasn't been any meaningful dialogue between the Devils and…
Lines and Starting Goalies: Senators, Hurricanes, Leafs, Devils, Blackhawks, Stars, Ducks and Oilers
All from twitter Brent Wallace: Senators lines: Latendresse Turris Alfredsson; Greening Zibanejad Silfverberg; Dziurzynski Smith Neil; Kassian Regin Condra. Defensive pairings: Methot Gryba; Wiercioch Gonchar; Phillips Lundin. Michael Smith: Hurricanes lines: Tlusty-E. Staal-Semin, Skinner-J. Staal-LaRose, Ruutu-Nash-Dwyer, Bowman-Jokinen-Wallace/Westgarth-Brent-Hall. David Alter: Maple Leafs lines: JVR-Bozak-Kessel, MacArthur-Grabovski-Frattin, Lupul-Kadri-Kulemin,…