The Northwest Division Player Movement
The Northwest division is the second Western Conference we're looking at. The Flames got off to an early off-season start with trading for, and the signing of Jay Bouwmeester. Minnesota lost Gaborik to the Rangers, but brought in Havlat. The…
Some Numbers Just Don’t Add Up
Every free agent period there are always going to be some head scratchers, either for dollar value, length of contract or both. There's not need to go over Hossa's, Gionta's, Cammallari's or Antropov's contact again, but let's take a look…
San Jose Sharks Still Interested in Dany Heatley
It must have been about a week since we've last heard Dany Heatley's name mentioned, and it was nice to break in my opinion. With the Senators-Oilers deal all but apparently dead, the San Jose Sharks might be next in…
Alex Tanguay still out there
I think it's a little surprising that free agent winger Alex Tanguay is still out there. He's coming off a season where he only played in 50 games, but he did record 41 points. In 9 seasons, he's recorded 580…
Rumor SnapShots – July 10th 2009
The Daily Herald out of Chicago mentions that the Maple Leafs and Blackhawks GM's might be discussing a trade. The Hawks might be looking for a Dman, while the Leafs would like to move a Dman for a scoring forward.…
Kotalik and Boynton Find New Homes
Winger Ales Kotalik has signed a 3 year deal with the New York Rangers for $9 million. Kotalik put up 45 points in 75 games last season with the Sabres and Oilers. His best season was back in 2005-06 with…
Not so Fast on Heatley to the Oilers
I was never a huge Heatley fan, but my views of him are worse as the days go by. His public trade demands was not the right way to go about it, handcuffing the Senators a bit. I let that…
Heatley to the Oilers close.
Sources report that Dany Heatley only needs to waive his no-trade claus to be trade to the Edmonton Oilers. The deal includes Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner, and Ladislav Smid.(source:TSN) The ball seems to be in Heaters court now...
Marian Hossa will not return to Detroit
Ken Holland tells EJ Hradek that he is "Not optimistic that Marian Hossa will remain in Detroit". Hradek thinks the LA Kings will make a serious play for Hossa, and dont forget the offer Edmonton made last summer.
Daily Rumors – June 30th
Mark Everson of the NY Post is reporting that the New Jersey Devils are close to re-signing Johnny Oduya to a 4 year deal worth in the neighborhood of $3-4 million per year. This would be a good signing for…