News and Notes: Waivers and Line Combos
Renaud Lavoie: Put on waivers today: Shane O'Brien (FLA), Cam Janssen, Peter Harrold and Steve Bernier (NJ), Zac Dalpe (BUF), Chris Mueller (NYR), Jerry D'Amigo (CBJ), Steve Oleksy (WSH), Peter Budaj (WPG), Stephane Veilleux and Cody Almond (MIN), Frazer McLaren,…
Rumors: Bruins, Blackhawks, Panthers and Blue Jackets
Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli knows the trading of Johnny Boychuk doesn't make them a better team now. “I’m sure the guys are bummed, and they’re probably a little bit bummed at me for doing…
Rumors: Leddy, Methot, Carter, O’Brien, Nylander and Flames
Nick Kypreos: As many as seven teams could be interested in Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy. They Blackhawks are looking for a prospect in return. Jamal Mayers: The Blackhawks would prefer to move Johnny Oduya. Mark Lazerus: Understand the reasons of…
Rumors: Bruins Trade Options, Wild and Panthers
Dan Rosen: Torey Krug and Reilly Smith's contract are so team friendly, that a trade to create some cap flexibility can wait. Chris Nichols of Nichols on Hockey: Aaron Ward on TSN 1040 radio on what is next for the…
Morning Hits: Expansion, World Cup and Panthers Tickets
Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun: Gary Bettman said there are no plans for relocation and added that they are "not looking to expand anywhere right now." Bettman on having two teams in the same market. “If we decided that…
Top NHL Prospects – Eastern Conference Teams
As part of 2014-15 season primer series for each team, we included each teams top 10 prospects heading into the season. We've decided to re-list them all and breaking down by Eastern and Western Conferences. First up will be the…
Morning Hits: Wild, Jackets, Sharks, Leafs, Past RFAs to Miss Camp
Chad Graff: WIld's Josh Harding fractured his right foot. Bob McKenzie: Harding's off-ice injury will likely keep him out for months and not weeks. Michael Russo: Ilya Bryzgalov will attend the Wild's camp on a PTO. Shawn Mitchell: Blue Jackets…
News: Krejci, Ekblad, Vincour, Nieuwendyk and Blackhawks
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins signed David Krejci to a six-year, $43.5 million contract. Salary breakdown: $7.25 million, $7.25 million, $7.5 million, $7.5 million, $7 million and $7 million. The deal carries a no-movement clause for the first four…
News: Rinaldo, Bowman, Fabbri, O’Brien and Advanced Stats Sites
Dave Isaac of the Courier Post: The Flyers have re-signed Zac Rinaldo to a two-year contract extension with a cap hit of $850,000 per season. Rinaldo would have been a RFA at the end of this season. “I’m surprised that…
Florida Panthers 2014-15 Season Primer
The Florida Panthers are the fourth Altantic division team we are taking a closer look at heading into the 2014-15 season Use the below Tabs to view Panthers info for this upcoming season, as well as some numbers from last…
The Top 10 Worst NHL Contracts
Every year teams sign players to contracts that are awful. It’s the nature of the business, sometimes you have to take a gamble to try to improve your team, and sometimes, those gambles backfire drastically. For my list, the likes…
Rumors I: Ekblad, Red Wings, Oilers and Flames
Jordan Chidley-Hill (CP) in the Toronto Star: Panthers Aaron Ekbad said he's over the concussion he suffered about three weeks ago in a world junior exhibition game. “The concussion is perfectly, completely gone. I feel great,” said Ekblad. “I’ve been…