NHL Rumors I: Hurricanes, Panthers, Flyers and Senators
Josh Rimer: Hearing that the Hurricanes are waiting for the playoffs to end as Ulf Samuelsson is their leading candidate for their vacant heading coaching position. Aaron Ward: The Hurricanes have not narrowed their coaching candidates down to one. Harvey…
NHL Rumors I: GM and Coaching – Penguins, Panthers and Hurricanes
Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review: The Penguins have already spoken with Pat Brisson, Jason Botterill, Julien BriseBois and Dave Poulin about their vacant GM position. CEO David Morehouse is said to have spoken with contacts about, and possibly…
Morning Hits: No Consensus Up Top, Unsigned Prospects and Some Overseas Signings
Michael Traikos: Panthers GM Dale Tallon on the draft: "Is there a consensus guy that’s 1, 2 or 3? Probably not." Corey Pronman: Notable unsigned prospects as the deadline of June 1st approaches: BUF's Ullmark, CAR's Karlsson, CBJ's Zaar, LAK's Hyka/Ebert, MTL's…
NHL Rumors II: Capitals, Kesler, Johansen, Cammalleri, Panthers, Hurricanes, Jagr and Bylsma
Elliotte Friedman of CBC: The Capitals have talked to about 10 people about their vacant GM position. The list includes: Craig Button, Jay Feaster, Paul Fenton, Brian MacLellan, Ross Mahoney, Darcy Regier and Don Sweeney. They may have made contact with…
NHL Rumors I: Kesler, Spezza, Ducks, Panthers, Predators, Flyers, Virtanen and Niskanen
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Matheson thinks the Ducks will go after Ryan Kesler before the draft. The Ducks have the assets to get a deal done. Canucks GM Jim Benning said he'll speak with Kesler this week to…
NHL Rumors II: Flyers, Predators, Neal, Maple Leafs, Lazar, Miller and the Canucks
Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: The Flyers need an offseason retooling, bringing in some speed. The Flyers don't have a lot of salary cap space, potentially $4.5 million before re-signing Kimmo Timonen, Ray Emery, Brayden Schenn, Adam Hall, and…
NHL Rumors II: Potential Preds Targets, Compliance Buyout Candidates, Schenn and Subban
Josh Cooper of the Tennessean: The Predators currently have about $22.1 million in cap space. Cooper lists five pending free agents the Predators should look at: 1. Paul Stastny 2. Thomas Vanek 3. Matt Moulson 4. Mikhail Grabovski 5. Derek…
NHL Rumors I: Islanders Could Trade Pick To Fill Holes, Flames, Leafs and Oates
Brett Cyrgalis of the NY Post: After signing Jaroslav Halak to a four year deal, Islanders GM Garth Snow said that talks between the Islanders and Evgeni Nabokov are "still ongoing." The Islanders will keep the 5th overall pick this…
NHL Rumors III: Players Who Could Be Moved at the Draft, Bruins, Booth, Canucks and Richards
Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: The asking price for Jason Spezza will likely be a player, prospect and a top pick. Spezza has a list of 10 teams that he can't be traded too. The Maple Leafs could be…
NHL Rumors II: Free Agents – Bolland, Stastny, Kulemin, Miller, Tedenby, Grabovski, Ott and Raanta
Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: "When you're talking about Bolland & Stastny you're talking about 2 distinctly different players" ... "In Bolland you get what you get provided he's healthy and that's going to be the biggest issue for the Leafs or any team" ... "To…
NHL Rumors I: Thornton, Marleau, Niemi, Spezza, Panthers No. 1, Umberger, Brisson, Hiller and Koivu
Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: Sharks GM Doug Wilson has said there will be some changes next year. Some are speculating that Joe Thornton and/or Patrick Marleau could be traded. Goalie Antti Niemi is entering the final year of…
NHL Rumors III: Flyers, Teams In Need of Change and Players That Could Be Available
Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Hiring an assistant GM to fill his old position is not high on Flyers GM Ron Hextall's priority list. Flyers fans shouldn't expect major changes. "I don't anticipate anything real big," he said. ".…