NHL Rumors: Jets, Coyotes and Matt Duchene Best Fits
On the Winnipeg Jets ... Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun: Connor Hellebuyck will be one of the Jets goaltenders next season. Ondrej Pavelec could be traded before the deadline, and if not, the pending UFA likely won't be back…
NHL Rumors: Hurricanes, Avs, Bruins, Stars, Canucks, Blues and Lightning
On the Carolina Hurircanes, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks ... Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Agree with Elliotte Friedman that the Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche would be good trading partners. The Hurricanes have defensive prospects…
2016-17 Top 10 Carolina Hurricanes Prospects
At this time last year I said Carolina had one of the weaker prospect pools in the NHL. They have a poor track record of drafting and developing over the past decade. Ron Francis has done yeoman’s work in this…
NHL Rumors: Blue Jackets, Canucks, Avs, Coyotes and Red Wings
Summary of Friedman's 30 Thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Among the players the Columbus Blue Jackets interviewed in-depth: Jake Bean, Logan Brown, Clayton Keller, Jesse Puljujarvi and Matthew Tkachuk. Sources saying that Scott Hartnell has agreed to waive his no-movement…
NHL Rumors: Draft Notes – Canucks and Senators
On the Vancouver Canucks ... Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province: The Vancouver Canucks dropped from No. 3 to No. 5 after the lottery drawing. “It was a very likely situation we were going to move down,” Linden said from…
NHL Rumors: Oilers at No. 4 and Canucks at No. 5
On the Edmonton Oilers ... David Staples of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli was on CHED radio talking about the draft lottery and the Oilers falling down to No. 4. Though disappointed, Chiarelli added that “in that next…