Tag: Jimmy Howard

NHL Rumors: Flames, Leafs, Blues and Red Wings

On the Calgary Flames ... Calgary Sun: Wes Gilbertson, Kristen Odland and Eric Francis look at the Flames season and have the future might hold. Kristen Odland: The Flames need to fix their goaltending situation. Jon Gillies isn't close to…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Mrazek, Howard and Scrivens

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ansar Khan of MLive: (mailbg) Petr Mrazek has struggled lately. He's only 24-years old, it's a valid concern that he may not be ready to handle a heavy workload at the NHL level just…

Mark Easson

Pucks In Depth: NY Rangers, Anton Stralman and the Red Wings

The New York Rangers were one of the few teams to make a big splash at the deadline as they acquired Eric Staal from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for a good prospect (Aleksi Saarela) and a pair of 2nd round…

Todd Cordell

NHL Rumors: Sharks, Flames, and the Goalie Market

On the San Jose Sharks and the Goalie Market ... Craig Custance of ESPN: A couple sources were saying that the Sharks were in on some of the bigger-named rental wingers at the trade deadline. They are a team rebuilding on…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Expansion Draft, Wild and Oilers

Goalie market for an expansion draft ... Allan Muir of SI: Muir thinks that if the NHL expands, there could be a bunch of trades as teams put together their protected list for an expansion draft. With teams potentially only…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Bruins, Ducks, Oilers, Lucic and the Goalie Market

Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: There were only 19 trades made on deadline day, involving 37 players. Trading season is moving towards June instead of the trade deadline for teams. “I think the planning probably takes place after the…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Canucks, Maple Leafs, and Jankowski

On the Vancouver Canucks ... Igor Eronko: The contract for Canucks prospect Nikita Tryamkin with Avtomobilist has been terminated. He'll be joining the Canucks soon. His deal will have an AHL out clause. On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Steve…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Oilers, Habs, Blues, Red Wings and Lightning

On the Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings and the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: LeBrun looks ahead to the offseason and a few teams who could be looking to make some moves.…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings and Florida Panthers

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Brendan Savage of MLive: The Red Wings won't be looking to trade away too many top prospects. They don't have a lot of salary cap room. It's unlikely that they could move Jimmy Howard…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Blues, Red Wings and Lightning

On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: (chat) Don't think the Blues should trade Kevin Shattenkirk right now as they are in a win-now mode and trading him would likely lessen their chances. GM…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Red Wings and Maple Leafs

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ansar Khan of MLive: (mailbag) Petr Mrazek is the Red Wings No. 1 goalie now and in the future, and he's going to need a raise. The Wings can't have a $5.3 million cap…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Ducks and Most Difficult to Trade

On the Anaheim Ducks ... Chris Johnston: Early sense is that nobody will claim Anton Khudobin off waivers - $2.25 million is too much for added depth. Chris Nichols of Today's Slapsho: Elliotte Friedman on Sportsnet 960 on the how…

Mark Easson