Tag: Jonas Brodin

NHL Rumors: Penguins and Fleury … On NHL Trade Speculation

On the Pittsburgh Penguins and Marc-Andre Fleury ... Jimmy Murphy of Murphy's Hockey Law: Source saying that Penguins GM Jim Rutherford approached Marc-Andre Fleury about waiving his no-movement clause. Fleury agreed on an 'unnamed team' and if they couldn't get…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors and Notes: Blue Jackets, Golden Knights, Lightning and Maple Leafs

On the Columbus Blue Jackets and Vegas Golden Knights ... @akaRCN: Elliotte Friedman said on Sportsnet 960 that the thinks the Blue Jackets and Golden Knights have a deal in place where the Blue Jackets send a 1st round pick and…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Devils, Blackhawks, Golden Knights, Sens, Ducks, Canadiens and More

On the Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Golden Knights, Vegas Golden Knights, Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens and Calgary Flames ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Though there is a…

Mark Easson

NHL Expansion Draft: Minnesota Wild Primer

The Wild are just too deep to make this simple. Unless they’re crafty they’ll end up exposing at least one valuable forward as well as a quality defenseman, and they’re understandably the target of much trade talk as the expansion…

Kevin Wickersham

NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild – Teams Calling About Forwards As Well

On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star  Tribune: The Wild's expansion situation is well known and rumors have surrounded the team. If a team acquired someone from the Wild, they'd also have to have the room to…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild

On the Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild ... Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Bruins management realizes they need to get deeper. “We have a lot of work to do as an organization, still. We want to become a deeper, more talented…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars

On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Blues forward Jori Lehtera has two years left on his deal at a $4.7 million salary cap hit. Lehtera might be the type of player that the…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Stars, Lightning, Kings and Drouin

On the Dallas Stars ... Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (chat) When asked if there could be surprise No. 1 defenseman trade this offseason like P.K. Subban last year that the Stars could pursue? Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Carey Price … Top 10 players that could be traded

On the Montreal Canadiens and Carey Price ... Matt Cudzinowski of Canadiens.com: Goaltender Carey Price has a year left on his contract and is eligible to sign a contract extension after July 1st. "I love playing here. I'm sure we'll…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Kings, Capitals, Golden Knights and Oilers

On the Los Angeles Kings ... Dennis Bernstein: "Whether Kings deal for Evander Kane or not, mere fact they would consider is seismic shift in how front office thinks with Rob Blake running show" On the Washington Capitals and the…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Trade Bait and Vegas Holding All The Cards

List of the top players who could get traded this offseason ... Frank Seravalli of TSN: Teams will be looking to make moves instead of losing players for nothing in the expansion draft. Teams like the Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning and the Detroit Red Wings

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Lightning: The 34-year old Peter Budaj will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, but the Lightning are interested in bringing Budaj back next season to backup…

Mark Easson