Tag: Josh Anderson

Eastern Conference News: Blue Jackets, Maple Leafs, Red Wings, Bruins and Senators

On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Elliotte Friedman: Josh Anderson will agree to the Blue Jackets offer of three years at a $1.85 million salary cap hit. Rick Dhaliwal: Anderson had wanted to sign a one-year deal at $750,000, but…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Josh Anderson and the Columbus Blue Jackets

On the Columbus Blue Jackets and Josh Anderson ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The start of the NHL season is a week away, Blue Jackets restricted free agent forward Josh Anderson remains unsigned he's believed to have asked for a…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Blue Jackets, Penguins, Red Wings, Canucks, Avalanche and Rangers

On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Aaron Portzline: There has been no progress between the Columbus Blue Jackets and restricted free agent Josh Anderson. It doesn't look like either side has budged in the past eight days. John Shannon: The…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors and Notes: Anderson, Athanasiou, Demers, Lupul and Drouin

On Restricted Free Agents ... Bob McKenzie: Andreas Athanasiou and Josh Anderson are the last two remaining restricted free agents and are holding out from training camp. Bob McKenzie: Detroit Red Wings GM Ken Holland was in Toronto meeting the…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Blackhawks, Red Wings, Penguins, Bruins, Devils and Blue Jackets

On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Scott Powers: Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman on how they may utilitize Marian Hossa's LTIR cap space: "I think on that one we’re just probably going to take a wait-and-see approach." On the Detroit Red Wings ... Helene…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Buffalo Sabres and the Columbus Blue Jackets

On the Buffalo Sabres and Jack Eichel ... John Vogl of the Buffalo News: Jack Eichel's figures to make between $8 million and $10 million on his next contract extension. What the value is between those two numbers is the tricky…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Connor Brown, Remaining RFAs and Ilya Samsonov

On Connor Brown and the Toronto Maple Leafs ... TSN: The Toronto Maple Leafs still haven't re-signed restricted free agent forward Connor Brown, but he's not too worried about it. “Obviously it’s my first time going through something like this,”…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Canucks, Capitals, Blue Jackets and Top 2018 UFAs

On the Vancouver Canucks ... Rick Dhaliwal: Canucks 2017 first round draft pick Elias Pettersson won't be attending Vancouver's main training camp in September: "My season in Sweden starts Sept 19th, the decision was made not to attend #Canucks camp."…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: McKenzie Tweets What May Have Gone Down With Pre-Freeze Trades

On the Vegas Golden Knights and NHL Expansion day .... Bob McKenzie fired off all the below tweets this morning with his take of what has gone down so far. Bob McKenzie: "Welcome to NHL Expansion Draft Day. Fascinating times.…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Vegas Golden Knights: Four Deal In Place With Maybe Five More Coming?

On the Vegas Golden Knights ... Frank Seravalli of TSN: Golden Knights GM George McPhee. “We really like what we’re looking at right now,” McPhee told reporters. “We were expecting this mass redistribution of players that really didn’t happen, which…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Columbus Blue Jackets, Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers

On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: There have been reports that the Blue Jackets and Vegas Golden Knights have reached an agreement leading up to the expansion draft. The Blue Jackets will pay a…

Mark Easson

NHL Expansion Draft: Columbus Blue Jackets Primer

The Columbus Blue Jackets have some decisions to make that will be difficult. From a numbers standpoint, the 7F/3D/1G setup benefits Columbus. It would allow them to protect their more borderline forwards. Those forwards feature some potential as well as…

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