NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars and the St. Louis Blues
On the Dallas Stars ... Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) The chances are slim that free agents Travis Moen, Kris Russell or Jason Demers are back with the Stars next year. The could decide bring a veteran…
NHL Rumors: New York Rangers and the Dallas Stars
On the New York Rangers ... Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The Rangers are not planning on buying Dan Girardi out this offseason. Girardi has four years left on his contract with a $5.5 million cap hit. Sources saying they…
NHL Rumors: St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings
On the St. Louis Blues ... Craig Custance of ESPN: Looking what St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong should be focusing on this offseason. 1. Bringing back Ken Hitchcock for another year - He was able to get them past…
NHL Rumors: On the Boston Bruins
On the Boston Bruins ... Nicholas Goss of NESN: Bruins GM Don Sweeney on pending UFA winger Lou Eriksson. “We’ve been in discussions with Loui,” Sweeney said Wednesday during a media conference call. “I have a pretty good idea where…
NHL Rumors: Free Agents, Rangers and Canadiens
On some pending free agents ... Craig Custance of ESPN: The Columbus Blue Jackets and Seth Jones are talking about a new contract, and are in the same ballpark on what a deal could look like. A deal should come…
NHL Rumors: Bruins, Blues, Lightning and Expansion
On the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues ... Jimmy Murphy of Dirty Water Sports: From a Blues and a NHL source, at the trade deadline, the Bruins and Blues were close to a deal that would have sent Kevin…
NHL Rumors: Bruins, Canucks, Oilers and Senators
On the Boston Bruins ... Fluto Shinzawa: Bruins GM Don Sweeney was seen chatting it up with Jimmy Vesey at a Harvard function. Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins need to improve their blueline this offseason. Six defensemen the Bruins…
NHL Rumors: New York Rangers and Florida Panthers
On the New York Rangers ... Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News: The New York Rangers will be looking to get younger and faster this offseason. They want to improve their blueline as they rebuild on the fly.…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: (from earlier this week) Deciding on a new head coach will be the Wild's top priority. The only players that likely won't be shopped are Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Mikko…
NHL Rumors: Blues, Blackhawks, Coyotes and Flyers
On Kevin Shattenkirk, Andrew Ladd and Andrew Shaw ... Mark Spector of Sportsnet: Spector notes that Kevin Shattenkirk, who will be a UFA after next season and may draw some trade interest this offseason, may not deserve being paid anything…
NHL Rumors: Radulov, Boyle, Wild and Bruins
On Alexander Radulov ... Aivis Kalnins: (from yesterday morning) Alexander Radulov's KHL agent wasn't able to comment on why Radulov wasn't at the Team Russian camp as he didn't even know where Radulov was. On Dan Boyle ... Dan Rosen:…
NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings Edition
On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News: Looking at some offseason questions for the Detroit Red Wings. Biggest question may be whether Pavel Datsyuk returns or not. If he leaves, they need to find a…