Garrioch’s Rumor Roundup … Trade bait: top 5 … RFA’s Pietangelo and Shattenkirk
Bruce Garrioch via twitter:Sources saying that the Sabres are ready to blow it up and basically everyone is available except for Thomas Vanek, Marcus Foligno, Cody Hodgson or Alexander Sulzer. Nobody would take Tyler Myers' contract. Teams won't want to take…
Blues notes … Avalanche got Burned … Scouting the Flyers, Blues-Hawks, Bruins-Sens … Leafs Will Need to Make Roster Moves
Andy Strickland of TrueHockey: A Blues trade of Kevin Shattenkirk for Daniel Briere makes zero sense for the Blues. Shattenkirk will eventually sign a contract extension with Blues. They talked before the lockout and will resume talks at some point, which…
Morning Rumors II: Tagging, Blues, Briere, Shattenkirk, Luongo and Schneider
Andy Strickland of True Hockey: On March 1st teams will be allowed to spend up to 10% of next season's $64.3 million salary cap ceiling. The "tagging rule" usually doesn't come into play until after the season. This will help…
Some Don Fehr quotes … Keeping Luongo could be a gamble … Bolland sorry for RT … Shattenkirk to TPS
Tim Panaccio via twitter: From a player source on Fehr's meeting on decertification talk: "it is a serious consideration right now." Stephen Whyno of the Washington Times: Don Fehr updated about 25 players yesterday about were the lockout stands. No bargaining…
State of the St. Louis Blues: NHL Trade Deadline Edition
Written by David Rogers of Frozen Notes, and can be found on twitter at @FrozenNotes If the team does anything, it will be buying. They have remained near the top of the standings all season long despite injuries to vital…
Blues send Johnson and 1st to Colorado for Stewart, Shattenkirk and a 2nd
Andy Strickland of True Hockey: The St. Louis Blues have traded former 1st overall pick Erik Johnson, Jay McClement, and a conditional 1st round pick to the Colorado Avalanche for Chris Stewart, Kevin Shattenkirk, and a conditional 2nd round pick.…
Bruins could be fit for Phillips … Kings re-sign Johnson, Doughty update … Injury notes on Semin, Backstrom, DiPietro and more
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: If the Senators decide to trade Chris Phillips, the Bruins could be a good landing spot for him. Rich Hammond of LAKingsInsider: The LA Kings have locked up defenseman Jack Johnson to a 7…
Changes to Senators Defense for Next Year … Short List for Lightning GM … Coyotes and Avalanche Off-Season
Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun: Some big changes to the Senators defense could be coming this off-season. The Sens may not be willing to give Anton Volchenkov the $5 million a year he might get on the open market.…
Around the Boards: Rumors from LeBrun, Phaneuf requests trade? Payne replaces Murray in St. Louis, Avs interested in Versteeg?
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: If Ilya Kovalchuk goes to the trade block, the Chicago Blackhawks could be a team that is interested. A deal would help clear some cap for next year. No talks between the 2 teams have taken…