Rumors I: Draft Talk – Coyotes, Leafs, Flyers and Oilers
Bob McKenzie took to twitter the other day answering some draft question. Here are the good ones. See layers when doing draft rankings: Top two, top five, top 11, top 20, scattergun Strickly McKenzie's opinion and not fact based: believe…
Rumors IV: Backstrom, Draft Notes for Coyotes, Leafs and Devils
Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: The Wild might not be able to buy out goaltender Niklas Backstrom as Backstrom had elbow surgery after the season. “He had a procedure done at the end of the season to clean up a…
Rumors II: Reilly, Blackhawks, Canucks, Fehr and Flyers
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: The Blue Jackets are allowing Mike Reilly's agent, Pat Brisson, to talk to other teams. GM Jarmo Kekalainen confirmed reports that Reilly and Brisson are talking to teams this week at the Draft Combine.…
Rumors and Video: O’Connor, Gustavsson, Devils and Flyers
Uptown Sports: Free agent goalie Matt O'Connor will announce the team he is signing with this afternoon. George Sipple of the Detroit Free Press: Jonas Gustavsson likely won't be back with the Red Wings next season, and he has no…
Rumors: Flyers Coaching and Draft Notes
Dave Isaac of the Courier-Post: Flyers GM Ron Hextall would like to have their head coach in place by the draft. Five candidates that could be available for the Flyers: Mike Babcock, Todd McLellan, Claude Julien, Dave Tippett and Dan…
Rumors and Notes: Sharks, Flames, Penguins and Wild
Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News: Sharks Joe Thornton has had separate conversations with GM Doug Wilson and owner Hasso Plattner after his "keep his mouth shut" and "stop lying" comments. "I talked with Hasso and Doug," Thornton…