NHL Rumors: Wild, Lightning, Flyers, Flames, Stars, Wings and More
On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo: Sources saying that the Wild have informed Thomas Vanek that he will be bought out. On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith: The Lightning have held preliminary talks with RFA Nikita Kucherov.…
NHL Rumors: Sabres, Ducks, Shattenkirk, Kings, Bruins and More
*** A couple quick posts with embedded tweets to get them out there before they are dated *** On the Buffalo Sabres and Anaheim Ducks ... #Sabres like analytics. They like Fowler. Analytics crowd not big on Fowler. Will be…
NHL Rumors: Stars, Kings and Blue Jackets
On the Dallas Stars ... Mike Heika: If the Dallas Stars trade for a defenseman, one of Patrik Nemeth or Jamie Oleksiak could be a part of that trade. On the Los Angeles Kings ... Dennis Bernstein: There are no…
NHL Rumors: Lucic, Panthers, Canucks, Jets and Kings
*** Doing some catching up with a couple of quick posts. Embedding tweets as opposed to re-writing to get to more rumors before they expire *** On Milan Lucic ... Just talked with Milan Lucic's agent Gerry Johannson, he preaching…
NHL Rumors: LA Kings – Lucic, Lewis and King
On the Los Angeles Kings, Milan Lucic, Trevor Lewis, Dwight King and Jason Demers ... Pierre LeBrun: Milan Lucic in a text message said that he'll be going to free agency. The Los Angeles Kings still have time to make…
NHL Rumors: Red Wings, Coyotes, Boedker, Drouin and More
On the Detroit Red Wings ... John Shannon: Have been told that Pavel Datsyuk's contract will be terminated for "anticipatory breach" and he'll be able to sign in the KHL. Since it's a 35+ contract, his cap hit will still…
NHL Rumors: Salary Cap, Kings and Red Wings
On the Salary Cap ... Renaud Lavoie: The NHLPA will exercise the 5 percent escalator clause, but they won't make it official until everyone is on board with it. On the Los Angeles Kings ... Jon Rosen of LA Kings…
NHL Rumors: Kings, Sabres and Trade Talk
On the Los Angeles Kings ... John Hoven: Multiple sources saying not much has changed with regards to Milan Lucic - LA Kings contract talks. The Kings are still holding firm on three years maximum at $6 million. Jon Rosen:…
NHL Rumors – The NHL Buyout Period Begins Today
On the NHL Buyout Period ... John Buccigross: The NHL buyout period starts at 5 pm today and runs through 5 pm on June 30th. On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Darren Dreger: The Maple Leafs have put Jared Cowen…
NHL Rumors: Buyout Candidates, Senators and Canadiens
10 NHL Buyout Candidates ... Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: Looking at 10 players who could be bought out by their teams. The NHL buyout period opens up today. Eric Nystrom - Nashville Predators Bryan Bickell - Chicago Blackhawks…
NHL Rumors: Top Buyout Candidates
On the Top Buyout Canadidates ... Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Fox looks at 13 players who teams could consider buying out this offseason. Jared Cowen - Toronto Maple Leafs - one year, $4.5 million. Leafs would get $650,000 in cap…
NHL Rumors: Blue Jackets, Canucks, Avs, Coyotes and Red Wings
Summary of Friedman's 30 Thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Among the players the Columbus Blue Jackets interviewed in-depth: Jake Bean, Logan Brown, Clayton Keller, Jesse Puljujarvi and Matthew Tkachuk. Sources saying that Scott Hartnell has agreed to waive his no-movement…