Rumors I: Bruins, Avs, Sharks, Rychel, Jagr, Toffoli and Capitals
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Bruins may not be able sign Zane McIntrye until July 1st, though it is expected to get done. He could test free agency if he wanted too.The Avalanche will be looking for a defensive partner…
Rumors I: Capitals Offseason – Holtby, Gleason, Green and Johansson
Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Capitals Braden Holtby is a pending RFA. He doesn't plan on getting that involved in the contract talks, but would prefer to do a long-term deal to remain in Washington. “Job security is something that…
Rumors II: Capitals, Teams that Could Use Green and Pouliot
Alex Prewitt of the Washington Post: The Capitals will currently have 11 RFAs and UFAs to deal with this offseason. “I think we need to evaluate where our team’s at first of all,” MacLellan said Thursday, during a sit-down interview…
NHL Rumors III: Treliving Talks Flames … Trotz Talks Second Line Center
Aaron Vickers of Flames.nhl.com: Flames GM Brad Treliving on their current roster. “One of the things that help you improve is creating internal competition at all positions. You look at our team right now. We’ve got some young forwards that…
NHL Rumors X: Capitals, Phaneuf, Flames, Spezza and Cammalleri
Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: The Capitals won't be using their compliance buyout according to GM Brian MacLellan, “I don’t think it would make sense,” he said. They'd like to add a backup for Braden Holtby through trade or free agency.…
2013-14 NHL Trade Deadline Feature: Washington Capitals
Submitted by Patrick O'Connor, and can be found on twitter at @PatOConnor28 With the trade deadline fast approaching, after the Olympic break the Capitals should be very active if they want to make a run this season. The Caps currently find…
Free Agent Hits: Johansson, Boedker, Kadri, Gilbert, Cammalleri, Cowen, Hodgson, Franson, Pietrangelo and Stepan
Mike Vogl: The Capitals have signed RFA Marcus Johansson to a two-year, $4 million deal. He'll get $1.825 million this season and $2.175 million in 2014-15. Bob McKenzie: Hearing that Coyotes RFA Mikkel Boedker is close to agreeing to a…
Free Agent Hits: Kadri, Read, Hodgson, Boedker, Johansson, Pietrangelo, Eminger and Bang
Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun: Maple Leafs RFA Nazem Kadri won't be talking about contract talks “until the deal gets done.” He did say that “negotiations are continuing and the lines of communication are open”. Assistant GM Claude Loiselle (handling…
Free Agent Hits: Grabovski, Henrique, Johansson and Murray
Katie Carrera: The Capitals have signed center Mikhail Grabovski to a one-year, $3 million contract. Grabovsky's agent said that 12 teams were interested in Grabovski, but coach Adam Oates was the difference: “His enthusiasm to work w/ Mikhail convinced us…
Morning Hits: Roy, Emelin, Ribeiro and Hemsky
L.A. Lariviere: Patrick Roy's brother said he was wrongly quoted in the Denver Post article and that he expressed only his intuition. Renaud Lavoie: Canadiens defenseman Alexei Emelin had surgery on his left knee and will be out for six…
Injury Updates: Nash, Wisniewski, Johansson, Clutterbuck, Bourque, Brodeur, Malone, Lehtonen, Reimer, Frattin, Steen and McDonald
Andrew Gross via twitter: Rangers Rick Nash doesn't think he'll be ready to go tonight. He won't say what the injury is, saying it was a few things. When asked directly if it was a concussion, Nash said he wasn't a doctor.…
More on Radulov … Helm out 4-6 weeks … Wild injury updates … Pitkanen close … Canucks lineup changes and starting goalies
4:45 PM: Dmitry Chesnokov via twitter: Radulov's return to Nashville is conditioned on him returning to the KHL next year (from Medvedev via @plysenkov). He was allowed to buy out this year only with condition he'd be back. If not,…