Tag: Matt Dumba

NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild – Teams Calling About Forwards As Well

On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star  Tribune: The Wild's expansion situation is well known and rumors have surrounded the team. If a team acquired someone from the Wild, they'd also have to have the room to…

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NHL Rumors: Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild

On the Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild ... Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Bruins management realizes they need to get deeper. “We have a lot of work to do as an organization, still. We want to become a deeper, more talented…

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NHL Rumors: St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars

On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Blues forward Jori Lehtera has two years left on his deal at a $4.7 million salary cap hit. Lehtera might be the type of player that the…

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NHL Rumors: Kings, Capitals, Golden Knights and Oilers

On the Los Angeles Kings ... Dennis Bernstein: "Whether Kings deal for Evander Kane or not, mere fact they would consider is seismic shift in how front office thinks with Rob Blake running show" On the Washington Capitals and the…

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NHL Rumors: Trade Bait and Vegas Holding All The Cards

List of the top players who could get traded this offseason ... Frank Seravalli of TSN: Teams will be looking to make moves instead of losing players for nothing in the expansion draft. Teams like the Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota…

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NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning – To Trade Or Not To Trade Jonathan Drouin

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Martin Fennelly of the Tampa Bay Times: Looking at why the Tampa Bay Lightning should keep forward Jonathan Drouin. Though he could help land them the defensive help they need, the Lightning should keep…

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NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes, Buffalo Sabres and Minnesota Wild

On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan: Coyotes GM John Chayka confirmed the report that Arizona's AHL team (Tucson Roadrunners) signed Oliver Ekman-Larsson's brother Kevin to a deal for next season. On the Buffalo Sabres ... Steve Simmons: Many people…

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NHL Rumors: Wild, Capitals, Oilers, Islanders, Sabres, Kovalchuk, Dadonov and Belov

On the Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Dadonov and Anton Belov ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter is drawing the interest of some teams as they look…

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Western Conference Injuries: Stars, Coyotes, Wild, Oilers, Sharks, Avs and Kings

On the Dallas Stars ... Mark Stepneski: There is no time frame yet on when forward Ales Hemsky could return to the lineup. He's getting close. They will see where he's at on Thursday. On the Arizona Coyotes ... Sarah…

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NHL Injuries: Blue Jackets, Leafs, Panthers, Devils, Jets, Wild and More

On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Some days Blue Jackets forward David Clarkson is able to play with his kids or skate with a high school team. Other days he can barely get out…

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Western Conference Injuries: Ducks, Canucks, Jets, Wild, Coyotes, Blues and Stars

On the Anaheim Ducks ... Eric Stephens: Coach Randy Carlyle said that defenseman Sami Vatanen will "be an option for us " On the Vancouver Canucks ... News 1130 Sports: Bo Horvat's agent said that he had an MRI and…

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NHL Rumors: Oilers, Bruins and Players Who Could Be Traded Due to Expansion Draft

On the Edmonton Oilers ... David Staples: Doubtful that the Oilers would be able to move Benoit Pouliot because of his age, production and that he was two year left on his deal at $4 million. On the Boston Bruins…

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