Rumors II: Canucks, Penguins, Flyers and Sharks
Elliotte Pap of the Vancouver Sun: Canucks Shawn Matthias will be a UFA and he isn't stressing about it. The 27-year old is coming off an 18 goal season where he made $1.85 million. “The team has a lot of…
Rumors I: Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli Not Afraid To Make Moves
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Oilers Taylor Hall on the hiring of Peter Chiarelli. “I don’t know what his plan is, but he’s not afraid to make trades. He’s traded young players before,” said Hall, referring to the Boston…
Rumors II: Panthers, Oilers, Bruins, Penguins, Coyotes, Wild and Hurricanes
Jameson Olive of Fox Sports Florida: It's more than likely that the Panthers will have a quiet free agency period. If they do look to sign anyone, it will likely to be depth for the AHL team. RFA Jimmy Hayes…
Rumors I: Coyotes, Leafs, Oilers, Canes, Kings, Flyers and Devils
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: A couple sources say that Coyotes coach Dave Tippett has an out clause if the team is relocated and if there is an ownership change. There is a varying opinion on how much Shane Doan wanted to…
Rumors: Wings, O’Reilly, Hyman, O’Connor, Del Zotto and Kessel
Elliotte Friedman: Red Wings director of pro scouting Mark Howe was at the Maple Leafs - Sabres game on Wednesday. The Red Wings have cap room for next season, but in 2016 they'll have free agents in Justin Abdelkader, Danny…
Rumors: Oilers, Kings, Ovi, Blue Jackets, Bennett and College UFAs
Jonathan Willis of the Edmonton Journal: The Kings already have $60 million committed to 16 players for next season and they may have trouble signing five of their significant free agents. Willis wonders if the Oilers would be interested in…
Rumors: Devils, Rangers and O’Connor
Tom Gulitti of The Record: Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has stated multiple times that he's wanted to add two scoring forwards. There are not many top-six UFA options, so he might have to go the trade route. At the trade…
Rumors I: Tanking, Kessel, Dubnyk, PHI-PIT, Burke, O’Connor and Vesey
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: A league executive on 'tanking.' “It’s embarrassing,” a league executive said. “You can’t blame the teams involved because there is a reward for failure and that’s the highest odds in the lottery,” said the…
Rumors II: Jagr, Lecavalier, Jones, O’Connor, Ducks and Sobotka
Renaud Lavoie: Jaromir Jagr's agent, Peter Svoboda, will meet with Panthers GM Dale Tallon today to discuss a contract extension. George Richards: Should have an update today regarding the Panther GM Dale Tallon and Jaromir Jagr contract extension talks. Dave…
Rumors I: Bernier, Vanek, Vesey, O’Connor and Baun
Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: The Leafs will have to decide what they want to do with pending RFA Jonathan Bernier. They will look at the goalie market this offseason. The Senators and possibly the Rangers may look to…
College Free Agent: Matt O’Connor Profile
Image from bu.edu Matt O'Connor Age: 23 Position: G Height: 6' 6" Weight: 205 lbs School: Boston University Class: Junior Date of Birth: 1992-02-14 Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario Craig Custance of ESPN: As of a couple weeks ago, at least 14…
Rumors: Vermette, Condra, Subban, Tanev, Oilers, Avs and Thornton
Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun-Times: Antoine Vermette knows that the Blackhawks likely won't be able to afford him next season. “I like it here, it’s great,” he said. “But I recognize it’s a tricky position, and out of my…