Morning Hits: Signings, Injury Updates and Roster Notes
On the Buffalo Sabres ... Pierre LeBrun: The Sabres and Rasmus Ristolainen agreed on a six-year contract with a $5.4 million salary cap hit. On the Edmonton Oiles and Calgary Flames ... John Shannon: Kris Versteeg rejected the Oilers offer…
NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Sabres, Oilers and Flames
On the Montreal Canadiens ... Eric Engels: Hearing that a couple of Western Conference teams are kicking tires on Canadiens goalie Mike Condon. A trade is a possibility. On the Buffalo Sabres ... John Vogl: Sabres coach Dan Bylsma on…
2016-17 Top 10 Calgary Flames Prospects
The past few seasons for the Calgary Flames have been a rollercoaster of a ride. After finally embracing a rebuild and turning to youth in Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau, the Flames made it back into the playoffs in 2015.…
NHL Rumors: Habs, Oilers, Wild, Ducks, Flames and More
On some trades that didn't happen ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Some members of the Jets scouting staff were high on Matthew Tkachuk. Looking like Loui Eriksson will hit the open market with term being the issue with…
NHL Rumors: Canadiens – Subban, Avs, Canucks and Oilers
On the Montreal Canadiens ... Brian Wilde: Word is the Canadiens like Matthew Tkachuk over Pierre-Luc Dubois. On the Colorado Avalanche ... Bob McKenzie: the Avalanche had previous talks with the Canadiens about P.K. Subban. The Avs don't count themselves…
NHL Rumors: Blackhawks, Sabres, Oilers and Ducks
On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Chris Hine: Source saying that the Teuvo Teravainen trade helped push Nick Schmaltz to leave North Dakota early and sign his deal with the Blackhawks. On the Buffalo Sabres and Jimmy Vesey ... Nick Filipowski: From…
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Bruins and Panthers
On the Edmonton Oilers ... Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Matheson looks at four scenarios for the Edmonton Oilers at the 2016 draft. 1. Trading up to No. 3 to draft Jesse Puljujarvi - Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen…
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…
NHL Rumors: NHL Draft – Blue Jackets, Canucks and Oilers
On the Vancouver Canucks ... Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: The Canucks know they will be able to draft a foundation player like Pierre-Luc Dubois, Matthew Tkachuk or Olli Juolevi at No. 5 - depending on what the Oilers…
NHL Rumors: Blues, Hawks, Stars, Ladd, Coyotes and More
Friedman's 30 Thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Quickly touches on a the idea if the Maple Leafs would consider uniting Christian Dvorak, Mitch Marner and Matthew Tkachuk in the NHL. They would need to trade for Christian Dvorak, then move…
NHL Rumors: Buyout Candidates and the Maple Leafs
On Top 10 NHL Contract Buyout Candidates ... Lyle Richards of Bleacher Report: The buyout period starts on June 15th, or 48 hours after the Stanley Cup Final is over. Richards lists the top 10 players that could be bought…
NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers
On the Edmonton Oilers ... Jonathan Willis of the Edmonton Journal: Willis looks at some reason that the Oilers will trade the No. 4 pick. GM Peter Chiarelli has already stated he's willing to trade the pick and that there…