Morning Hits: Injury Updates, Oilers Cuts Coming and Lapierre
On the Edmonton Oilers ... Jim Matheson: Oilers forward Matt Hendricks will be out for weeks with a lower-body injury. Jack Michaels: Sounding like the Oilers will be making cuts before their practice today. On the Nashville Predators ... Chris…
Rumors I: Flames, Sobotka, Downie, and Lapierre
Kristen Odland of the Calgary Herald: The Flames currently have a cap number of just under $48 million, which doesn't include RFA Dougie Hamilton who was looking for Drew Doughty money from Boston. Lance Bouma is also looking for a new…
Rumors IV: Penguins – Offer Sheets, Buyout, Trades and Free Agents
Josh Yohe of DK On Pittsburgh Sports: Blackhawks pending RFA Brandon Saad is from Pittsburgh. Would the Penguins try to sign him to an offer sheet? Penguins GM Jim Rutherford can't comment on Saad or any other RFAs because of…
Rumors I: Saad, Penguins, Stars, Oilers and Canucks
Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune: Blackhawks Brandon Saad will be a RFA after the season and could tempt teams to tender him an offer sheet. GM Stan Bowman doesn't see him going anywhere though. "He's emerged as a guy…
Rumors I: Wisniewski, Penguins, Lightning and Oilers
Aaron Portzline: Two different sources said tonight that the Blue Jackets are shopping defenseman James Wisniewski. They are trying to trade him before Monday's deadline. Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Penguins will be buyers, but they have limited cap space.…
Trade: Penguins Send Goc To The Blues For Lapierre
The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded center Marcel Goc to the St. Louis Blues for center/right winger Max Lapierre. The 31-year old Goc was drafted 20th overall in the 2001 draft by the Sharks. He carries a $1.2 million salary cap…
Rumors: RFA Update, Isles, Blackhawks, Fleury, Blues and Habs
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Predators don't plan on trading RFA defenseman Ryan Ellis. "This is clearly one of those cases where we want to pay him X and he wants Y," veteran Preds general manager David Poile told ESPN.com…
Free Agents: Smith, Canucks and Filppula
Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic: Coyotes goalie Mike Smithis hopeful that he and the Coyotes can work out a deal. “We’ll see what happens, but that’s out of my control right now,” he said. Brad Ziemer of the Vancouver…