NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild – Granlund, Niederreiter and Foligno
On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: The Minnesota Wild are set to have salary arbitration hearings next week for forwards Nino Niederreiter and Mikael Granlund. The Wild are hoping to be able to get a…
NHL Rumors: New York Islanders, and Notable Restricted Free Agents
On the New York Islanders ... Arthur Staple: "Two things: 1) There is no #Isles news right now. 2) The chances of the #Isles trading John Tavares before the season are roughly 0.0001%." On notable RFAs that are still looking…
NHL News: Senators, Flyers, Ex-Rangers, Campbell and Salary Arbitration Dates
On the Ottawa Senators ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen: The Ottawa Senators and forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau agreed to a three-year, $9.3 million contract today. The deal carries a $3.1 million salary cap hit. The Senators and Pageau were…
NHL Rumors: Boston Bruins, Minnesota Wild and the Vancouver Canucks
On Drew Stafford ... Michael Russo of the Stars Tribune: The Wild still need to re-sign RFAs Mikael Granlund, Nino Niederreiter and Marcus Foligno. The Wild have also spoken with UFAs Matt Cullen and Drew Stafford. Mikko Koivu will be…
NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Hurricanes, Wild and Coyotes
On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Kristen Shilton: Maple Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello on if they were close to making any trades the past couple days: "You never come close to anything unless you get it done" David Pagnotta: Don't get…
NHL Rumors: Hamonic, Maple Leafs, Duchene, Islanders, Knights, Coyotes, Caps, Wild and Bruins
On the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders ... Arthur Staple: "GS and Lou Lamoriello having a draft floor chat. Heard the Leafs are making a big push on Hamonic." On the Colorado Avalanche and New York Islanders ...…
NHL Rumors: Marian Hossa, Red Wings, Blues and Wild
On the Chicago Blackhawks Marian Hossa... Greg Wyshynski: It is apparent that the NHL does not know what to do with the Marian Hossa situation yet. That goes as far as cap situation for the Chicago Blackhawks next season. Chicago had…
NHL Rumors: NY Islanders, Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild
On the New York Islanders ... Arthur Staple: IF the Islanders decide to trade John Tavares at some point, there is zero percent chance he'll be moved to a team in their division. Arthur Staple: Nothing has been decided with…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild Notes
On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: The Wild briefly met with Mikael Granlund's agent Todd Diamond at the scouting combine. They weren't even really exploratory talks according to Diamond, but the sides agreed to meet…
NHL Rumors: Cullen, Blue Jackets and Wild
On Matt Cullen ... Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: 40-year old Matt Cullen's playing days could be coming to an end very soon. The Penguins are one win away from another Stanley Cup and it might be the perfect…
NHL Expansion Draft: Minnesota Wild Primer
The Wild are just too deep to make this simple. Unless they’re crafty they’ll end up exposing at least one valuable forward as well as a quality defenseman, and they’re understandably the target of much trade talk as the expansion…
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…