NHL Rumors: Wild, Lightning, Flyers, Flames, Stars, Wings and More
On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo: Sources saying that the Wild have informed Thomas Vanek that he will be bought out. On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith: The Lightning have held preliminary talks with RFA Nikita Kucherov.…
NHL Rumors: Lightning, Blackhawks, Wild, Panthers and Coyotes
*** A couple quick posts with embedded tweets to get them out there before they are dated *** On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Fits with what Yzerman said yesterday, "We know where we're at" with Stamkos #TBLightning https://t.co/0vOtf7RLSV —…
NHL Rumors: Mostly Wild with some Kings, Coyotes and Oilers
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: The Wild haven't decided if they will buy out the final year of Thomas Vanek or not. Buying out Vanek would save the Wild $5 million next season. “The…
NHL Rumors: Flames, Wild and Canucks
On the Calgary Flames ... Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Flames GM Brad Treliving on goaltending. "We're in a bunch of different markets on that, so we'll see how it goes," he added more seriously. Options could be Ben Bishop, Marc-Andre…
NHL Rumors: Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers
On the Ottawa Senators ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: It would take a really good offer for the Senators to trade their No. 12 pick. “For us to move away from No. 12, it will take a significant…
NHL Rumors: Blues, Rangers, Panthers, Bruins and the Wild
On Kevin Shattenkirk ... Darren Dreger: Seems unlikely that the Blues will be able to sign Kevin Shattenkirk to a contract extension. The Bruins are among the teams that are most interested. On Alexander Radulov ... Aivis Kalnins: Alexander Radulov's…
NHL Rumors: Ducks, Oilers, Avs and Offer Sheets
On the Anaheim Ducks and Edmonton Oilers ... Jim Matheson: If the Anaheim Ducks are looking for a high-end left winger, and if they would be interested in Edmonton Oilers winger Taylor Hall, would the Oilers be good with defenseman…
NHL Rumors – The NHL Buyout Period Begins Today
On the NHL Buyout Period ... John Buccigross: The NHL buyout period starts at 5 pm today and runs through 5 pm on June 30th. On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Darren Dreger: The Maple Leafs have put Jared Cowen…
NHL Rumors: Buyout Candidates, Senators and Canadiens
10 NHL Buyout Candidates ... Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: Looking at 10 players who could be bought out by their teams. The NHL buyout period opens up today. Eric Nystrom - Nashville Predators Bryan Bickell - Chicago Blackhawks…
NHL Rumors: Top Buyout Candidates
On the Top Buyout Canadidates ... Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Fox looks at 13 players who teams could consider buying out this offseason. Jared Cowen - Toronto Maple Leafs - one year, $4.5 million. Leafs would get $650,000 in cap…
NHL Rumors: Tradeable NHL Draft Picks and Subban
On the NHL Draft ... Craig Custance of ESPN: Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekelainen on trading their No. 3 draft pick. “I’ve told everyone who has inquired, you’d better blow my socks off before we get to any kind of…
NHL Rumors: Stars, Oilers, Wild and Blackhawks
On the Dallas Stars ... Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) Think that Stars GM Jim Nill will use both Antti Niemi and Kari Lehtonen next season, but will be looking for a good deal. If there is…