Vokoun to Waive No-Trade? Torres Getting Some Interest … Chicago Goalies get Vote of Confidence
Steve Gorten of the Sun Sentinel: Tomas Vokoun has said he might consider waiving his no-trade clause if the sitution is right. James Murphy of NESN: Blue Jackets LWer, Raffi Torres, is drawing interest from the Bruins and Penguins. Tim…
Cam Barker Traded to Minnesota For Johnsson and Leddy
The Chicago Blackhawks have gotten some salary cap relief for next season by trading defenseman Cam Barker to the Minnesota Wild for defenseman Kim Johnsson and prospect Nick Leddy. Johnsson has a cap number of $4.85 million ($5.3 salary) this…
Cullen Gone by Tomorrow .. Turco in Limbo .. Armstrong Drawing Interest .. Some Panthers on the Block
The Triangle Business Journal: Hurricanes GM, Jim Rutherford, expects to trade Matt Cullen before the Olympic roster freeze (tomorrow), and Ray Whitney after the break. Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Tim Thomas hasn't been approached about waiving his no-trade, and "Thomas…
Plenty of NHL Rumors to go along with some Injury news
Elliotte Friedman of CBC Sports: The Leafs wanted to send Jeff Finger to the Ducks instead of Jason Blake, the Ducks said no. Friedman thinks the Canucks might have been scouting Tomas Plekanec the other night, though he thinks there…
Globe Sports talks some rumors on their Podcast, Lightning getting new owner that might want to move Vinny, Plenty of teams interested in Whitney
Globe Sports Podcast: A 1/2 hour podcast talking about the 'Hockey Summit' and the NHL's participation in the Olympics. They also talk about Dion Phaneuf, Ilya Kovalchuk, and other things happening on the trade front. Trade talk starts around the…
List of Hurricanes available, Wideman on the Block? Leafs improving trade value? Hamhuis to test UFA market?
Darren Dreger of TSN thru Twitter: Carolina Hurricanes that are available: Ray Whitney, Matt Cullen, Scott Walker, Stephan Yelle, Andrew Alberts, Nic Wallin, Aaron Ward, and Manny Legace. The Canes' have already asked Whitney and Wallin to waive their no-trade…
Around the Boards: Turco could be out in Dallas? Sykora out in Minny?
E.J. Hradek of ESPN: Marty Turco's days in Dallas could come to an end at the trade deadline day. Hradek thinks that if the Stars could come up with a good deal, GM Joe Nieuwendyk would make it. Michael Russo…
Around the Boards: Some under-achieving Avs, DUI for Chelios, Ference out 6 weeks, Burns Skating
Mark Kiszla of the Denver Post: The Colorado Avalanche continue to roll on, but there are several players that aren't living up to expectations. "The Avs are getting next to nothing from Darcy Tucker, Marek Svatos, Ruslan Salei and Liles,…
Around the Boards: Ilya-Thrashers have a Snag, Vinny to Oilers? Help on the way for the Wings and Sens
Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Talks between Ilya Kovalchuk and the Thrashers have apparently hit a snag. "Our position is different than his position right now," Waddell told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution before Monday night's game with Montreal. "Their position…
Around the Boards: Fri. Oct. 30th
Chris McCosky of the Detroit News: The Detroit Red Wings offense took another hit last night with Valtteri Filppula broke his right wrist. He'll be out for 6 to 8 weeks. Darren Helm may be given the first chance to…
Wild Acquire Chuck Kobasew
The Minnesota Wild have acquired Chuck Kobasew from the Boston Bruins for Craig Weller, the rights to Alex Fallstrom (a 2009 4th round pick) and a 2011 2nd round pick. The Wild were looking to add a winger as Petr…
Lots of Injury News
The mysterious 'upper body injury' took a turn for the good for once, Tomas Vanek, who originally was out for 'weeks', might be ready to this weekend. Sabres fans and fantasy owners take breath a sigh of relief. If he's…