Tag: Minnesota Wild

NHL Rumors: GMs To Watch, Maple Leafs and the Huricanes

General Managers to watch come the trade deadline... Rory Boylen of Sportsnet:  Peter Chiarelli tops the list for many of the wrong reasons. No one is sure what will happen in Edmonton or who will be traded for what package.…

Chris Wassel

NHL Rumors: Senators, Wild, Canucks, and Devils

Senators - Duchene talks to continue Darren Dreger: Contract talks between the Ottawa Senators and pending free agent Matt Duchene are expected to continue this week. Talk is of an eight-year contract in the range of $65 to $75 million…

Mark Easson

NHL Trade Analysis: Victor Rask For Nino Niederreiter

With the bye weeks starting this Sunday for a third of the league, few pundits expected more trades to happen coming into the weekend. That answer would be wrong! Minnesota and Carolina decided to make a 1-for 1 deal that…

Chris Wassel

NHL Trade: Wild Send Niederreitter To Hurricanes For Rask

The Minnesota Wild have traded forward Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes for forward Viktor Rask. The 26-year old Niederreiter was drafted 5th overall in the 2010 draft by the New York Islanders. He carries a $5.25 million salary cap…

Mark Easson

NHL Trades: The Anaheim Ducks Make Three Trades Yesterday

The Anaheim Ducks and the Vancouver Canucks make a trade Eric Stephens: The Anaheim Ducks have acquired defenseman Michael Del Zotto from the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Luke Schenn and a 2020 seventh round pick. Elliotte Friedman: The Canucks are retaining…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: LA Kings, Buffalo Sabres, and Potential Landing Spots for Gustav Nyquist

Kings in a good spot to acquire some future assets Jonathan Davis: The Los Angeles Kings are in a good position in that they have players like Jake Muzzin who has term left. They can move him if they get a…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Scouting MIN-BOS, Sharks, Avalanche, and the Canucks

Scouting the Minnesota Wild and Boston Bruins Shawn Hutcheon: Scouts listed to attend last night's Wild-Bruins game: Winnipeg Jets (2), Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks. Sharks may…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: The Athletic’s Top 20 List … Ottawa Senators and Matt Duchene

Top 20 players who could be traded at the NHL trade deadline Craig Custance of The Athletic: Some GMs are saying it's a buyers market right now. There are lots of notes in the link to Custance's piece and it's…

Mark Easson

Potential Edmonton Oilers’ Trade Targets

With the Edmonton Oilers mired in a five-game losing skid in late-December that threatened to derail their playoff hopes, general manager Peter Chiarelli wasted little time swinging deals following the lifting of the holiday trade freeze on Dec. 28. On…

Lyle Richardson

NHL Rumors: Los Angeles Kings and the Edmonton Oilers

To trade or not to trade defenseman Jake Muzzin Lisa Dillman and Josh Cooper of The Athletic: Cases for trading Jake Muzzin. Cooper - If the Los Angeles Kings decided to move Muzzin, he'd be one player that the Kings…

Mark Easson

NHL New Year’s Resolutions: Central Division

New Year’s resolutions for each team in the Central Division and some potential trade targets for them.

Featurd Writer

NHL Notes: Injuries, Recalls, Shutouts, Outdoor Games, Lehtera Charged, and the Coyotes

Injury updates Arizona Coyotes: Forward Nick Schmaltz is listed as day-to-day with a lower-body injury. WGR 550: Buffalo Sabres coach Phil Housley said that forward Jack Eichel is day-to-day. He's going to be evaluated this morning and more will be…

Mark Easson