NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning and the Detroit Red Wings
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Lightning: The 34-year old Peter Budaj will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, but the Lightning are interested in bringing Budaj back next season to backup…
NHL Rumors: Wild, Capitals, Oilers, Islanders, Sabres, Kovalchuk, Dadonov and Belov
On the Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Dadonov and Anton Belov ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter is drawing the interest of some teams as they look…
NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins
On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: If the Maple Leafs are not able to re-sign Brian Boyle and are looking for a short-term fix while Frederik Gauthier recovers from his injury, what about Dominic…
NHL Rumors: Ilya Kovalchuk – Teams That Could Be Interested
On Ilya Kovalchuk ... Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Looking at eight potential landing spots for Ilya Kovalchuk in a sign and trade with the New Jersey Devils. Montreal Canadiens - Need offense. They have three 2018 second round picks and could…
NHL Rumors: Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils
On the Buffalo Sabres ... Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: Harrington thinks the Sabres should trade their first round pick for an NHL defenseman. The Sabres will draft at the No. 8 slot again this year. The Sabres need…
Morning Hits: Ducks, Pens, Sens, Rangers, Blue Jackets, and Wild
On the Anaheim Ducks ... Eric Stephens: Coach Randy Carlyle said that Ondrej Kase suffered a lower-body injury in last night's game from a Milan Lucic cross check. He'll have an MRI in Anaheim today. Helene Elliott: Defenseman Korbinian Holzer…
NHL Rumors: Penguins, Flames, Flyers, Golden Knights, Wild, Blue Jackets, Predators and Blackhawks
On options for Marc-Andre Fleury ... Jason Brough of NBC Sports: Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury will likely be traded this offseason no matter what he does in the playoffs. Matt Murray is their goalie of the future. Fleury has…
NHL Injuries: Penguins, Ducks and Wild
On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Pens Inside Scoop: Coach Mike Sullivan of Sidney Crosby: "We don't have any updates on our injured guys. They'll be evaluated overnight. We'll go from there." Tom Gulitti: Sullivan wouldn't say if Crosby has an upper-…
NHL Rumors: Sabres, Maple Leafs, Ducks, Wild and Sharks
On the Buffalo Sabres ... Igor Eronko: Source saying that Viktor Antipin has terminated his deal with Magnitogorsk Metallurg (KHL) to sign the Sabres. Aivis Kalnins: Source saying that a deal between the Sabres and Antipin could happen sooner than…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild – Hanzal, Granlund, Niederreiter, Kuemper, Pominville and White
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: It seems unlikely that the Wild will re-sign trade deadline acquisition Martin Hanzal because they don't have a lot of cap space and his inconsistent production. Hanzal said he'll…
Western Injuries Non-Playoffs: Kings, Sharks, Wild and Blackhawks
On the Los Angeles Kings ... Jon Rosen: The LA Kings announced yesterday the following medical procedures. Tyler Toffoli - had minor surgery on his left knee and is expected to be ready for the start of training camp. Derek Forbort - had minor…
Western Conference Injuries: Sharks, Ducks, Kings and Wild
On the San Jose Sharks ... Kevin Kurz: Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said that the 37-year old Joe Thornton was playing with a torn MCL and ACL. “I don’t know if the injury report has come out yet, but I’ve…