Tag: Minnesota Wild

NHL Rumors: Vegas, Expansion Notes, Wild, Bruins and Islanders

On the Vegas Golden Knights and Expansion Notes ... Pierre LeBrun: Hearing that the Golden Knights have talked to Kris Russell's reps. There hasn't been anything serious to this point. Vegas will check in with several UFAs. Darren Dreger: Free…

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NHL Rumors: Vegas Golden Knights: Four Deal In Place With Maybe Five More Coming?

On the Vegas Golden Knights ... Frank Seravalli of TSN: Golden Knights GM George McPhee. “We really like what we’re looking at right now,” McPhee told reporters. “We were expecting this mass redistribution of players that really didn’t happen, which…

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NHL Rumors: On potential trades with Vegas … Lots of talking to continue

On potential trades with Vegas ... Lots of talking to continue ...  Bob McKenzie: Teams can start trading only with the Vegas Golden Knights after 10:00 AM ET. Can't make trades with other teams until Thursday at 8:00 AM ET.…

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NHL Rumors: Montreal Canadiens and Minnesota Wild

On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: The Minnesota Wild were getting lots of calls on Jonas Brodin. (Brodin nor any defenseman were dealt before the trade freeze) The risk of not trading him is that…

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NHL Rumors: Wild, Canadiens, Sharks and Maple Leafs

** Quick embed post before trade freeze On the Minnesota Wild ... Subject to change in next 30 minutes, of course, but it doesn't look like MIN will deal any of their D men -- Brodin or Scandella. — Bob…

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NHL Rumors: Wild, Golden Knights and Coyotes

** Quick embedded post before the 3:00 PM trade freeze ** On the Minnesota Wild ... Not saying Jonas Brodin won't be traded in next 2 hours, but #mnwild says any tweet you see saying he's been traded is "completely…

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NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Defensemen Market

On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan: The Coyotes are involved in lots of trade talk, but nothing is imminent. Don't expect the Coyotes to sign any of their restricted free agent soon. On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe…

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NHL Rumors: Montreal Canadiens – Oilers, Avs and Wild

On the Montreal Canadiens ... Renaud Lavoie: The Canadiens will not buy out anyone this offseason. Eric Engels: Appears very likely that Alex Galchenyuk gets traded. There is a good possibility that they will get a defenseman in return. Bob…

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NHL Rumors: Penguins, Oilers, Red Wings and Wild

On the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Sam Werner: Penguins forward Chris Kunitz was very definitive when he said he's not considering retirement at this point. Pens Inside Scoop: Penguins forward Matt Cullen said he has a pretty good idea if he's…

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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…

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NHL Trade: Capitals Acquire Tyler Graovac From Wild

    The Washington Capitals have acquire forward Tyler Graovac from the Minnesota Wild for a 2018 5th round pick. Isabelle Khurshudyan: The acquisition of Graovac gives them another contract and so they can protect Lars Eller in the expansion…

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NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Avs, Wild, Jets, Islanders and Blackhawks

On the trade front and speculation ... Chris Nichols of FanRag Sports: Darren Dreger was on TSN 690 talking about the trade front and speculation that is out there. “But when it comes to defense, this year more than any…

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