Rumors I: Draft Talk – Coyotes, Leafs, Flyers and Oilers
Bob McKenzie took to twitter the other day answering some draft question. Here are the good ones. See layers when doing draft rankings: Top two, top five, top 11, top 20, scattergun Strickly McKenzie's opinion and not fact based: believe…
Rumors IV: Backstrom, Draft Notes for Coyotes, Leafs and Devils
Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: The Wild might not be able to buy out goaltender Niklas Backstrom as Backstrom had elbow surgery after the season. “He had a procedure done at the end of the season to clean up a…
Rumors I: Predators, Coyotes and Kings
Adam Vingan of the Tennessean: The Predators and Mike Ribeiro's agent have spoken twice and the past two weeks. Agent Don Meehan said that talks are in the preliminary stages. "We haven't taken it any further than that," Meehan said…
Rumors II: Coyotes, Leafs, Senators and the Goalie Market
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Scouting sources are convinced the Coyotes will draft Dylan Strome. The Leafs will then have to decide on whether to draft Mitch Marner or Noah Hanifin. “The Leafs need a defence going forward,” said…
Rumors II: Senators, Babcock, Leafs, Coyotes and Devils
Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Recently signed Matt O'Connor is expected to be the Senators starter in Binghamton next season. Pending UFA Andrew Hammond has had talks with the Senators. GM Bryan Murray basically said at his end of…
Rumors: Flyers Coaching and Draft Notes
Dave Isaac of the Courier-Post: Flyers GM Ron Hextall would like to have their head coach in place by the draft. Five candidates that could be available for the Flyers: Mike Babcock, Todd McLellan, Claude Julien, Dave Tippett and Dan…
Rumors II: Leafs Coaching, Stars, Oilers and the Draft
Image from Getty Images Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Guessing the Maple Leafs wish list for their next head coach: 1. Mike Babcock; 2. Todd McLellan; 3. Bruce Boudreau; 4. Dave Tippett; 5. Ken Hitchcock; 6. Peter DeBoer; 7.…