Top NHL Prospects – Eastern Conference Teams
As part of 2014-15 season primer series for each team, we included each teams top 10 prospects heading into the season. We've decided to re-list them all and breaking down by Eastern and Western Conferences. First up will be the…
Morning Hits: Hurricanes, Isles, Drouin, Fighting, Flames and Sharks
Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos Jr. said he would entertain offers for the majority stake in the team. “I’m 71 years old, and at 71 you start planning stuff like that,” Karmanos said.…
Rumors I: Trade Candidates, Red Wings, Flyers, Habs and Coyotes
Rory Boylen of The Hockey News: Top 10 trade candidates for this season: Cody Franson, Kris Versteeg (other Blackhawks could be Bryan Bickell, Johnny Oduya and Nick Leddy), Josh Bailey (or maybe Michael Grabner), Johnny Boychuk, Evander Kane, Cam Ward,…
New York Islanders 2014-15 Season Primer
The New York Islanders are the fourth team in the Metro division that we are taking a closer look at leading up training camp. Use the below Tabs to view Islanders info for this upcoming season, as well as some numbers from…
Rumors II: Bruins, Oilers, Brodeur, Blackhawks, Islanders and Senators
DJ Been of WEEI: Source saying that the Bruins have held "casual discussion" with David Krejci about a contract extension. Krejci is entering the final year of his three-year, $15.75 million deal and would be a UFA at the end…
The Top 10 Best Long-Term NHL Contracts
The NHL is a league that is notorious for its ugly, bad, and sometimes mind-boggling contracts. With all of the bad contracts seemingly always in the headlines (bad news makes for better stories), it’s easy to forget that even the…
NHL News: Islanders, Malone, Blake and Refs CBA
Barbara Ross and Pat Leonard of the NY Daily News: Andrew Barroway has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Islanders owner Charles Wang for backing away from handshake deal to sell the team for $420 million. The suit alleges that…
NHL Rumors: Selanne, Staal, Some 2015 UFA Defensemen and Boyle
Janne Virtanen: There will be a news conference today with Teemu Selanne and Jokerit today. Szymon Szemberg: Press conference can be watched here. 11:00 am ET. There were rumors a few days ago that they offered him $10 million for the…
NHL Rumors: Methot, Bissonnette, Isles, Holland and Weber
Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators defenseman Marc Methot is scheduled to become a UFA at the season. They had been talking about a contract extension, but they are at a stalemate, so don't expect a long-term deal anytime…
NHL Rumors: Gonchar, Top 9 UFAs, Pitkanen, Alfredsson, Kapanen and Isles
Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: The Stars have been willing to eat $2.5 million of Sergei Gonchar's $5 million salary in a trade, but have been unsuccessful so far this offseason. Heika had thought that the Senators and…
NHL Rumors: Bissonnette, Staal, Del Zotto and the Sharks
Alex Prewitt of the Washington Post: UFA Paul Bissonnette's agent said that the Capitals are one of "five or six teams" that have some level of interest in him. “Right now he’s just looking for a good organization where he…
NHL Rumors II: Braun, Leafs, Spaling, Stoa and Nelson
Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: The Sharks have started contract extension talks with Justin Braun, though nothing is imminent. “Nothing yet. We will be talking more later in the month after Justin’s wedding,” Neil Sheehy said via email. Braun…