NHL Rumors: Lightning, Canadiens, Islanders, Red Wings, Penguins, Maple Leafs and Blue Jackets
Damian Cristodero of the Tampa Bay Times: The Lightning could look at dealing one of their goalies. Ben Bishop is their No. 1 goalie. Anders Lindback is a RFA. They recently signed Andrei Vasilevskiy to an entry-level contract. They also…
NHL Rumors II: Flyers, Grabovski, Capitals, Whitney, Halak and Lombardi
Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: New Flyers GM Ron Hextall may go looking for a left winger for Claude Giroux. Pending UFA left wingers could include: Matt Moulson, Benoit Pouliot and Mason Raymond. Jets Evander Kane could be a…
NHL Rumors II: The Islanders and Blues Goaltending Situation
Arthur Staple: If the Islanders are able to sign Jaroslav Halak, GM Garth Snow says he's not finished there: "Right now we have 0 goalies signed. Probably not wise to go into a season w/ 1 goalie." Brett Cyrgalis of the…
Morning Hits: Toews, Mitchell, Pokka, Miller Trade Recap, Poti and Tarasenko’s Rights Traded
Chris Kuc: Blackhawks Jonathan Toews was under the weather yesterday but is expected to be ready for Game 1. Dennis Bernstein: Kings coach Sutter on defenseman Willie Mitchell's status: "hasn't skated yet, we'll see ." Arthur Staple: The Islanders can't sign…
NHL Trade: Capitals Trade Pending UFA Jaroslav Halak To The Islanders
The Washington Capitals have traded pending unrestricted free agent goaltender Jaroslav Halak to the New York Islanders for a 2014 fourth round draft pick that originally belong to the Blackhawks. The 28-year old Halak was drafted in the 9th round,…
NHL Rumors I: Stafford, Ehrhoff, Ott, Peverley, Sharks, Nilsson, Wilson and Blues
John Vogl of the Buffalo News: Drew Stafford is expected to remain with the Sabres next year, at least for the start of the year. Stafford is entering the last year of his four-year, $16 million deal. They will likely…
NHL Rumors II: Blue Jackets, Capitals, Islanders, Hurricanes, Leafs, Stalock and Gretzky
Craig Custance of ESPN: Some things that could happen with the Blue Jackets this offseason. 1. Lock up Ryan Johansen - Johansen is a RFA and they'll have to decide if they want to do a bridge deal or a…
Morning Hits: Duchene, Kreider, Islanders, Needing a GM and McPhee
Pierre LeBrun: Avs Patrick Roy on Matt Duchene on potentially playing in Game 6: "We're going to take a serious look at it." Andrew Gross of the Bergon Record: Rangers Chris Kreider is skating but is still unable to shoot. He…
NHL Rumors: Spezza, Callahan, Panthers, Canucks, Kulemin, Islanders and Habs Ticket Revenue
Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Warren thinks that Jason Spezza has likely played his last game in a Senators uniform. The Senators could trade Spezza for a package that includes a "harder"player that GM Bryan Murray is looking for.…
NHL Rumors: Grabovski, Kulemin, Oilers, Islanders Sale, Lightning, Canucks and Leafs
Michael Traikos of the National Post: The agent of Capitals Mikhail Grabovski and Maple Leafs Nikolai Kulemin said that his clients could be a free agent package, though he added that each are interested in remaining with their current team.…
Quick Hits: Coaches, Analyzing Payrolls, Cap Numbers and Senators
John Shannon: Coaches receiving a vote of confidence in Edmonton, Ottawa, Calgary, and Long Island. Allan Walsh: "Analyzing NHL payrolls (Cap $64.3M), direct correlation in spending below $60M and NOT making playoffs. (8 teams below, 1 in playoffs). 8 teams have won Stanley…
Odds of Winning Tonight’s NHL Draft Lottery Drawing
The NHL will hold their draft lottery drawing tonight at 8:00 PM EST. The odds of obtaining the first overall pick are as follows: 1st - 25.0% - Buffalo Sabres 2nd - 18.8% - Florida Panthers 3rd - 14.2% -…