Tag: Nick Spaling

NHL Notes: Roy Resigns, Wisniewski, Ferlin, Spaling and Blackhawks

On Patrick Roy and the Colorado Avalanche ... NHL.com: Patrick Roy resigned as the head coach of the Colorado Avalanche today. "I have thought long and hard over the course of the summer about how I might improve this team…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Panthers, Sharks and the Oilers

On the Florida Panthers ... Harvey Fialkov: The Panthers get trade inquiries on defenseman Dmitry Kulikov all the time. The Panthers don't have him on the trade block. On the San Jose Sharks ... Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area:…

Mark Easson

Pucks In Depth: Soaring Ducks, Boedker and Sellers Market

Heading into the 2015-16 season few teams - if any - had higher expectations surrounding them than the Anaheim Ducks. Early on it looked like they wouldn't come close to reaching said expectations as they stumbled out of the gate…

Todd Cordell

NHL Trade: Leafs Send Polak and Spaling To Sharks

The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenseman Roman Polak and forward Nick Spaling to the San Jose Sharks for a 2017 and 2018 2nd round pick, as well as forward Raffi Torres. The 29-year old Polak was drafted 180th overall in…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... TSNs Darren Dreger video: Maple Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello and the agent for pending RFA Morgan Rielly have held preliminary contract talks. It's not a top priority right now. Contract comparables could be... Dougie…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Lots of Trade Options For The Maple Leafs

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail: Lamoriello will be busy leading up to the trade deadline. They have nine pending UFAs on their roster and if they can get draft picks and/or prospects…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Red Wings and Maple Leafs

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ansar Khan of MLive: (mailbag) Petr Mrazek is the Red Wings No. 1 goalie now and in the future, and he's going to need a raise. The Wings can't have a $5.3 million cap…

Mark Easson

Rumors: Maple Leafs – Rielly, Reimer, Polak, Komarov

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Terry Koshan of the Toronto Sun: Morgan Rielly doesn't put a lot merit into talk that he's the least likely to be traded by the Maple Leafs. “I don’t know if that’s true and…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Maple Leafs, Canucks, Flames and Kings

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Teams will be heavily scouting the Maple Leafs leading up to the trade deadline. Anyone not named Morgan Rielly, Nazem Kadri, Jake Gardiner and James Reimer may be…

Mark Easson

Rumors II: Lightning, Jets, and Maple Leafs

On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Steven Stamkos wouldn't confirm or deny Sportsnet's report that he was offered an eight-year, $68 million contract extension by the Lightning. "I'm not going to comment on…

Mark Easson

Rumors III: Leafs, Oilers and Scouting TOR-PHI

On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Frank Seravalli of TSN: Leafs players are trying not to look ahead to the trade deadline, even though they know changes to the roster are coming. “I try not to think about that,” forward…

Mark Easson

Morning Hits: Injury Updates, Burrows and Johansen

Raanta was down for a long time and has now left the game after taking a Scandella slapshot straight on the forehead pic.twitter.com/5IbzpDovSF — Stephanie (@myregularface) December 18, 2015 Adam Kimelman of NHL.com: Canucks Henrik Sedin left last night's game…

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