NHL Rumors: Cullen, Blue Jackets and Wild
On Matt Cullen ... Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: 40-year old Matt Cullen's playing days could be coming to an end very soon. The Penguins are one win away from another Stanley Cup and it might be the perfect…
NHL Expansion Draft: Minnesota Wild Primer
The Wild are just too deep to make this simple. Unless they’re crafty they’ll end up exposing at least one valuable forward as well as a quality defenseman, and they’re understandably the target of much trade talk as the expansion…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild – Teams Calling About Forwards As Well
On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: The Wild's expansion situation is well known and rumors have surrounded the team. If a team acquired someone from the Wild, they'd also have to have the room to…
NHL Rumors: Capitals, Panthers, Golden Knights and the Wild
On the Washington Capitals ... Isabelle Khurshudyan: KHL teams are talking to both Dmitry Orlov and Evgeny Kuznetsov, but doesn't expect much to come of it. It it still really early in the offseason. Slava Malamud: The president of CSKA…
NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes, Buffalo Sabres and Minnesota Wild
On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan: Coyotes GM John Chayka confirmed the report that Arizona's AHL team (Tucson Roadrunners) signed Oliver Ekman-Larsson's brother Kevin to a deal for next season. On the Buffalo Sabres ... Steve Simmons: Many people…
NHL Rumors: Wild, Capitals, Oilers, Islanders, Sabres, Kovalchuk, Dadonov and Belov
On the Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeni Dadonov and Anton Belov ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter is drawing the interest of some teams as they look…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild – Hanzal, Granlund, Niederreiter, Kuemper, Pominville and White
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: It seems unlikely that the Wild will re-sign trade deadline acquisition Martin Hanzal because they don't have a lot of cap space and his inconsistent production. Hanzal said he'll…
Olympic News Fallout: Thoughts From The Players
Some thoughts from the players on the NHL not going to the 2018 Winter Olympics ... TSN: Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin said today that he's going to compete for Russia at the Winter Olympics no matter what the NHL says.…
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Bruins and Players Who Could Be Traded Due to Expansion Draft
On the Edmonton Oilers ... David Staples: Doubtful that the Oilers would be able to move Benoit Pouliot because of his age, production and that he was two year left on his deal at $4 million. On the Boston Bruins…
NHL Rumors: Wild, Sabres Islanders and the Maple Leafs
On the Minneota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: (mailbag) Multiple sources have said on different occasions that the Minnesota Wild and the Buffalo Sabres spoke about winger Evander Kane. Given Kane's $5.25 million salary, and even if the…
NHL Rumors: Mostly Wild with some Kings, Coyotes and Oilers
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: The Wild haven't decided if they will buy out the final year of Thomas Vanek or not. Buying out Vanek would save the Wild $5 million next season. “The…
NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers
On the Minnesota Wild ... Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press: (from earlier this week) Deciding on a new head coach will be the Wild's top priority. The only players that likely won't be shopped are Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Mikko…