Morning notes on: CBA, Doan deadline, Ovechkin and KHL, Colaiacovo, Cousins, Huselius, Visnovsky and Kane
TSN: CBA talks made little progress last week, but both sides will meet again on Tuesday. Darren Dreger is saying that the league may present another offer. Detroit Free Press: Shane Doan will sign somewhere before September 15th. "Shane is…
Free Agent and trade notes on: Subban, Hall, Eberle, Seguin, Doan, Franzen, Luongo, Carlson and Fistric
L.A. Lariviere via twitter: P.K. Subban's agent said there is no truth the report that Subban asked for a 5 year deal at $30 million, "Another erroneous report. PK has not made any such request" Lariviere adds that his sources said…
Free Agent notes involving Doan, Couture, Hall, Eberle and Hartnell’s new contract
John Buccigross via twitter: Buccigross was told that the Sabres 4 year, $30 offer to Shane Doan is legit. The Coyotes are only looking to go 2 years for now. Mike Harrington via twitter: Harrington notes again that the Sabres…
Trade and free agent notes: Umberger, Filppula, Kulikov, Hartnell and Blues questions
Aaron Portzline via twitter: Portzline clears the air regarding the rumor that RJ Umberger asking for a trade out of Columbus, "Don't be ridiculous. No truth." Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Red Wings Valtteri Filppula (28) had…
Scott Hartnell signs 6 year contract extension with the Flyers
The Flyers have signed Scott Hartnell to a 6 year contract extension. Tim Panaccio via twitter: Hartnell's 6 year deal is worth $28.5 million, a $4.75 million cap hit. Sam Carchidi via twitter: Hartnell is expected to replace Jagr, and…
Morning notes on CBA, O’Reilly, Kovalev, Hurricanes, Galchenyuk, Ohlund, Gionta, Prust, Oilers goalie prospects and Simmonds
Aaron Ward via twitter: "Further clarification to NHLPA proposal to limit non player spending by teams.Player concessions in 2005 lowered player costs while" ... "non player costs sky rocketed.These costs can be defined as GM/Coaches salaries on down to Jet…
Flames lease close to expiring … 6 Predators and Hurricanes questions … Lilja out … Klefbom not ready … Horton cleared
Tamara Gignac of the Calgary Herald: The Flames lease at the Scotiabank Saddledome expires in 2014 and the Flames would like a modern building to enable them to compete financially with other NHL teams. They are being tight-lipped about when…
Morning notes on: Wings talking with Flames about Bouwmeester, Doan, Weber, Flyers, Tarasenko, Colaiacovo,
Brendan Savage of MLive: A team source confirms that the Red Wings have talked to the Flames about a trade involving Jay Bouwmeester. The Red Wings are $13 million under the salary cap, Bouwmeester carries a $6.68 million cap hit.…
Morning notes on: Skinner, Doan, Sharks, Holmstrom, O’Reilly, Visnovsky, Huet, Mezsaros and another Toronto arena
Bob McKenzie via twitter: Jeff Skinner's contract extension with the Carolina Hurricanes is expected to be 6 years with an average of $5.725 million. Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sports: Many teams are holding pat on the trade front as…
Meszaros tears Achilles tendon, out 6-8 months … Options for Flyers
Sarah Baicker of CSN Philly: Flyers defenseman Andrej Meszaros underwent surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon, and is out indefinitely. According to GM Paul Holmgren, "Andrej was injured last week during summer training in Slovakia. Andrej will be…
5 FA not named Doan … Teams looking for Dmen … Devils short $20 million … Canucks waiting for Panthers … Caps needs
Adam Gretz of CBS Sports: Gretz lists 5 free agents not named Shane Doan that may be worth signing: Brian Rolston, Carlo Colaiacovo, Jason Arnott, Dominic Moore and Petr Sykora. Lyle Richardson in the Hockey News: The Predators, Flyers and…
Quick hits on: Perry, Getzlaf, 2013 RFAs, Predators, O’Reilly, DiPietro, Bourdon and Laviolette
Ken Campbell of the Hockey News: The Ducks will have some decisions to make between now and September 15th (CBA expiration date) with regards to Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf. Both will be UFAs after this upcoming season. Getzlaf struggled…