Around the Boards: Barker and Sopel, Savard, Maple Leaf trades coming? Coyotes losing Millions, Injury Updates
Kevin Allen of the USA Today: Allen thinks that Cam Barker ($3.083 million) and Brent Sopel ($2.333 million) may be 2 players the Blackhawks trade to clear up cap space. Versteeg and Byfuglien may be in play after/if the 2…
Around the Boards: Forsberg, Malkin returns but Kunitz out,
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: It must a Swedish thing. Peter Forsberg seems to be as indecisive as Mats Sundin. Forsberg still isn't sure if he'll return to the NHL and may opt to stay in Sweden and play…
Around the Boards: Kovalchuk, Briere and Van Riemsdyk, Penguin’s Injuries, Weight out, Giggy to Wings?
Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Thrashers fans and Fantasy owners of Ilya Kovalchuk have a smile on their face this morning, as Kovalchuk took part in yesterday's practice. He was on a line with Antropov and Afinogenov. Kovalchuk is…
Around the Boards – Fri. Oct. 16th
According to the Dallas Morning News, it might not be a surprise if Marty Turco is traded at some point this year. He'll be an unrestricted free agent, and no extension talk has taken place. Scott Clemmensen will get his…
Trade Rumors involving the Montreal Canadiens
I don't know if there is any truth to these as it's coming from a 'source', but it's worth posting. I've never heard of this site before, but they're mentioning several rumors involving the Montreal Canadiens. Maybe this is the…
Now What for the Coyotes?
He said it was a possibility, and he was true to his word, Judge T. Baum turns down both the NHL`s and Balsillie`s bids for the Phoenix Coyotes. On the Balsillie side of things: Judge Baum threw out the bid…
Gretzky Out in Phoenix
Not wanted by the NHL, not wanting to go Hamilton, Wayne Gretzky steps down as the Phoenix Coyotes head coach and director of hockey operations. Here is the entire statement that was released on Gretzky.com. (Phoenix, Ariz.)–Wayne Gretzky announced today…
Kessel and the Coyotes Situation
It sounds like the Phil Kessel trade rumors could come to end by next week. October 1st is a key date, as each team much be under the salary cap by then. The Bruins are supposedly around $1.7 under the…
The Pacific Division Player Movement
Here we'll take at the off-season player movement for the Pacific Division. Every day or two, we'll roll out player movement for each division. Which Pacific division team(s) do you think improved the most? Which team(s) will have trouble repeating…
A Little More on Jeremy Roenick’s Retiring
To continue a little further on Jeremy Roenick's retirement from the NHL, here are some video clips. The first is a clip from the news conference yesterday, a Top 10 J.R. soundbites, and a couple great J.R. Dancing highlights. His…
Phoenix Coyotes Bidding Now Open to Anyone
The botched handling of the Phoenix Coyotes situation continues to make story lines. They say that 'Any press is good press', but I don't see how this whole situation will have any good effect on the NHL (other than maybe…
Morning Hits
Morning NHL news and notes for Friday July 28th. The Maple Leafs have traded Anton Stralman, Colin Stuart, and a 2012 7th Round Pick to the Calgary Flames for Wayne Primeau and a 2011 2nd Round Pick. The Leafs had…