Tag: Pittsburgh Penguins

Rumors XII: Kessel, Pens, Leafs, Martin, Sharks, and Sekera

On Phil Kessel .... @RealKyper reports #Leafs/Penguins deal w/ Kessel could be as early as today. Kessel deal at some pt has to happen for Tor to move forward— Terry Koshan (@koshtorontosun) July 1, 2015 Hearing that Leafs circled back…

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Rumors X: Giordano, Saad, Sekera, Avs, Backups and Martin

On the Flames and Mark Giordano ... #Flames Giordano now eligible to sign #NHL extension. Hearing starting point on max term is 72m over 8 years.— Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) July 1, 2015 On the Blue Jackets and Brandon Saad ...…

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Rumors V: Jets, Canadiens, Maple Leafs and Penguins

Luke Fox of Sportsnet: The Jets should look at the free agent forward crop. They have three centers and four right wingers hitting the open market. Five forwards that GM Kevin Cheveldayoff should look at: Alexander Semin, Drew Stafford, Brad…

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Rumors I: Devils, Penguins, Semin, and the Maple Leafs

On the opening of free agency ... Even with a weak free agent class, tomorrow could be nuts for NHL activity. Still tons percolating.— James Mirtle (@mirtle) June 30, 2015 On the Devils and Semin ... I don't know. Maybe…

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Rumors XI: Semin, Penguins, Devils and Saad

On Alexander Semin ... Told there's "significant" interest already in Alexander Semin. Becomes a fascinating option on the free agent market.— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) June 30, 2015 Considerable interest in Semin? Yeah, if he'll come cheap and his sweat equity…

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Rumors VI: Penguins – Gonchar, Frolik, St. Louis, Ward and Saad

Will DePaoli of Inside Pittsburgh Sport: The agent for Sergei Gonchar, JP Barry, confirmed that he met wit the Penguins about the idea of Gonchar returning to the Penguins, but nothing is definite at the moment.Tyler Kennedy is also interested…

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Rumors V: Kessel, Bruins, Penguins, Flyers, Senators and Canadiens

Andy Strickland: The Maple Leafs have told at least one team that they would be willing to retain $2 million of Phil Kessel's contract in a trade. Damien Cox of Sportsnet: The Bruins now have goalies Tuukka Rask, Martin Jones,…

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Rumors II: Beleskey, Ehrhoff, Sharks, Niemi, and Top UFAs by Position

Pierre LeBrun: A dozen teams have reached out to pending UFA Matt Beleskey. Beleskey will meet with some Eastern Conference teams this week before making up his mind. "It’s all about the fit for him," Kuntz told ESPN.com Monday morning.…

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Rumors I: Flames, Sobotka, Downie, and Lapierre

Kristen Odland of the Calgary Herald: The Flames currently have a cap number of just under $48 million, which doesn't include RFA Dougie Hamilton who was looking for Drew Doughty money from Boston. Lance Bouma is also looking for a new…

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Rumors V: Penguins, Avalanche and Maple Leafs

Jason Mackey of the Pittburgh Tribune Review: The Penguins might be thinking about using some of their extra money to improve their bottom-six forwards instead of their top-six. “I'm not totally convinced that it has to be one (big move),”…

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Rumors I: Penguins, Devils and Red Wings

Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Penguins GM Jim Rutherford on free agency. “There aren’t as many top-end guys, what you would call the ‘impact guys,’ ” Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford said. “But there are still good players who…

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Rumors VII: Leafs, Kings, Rangers, Islanders, Penguins and Blue Jackets

Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: The market for Phil Kessel at the draft was thin and marginally active. The market for Tyler Bozak was non-existent as the Maple Leafs didn't receive one phone call asking about him. The Leafs…

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