NHL News: GM of the Year, Quebec City, Oilers, Wild, Flyers, Knights and Byfuglien
On the GM of the Year ... Steve Carp: Finalists for GM of the Year: George McPhee (Vegas), Kevin Cheveldayoff (Winnipeg) and Steve Yzerman (Tampa Bay). On Quebec City expansion/relocation ... Jimmy Murphy: Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs doesn't believe that…
NHL Franchise News: Flames, Hurricanes, Seattle and Quebec City
On the Calgary Flames ... John Shannon: Also at yesterday's meeting, Murray Edwards gave an update on the arena situation in Calgary and said that he wasn't optimistic about a new arena for the Flames. On Carolina Hurricanes sale ...…
NHL Rumor Roundup And Notes From The Past Day Or Two
** Tidying up some rumors and notes from the past couple days ** On the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings ... Howard WGR: Elliotte Friedman saying that trade talks between the Sabres and Kings on Evander Kane have cooled.…
Rumors and Notes: Bruins, Blues, Quebec City and Stars
On the Boston Bruins ... Craig Custance of EPSN: Bruins GM Don Sweeney is still trying to improve their roster for the upcoming season. Jimmy Vesey could be one piece they'd like to add. The David Backes gives the Bruins…
NHL Rumors: Canucks, Flames, Bruins, UFAs, Canes and Coyotes
On the Vancouver Canucks ... Damien Cox: Guessing that the Canucks will do all they can to get goalie Thatcher Demko signed now and not have him return to school for his senior season. On the Calgary Flames ... Dean…
NHL Rumors: Expansion, Jets, Islanders, Stamkos and the Lightning
On NHL Expansion, the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec City, Steven Stamkos and the New York Islanders ... Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The biggest issue that may come from expansion draft rules talk is players that have no-movement and no-trade…
Rumors III: Red Wings, Capitals, and Expansion
On the Detroit Red Wings ... Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: The Red Wings won't have a lot of salary cap space, $500,000, heading towards the trade deadline day. If they are going to bring in someone,…
Insider Trading: Expansion, Expansion Draft and Coach’s Challenge
TSN Insider Trading: Darren Dreger, Bob McKenzie and Pierre LeBrun discuss the expansion presentation by Quebec City, expansion draft and the coach's challenge. On the expansion presentation by Quebec City... Pierre LeBrun: Part of the presentation, at least the glitzy part,…
Morning Hits: Expansion, Ducks, Sens, Sharks and Lightning
Joe McDonald of ESPN: Bruins owner and NHL chairman of the board of governors Jeremy Jacobs on the possibility of expansion. "There’s a lot of content there. There’s a lot of capability there, but I don’t know if there’s a…
Rumors: Ladd, Staal, Ward, and the Hurricanes
Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd said their hasn't been any progress to report on a contract extension, but he's optimistic from his side of things. "No update," Ladd said on the contract question.…
Rumors II: Capitals and NHL Expansion
Alex Prewitt of the Washington Post: The Capitals had been looking to find a No. 2 center for awhile, but early offseason thoughts have them thinking that Evgeny Kuznetsov could fill that hole. UFAs Eric Fehr's third line center role…
Videos: NHL To Accept Expansion Applications … Vegas and Quebec?
Above: Sportsnet - Gary Bettman and Bill Daly answer reporter’s questions about the breaking news that the league’s Board of Governors have voted to launch a formal expansion process. Below: Sportsnet - Roger Millions and Elliotte Friedman discuss the excitement…