Tag: R.J. Umberger

NHL Injuries and News: Waivers, Blues, Stars, Wild, Coyotes, and Ducks

On Waivers ... Renaud Lavoie: Players put on waivers. Stefan Matteau - Vegas Golden Knights Matt Taormina - Montreal Canadiens Niklas Svedberg - Minnesota Wild Cal O'Reilly - Minnesota Wild Zack Mitchell - Minnesota Wild Alex Grant - Minnesota Wild…

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NHL Rumors and Notes: Dallas Stars – Umberger, Nichushkin, Nemeth and Oleksiak

On the Dallas Stars ... Aaron Portzline: Former Blue Jacket and Flyer R.J. Umberger will be going to Dallas on a PTO. He was out of the NHL last year. Aaron Portzline: The Flyers bought out Umberger in 2016 and…

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NHL Rumors: Minnesota Wild and NY Islanders

On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of the Star: Training camp is few weeks away and the Wild are considering bringing in a forward or two on PTOs. “Before we sign anybody, I think we’d like to have a…

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NHL Rumors: Colorado Avalanche and the Philadelphia Flyers

On the Colorado Avalanche and Tyson Barrie ... Mike Chamber of the Denver Post: Colorado Avalanche GM Joe Sakic shot down speculation from Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger that RFA Tyson Barrie could be traded. Sakic said that he is…

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NHL Rumors – The NHL Buyout Period Begins Today

On the NHL Buyout Period ... John Buccigross: The NHL buyout period starts at 5 pm today and runs through 5 pm  on June 30th. On the Toronto Maple Leafs ... Darren Dreger: The Maple Leafs have put Jared Cowen…

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NHL Rumors: Buyout Candidates, Senators and Canadiens

10 NHL Buyout Candidates ... Jared Clinton of The Hockey News: Looking at 10 players who could be bought out by their teams. The NHL buyout period opens up today. Eric Nystrom - Nashville Predators Bryan Bickell - Chicago Blackhawks…

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NHL Rumors: Top Buyout Candidates

On the Top Buyout Canadidates ... Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Fox looks at 13 players who teams could consider buying out this offseason. Jared Cowen - Toronto Maple Leafs - one year, $4.5 million. Leafs would get $650,000 in cap…

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NHL Rumors: Buyout Candidates and the Maple Leafs

On Top 10 NHL Contract Buyout Candidates ... Lyle Richards of Bleacher Report: The buyout period starts on June 15th, or 48 hours after the Stanley Cup Final is over. Richards lists the top 10 players that could be bought…

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NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Coyotes and Flyers

On the Arizona Coyotes and Toronto Maple Leafs ... Craig Custance of ESPN: (from last week) Maple Leafs GM Lou Lamoriello on the Leafs not saying who they will take with the first overall pick. "There's plenty of time between…

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NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers – Schenn and Umberger

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Jordan Hall of CSN Philly: Forward Brayden Schenn is a pending restricted free agent and is coming off a career year - 26 goals, 33 assists for 59 points. Schenn is hoping to be in…

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NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers Edition

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: With Vincent Lecavalier about to retire, it will give the Flyers an extra $2.25 million in salary cap space. The extra cap space will help them bring in a…

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Rumors III: Richards, Hamilton, Malkin, Sharks and Flyers

Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Kings are once again talking to teams about Mike Richards, though at this point, nothing is imminent. The Kings would love to move Richards and his $5.75 million cap hit for the next five years.…

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