NHL News: Gunnarsson, Coyotes, Kraken, Canucks, Okulov, and Kucherov
Carl Gunnarsson retires. No update on Nikita Kucherov after leaving the game early. The Seattle Kraken call for a news conference today.
NHL Rumors: New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, and the Pittsburgh Penguins
Islanders may not bring back Greene. Would the Sabres be interested in Matt Murray? Potential free agent targets for the Penguins, and their potentially crowded left side.
Leiweke talks Doughty … Homophobic slur towards Avery, who could be sent to the AHL … Yashin signs with CSKA … Sabres get cap space
Helene Elliott of the LA Times: The president of the Kings' parent company AEG, Tim Leiweke, supports Kings GM Dean Lombardi's stance with Drew Doughty. Leiweke said the Kings plan to spend to the cap but paying Doughty $7+ million…
R.I.P. Belak … Savard’s career could be over … List of players who’ve retired due to head injuries … Fedoruk’s demons
No one will get credit for breaking the death of Wade Belak. I'm still in shock over this one. I did not know Belak, but he always seemed be smiling and cracking jokes in on/off-air interviews. I woke up this…
Salo in for Canucks … Off-season Blackhawks questions … Arnott and Sturm likely not back for Capitals … Thrasher sale update
Damien Cox via twitter: Predators forward Colin Wilson will be in the lineup for injured Steve Sullivan. Sami Salo is in for the Canucks, Andrew Alberts is likely out. Keith Ballard a scratch. Dan Murphy via twitter: Salo in, Alberts…
Semin staying … Spezza happy … Columbus interested in Bieksa/Kaberle … Kings shopping Williams/Stoll
Pierre LeBrun via twitter: An NHL GM told LeBrun that he heard that in the next CBA they'll look to have the average of the five highest salaried years count against the cap. That's one of several ideas that's being…
Will offer sheets start to come? Rumors surrounding Kovalchuk
Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: With the lack of depth in the NHL Free Agent market, teams may send out an offer sheets to improve their club. Some possible restricted free agents are Bobby Ryan, Marc Staal, Steve Downie,…
NHL Free Agency Rumors to heat up
Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Pittsburgh Penguins are hoping to sign both Dan Hamhuis and Sergei Gonchar, loading up on their blueline and sacrificing bringing in a winger or two. Along with Gonchar and Hamhuis, they would have…