NHL Rumors: Canucks, Blues and Flames
On the Vancouver Canucks ... Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province: Before being injured with an infected foot, Ben Hutton had been a healthy scratch in 12 of their last 46 games. He performance and ice-time has dropped since the…
NHL Rumors: Wild and Belpedio … Flames Were In On Hoffman and Pacioretty
On the Minnesota Wild ... Michael Russo of The Athletic: Wild prospect and Miami University senior defenseman Louis Belpedio could opt for becoming a free agent on August 15. Multiple sources are saying that, that likely won't be happening though…
NHL Rumors: Avs and Makar … Sens and Karlsson … Edmonton Oilers Options
On the Colorado Avalanche ... Jeff Cox: NHL sources are saying that the 2017 first-round pick Cale Makar is leaning to remaining at UMass for his sophomore season. Jesse Montano: (going off the above Makar report) "To everyone saying to…
NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Blues, Senators, Jets and Six Teams That Could Be Interested In Pacioretty
On the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Ottawa Senators, and Winnipeg Jets ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: A Hurricanes - Jets game in Finland next year would make sense with the likes of Sebastian Aho, Patrik Laine, and Teuvo Teravainen.…
NHL Rumors: Rangers, Leafs, Lightning, Coyotes, Sabres, Stars and Oilers
On the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Tampa Bay Lightning ... Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The Rangers appear to be a bubble team this year, and if they remain that way up to the trade deadline,…
NHL Rumors: Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, LA Kings and Calgary Flames
On the Anaheim Ducks ... Jimmy Murphy: GMs are looking at the Ducks after they put center Ryan Getzlaf on the IR. One player teams are looking at is defenseman Sami Vatanen according to more than one source. Able to…
NHL Rumors: Senators, Oilers, Canadiens, Ducks, Maple Leafs, Sabres, and Flames
On the Ottawa Senators, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, and Anaheim Ducks ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: The Senators have pending RFAs Cody Ceci and Mark Stone to deal with this year, and potential UFA Matt Duchene after next season. The…
NHL Rumors: Lightning, Canadiens, Flames, Oilers, Coyotes, Wild, and Red Wings
On the Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Arizona Coyotes, Minnesota Wild and Detroit Red Wings ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: If Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev doesn't play 40 NHL games this season, the Montreal Canadiens…
NHL Rumors: Blackhawks, Red Wings and Senators
On the Chicago Blackhawks ... Jay Zawaski: The Chicago Blackhawks have placed forward Marian Hossa on the LTIR. Defenseman Cody Franson should now be signed soon to a contract at around $1 million. On the Detroit Red Wings ... Helene…
Pacific Division: Calgary Flames Season Outlook
Calgary Flames 2017-18 Outlook Forwards Calgary’s promising young forwards, including leading scorers Johnny Gaudreau (61 points in 72 games) and Sean Monahan (a team-high 27 goals contributing to 58 points) hope to build on success next year. Matthew Tkachuk, vital…
NHL Rumors: Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames and the Buffalo Sabres
On the Colorado Avalanche ... Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: Matt Duchene hasn't arrived at the Colorado Avalanche pre-training camp captains practices. RFA Nikita Zadorov was also not there, as well as Nathan MacKinnon who is on an NHL…
NHL Rumors: Thomas Vanek, and the Calgary Flames
On Thomas Vanek ... Michael Russo: Free agent Thomas Vanek is still going over his NHL options including the Red Wings: "I've got to make up my mind sooner than later" ... "this is something I've never been through. Usually I went…