NHL Rumors: Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, and the Calgary Flames
On the Montreal Canadiens ... Eric Engels of Sportsnet: Plenty of speculation that the Montreal Canadiens will select Jesperi Kotkaniemi with their first-round pick. A week ago it looked like the Canadiens were going to select Filip Zadina. Renaud Lavoie reported…
NHL Rumors: New York Rangers and the Buffalo Sabres
On the New York Rangers ... Bob McKenzie: The deal is not done yet, but David Quinn of Boston University is well down the road of being named the next head coach of the Rangers. Bob McKenzie: Rangers GM Jeff…
NHL Rumors: Hurricanes, Oilers and Flames
On the Carolina Hurricanes ... @Prospects_Watch: Bob McKenzie on his podcast: "The Carolina Hurricanes would be prepared to entertain offers for no.2." On the Edmonton Oilers ... Dhiren Mahiban of the Sporting News: Defenseman Darnell Nurse is a pending restricted…
NHL Rumors: Montreal Canadiens and the Calgary Flames
On the Calgary Flames and Montreal Canadiens ... @Prospects_Watch: Tony Marinaro said on the radio (a couple of days ago) mentioned a Flames-Canadiens trade rumor - Max Pacioretty for T.J. Brodie. On the Calgary Flames ... Eric Francis of the…
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…