Tag: Shayne Gostisbehere

NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs and William Nylander Could Be Getting Close

Maple Leafs and Nylander closing the gap on a new deal Dave McCarthy: Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock on possibly getting Auston Matthews and William Nylander back later this week: "It’s my assumption we’re getting both back. Obviously, we’ll…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Scouting The Leafs, And Five Teams That Could Be Interested In William Nylander

Scouting the Toronto Maple Leafs and New Jersey Devils Michael Augello: Carolina Hurricanes assistant GM Rick Dudley was listed to attend the Maple Leafs and Devils game last night. The Philadelphia Flyers and Tampa Bay Lightning also had scouts listed…

Mark Easson

Eastern Conference News: Bruins, Jackets, Red Wings, Devils, Islanders, Rangers, Flyers, Penguins, and Maple Leafs

On the Boston Bruins ... Joe Haggerty: Forward Noel Acciari suffered an upper-body injury on Monday and missed practice yesterday. The Bruins are hopeful that he'll be able to play tonight. On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Brian Hedger: The…

Mark Easson

Eastern Conference News: Hurricanes, Wings, Habs, Devils, Islanders, Flyers, and Maple Leafs

On the Carolina Hurricanes ... Carolina Hurricanes: Forward Sebastian Aho has a concussion and a lower-body injury and will be out indefinitely. On the Detroit Red Wings ... Dana Wakiji: Coach Jeff Blashill on forwards Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm: “I don’t…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Ducks, Red Wings, Canadiens, Islanders, Flyers, Lightning, and Jets

On the Anaheim Ducks ... Elliotte Friedman: Nick Kypreos said that the NHL Player Safety Department would look at Andrew Cogliano's interference penalty. Cogliano has played in 830 consecutive games, 134 games behind Doug Jarvis's record. On the Detroit Red…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Senators, Avalanche, Predators and Flyers

On the Ottawa Senators, Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators ... Darren Dreger: Trade talks have ended with no deal. It's believed that there were three-way trade talks with the Senators, Avalanche, and Predators involving Matt Duchene. Duchene would have ended…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Ducks, Coyotes, Hurricanes, Jackets, Stars, Wild, Flyers, Pens, Sharks and Canuck

On the Anaheim Ducks ... Anaheim Ducks: Forward Ryan Getzlaf is on the IR and will be re-evaluated today. He suffered the facial injury on Sunday. On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan: Coach Rick Tocchet on defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson's injury: …

Mark Easson

Eastern Conference News: Red Wings, Canadiens, Devils, Senators, Flyers and Penguins

On the Detroit Red Wings ... Ansar Khan of MLive: Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser suffered a setback and is now another ten days to three weeks away from returning according to coach Jeff Blashill. DeKeyser sprained his ankle on…

Mark Easson

Metropolitan Division: Philadelphia Flyers Season Outlook

Forwards Philadelphia was a bit like “Team Fun” last year mostly because of catastrophic goaltending/defense and their power play. Drafting Nolan Patrick should help at 5-on-5 and the power play. The Flyers were awful in the second half on special…

Chris Wassel

NHL Rumors: Flyers, Capitals, Islanders and Trade Bait

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Sam Carchidi: Flyers GM Ron Hextall hasn't spoken with Jordan Weal's agent since the scouting combine and said he has "no idea" if they are close to a deal. On the Washington Capitals and Dmitry…

Mark Easson

NHL Free Agents: Signings By The Flyers, Blue Jackets and Islanders

On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Cap Friendly: The Flyers signed Shayne Gostisbehere to a six-year, $4.5 million contract extension. NHL Numbers: Gostisbehere's $4.5 million cap hit ranks him 49th among defensemen - tied with Jason Demers, Anton Stralman and Nikita…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Ilya Kovalchuk, Philadelphia Flyers and the No. 2 Pick

On Ilya Kovalchuk ... Slava Malamud: SKA president on Ilya Kovalchuk: "We are waiting Kovalchuk's decision. We love him, the city loves him, everyone wants him to play here." Aivis Kalnins: It's looking like Kovalchuk may want to stay in the…

Mark Easson