NHL Rumors: Blues, Hawks, Stars, Ladd, Coyotes and More
Friedman's 30 Thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Quickly touches on a the idea if the Maple Leafs would consider uniting Christian Dvorak, Mitch Marner and Matthew Tkachuk in the NHL. They would need to trade for Christian Dvorak, then move…
NHL Rumors: Ducks, Flames, Blues, Bruins and Sabres
On the Anaheim Ducks ... Darren Dreger: The Ducks were expected to meet with Randy Carlyle yesterday about their vacant head coaching position. Travis Green is also being considered. Frank Seravalli: After another trip to the Memorial Cup with London,…
NHL Rumors: On the St. Louis Blues
On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The 31-year old Troy Brouwer had a $3.66 million cap hit this past season and you can expect he'll get a raise on a multi-year deal from…
NHL Rumors: Blues, Canucks, Flames and World Cup
On the St. Louis Blues ... Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: An official announcement on a one-year contract extension for head coach Ken Hitchcock could come as early as this morning according to sources. The Blues or Hitchcock…
NHL Rumors: Dallas Stars and the St. Louis Blues
On the Dallas Stars ... Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: (mailbag) The chances are slim that free agents Travis Moen, Kris Russell or Jason Demers are back with the Stars next year. The could decide bring a veteran…
NHL Rumors: New York Rangers and the Dallas Stars
On the New York Rangers ... Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The Rangers are not planning on buying Dan Girardi out this offseason. Girardi has four years left on his contract with a $5.5 million cap hit. Sources saying they…
NHL Free Agents: Playoffs Hurting/Helping Their Next Contracts
Written by Todd Cordell (@ToddCordell) The ultimate goal in the NHL is to win the Stanley Cup. That's what all players, coaches, general managers, etc. aspire to do. As such, players who perform at a high level - or simply…
NHL Rumors: St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings
On the St. Louis Blues ... Craig Custance of ESPN: Looking what St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong should be focusing on this offseason. 1. Bringing back Ken Hitchcock for another year - He was able to get them past…
NHL Rumors: On the Boston Bruins
On the Boston Bruins ... Nicholas Goss of NESN: Bruins GM Don Sweeney on pending UFA winger Lou Eriksson. “We’ve been in discussions with Loui,” Sweeney said Wednesday during a media conference call. “I have a pretty good idea where…
NHL Rumors: Blues, Red Wings and Bruins
On the St. Louis Blues, Marc-Andre Fleury and Ben Bishop ... Larry Brooks of the NY Post: Brooks wonders if the Blues think that David Backes could keep up this level of play for the next five or six years.…
NHL Rumors: Top Free Agents, Blues and Jets
Top 30 NHL free agents ... Frank Seravalli of TSN: TSNs top 30 NHL free agents. Steven Stamkos Loui Eriksson Milan Lucic Kyle Okposo Mikkel Boedker David Backes Andrew Ladd Keith Yandle Troy Brouwer Jason Demers James Reimer Frans Nielsen…
NHL Rumors: Jackets, Ducks, Blues, Bruins, UFAs and More
Friedman's 30 Thoughts ... Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Though the rumors likely won't go away, the Canucks denied that Dale Tallon could be heading to Vancouver. Teams can talk to pending UFAs at 12:01 am ET on June 25th. Teams…