NHL Rumors V: Dan Boyle – Rangers, Flyers, Leafs, Lightning and Wings
Renaud Lavoie: At least ten teams called on Dan Boyle, including the Rangers and Flyers. Darren Dreger: At least eight teams called on Dan Boyle, with the Maple Leafs included. Joe Smith: More the six teams touched base with pending…
NHL Rumors III: Morris, Coyotes, Thornton, Engelland, Hiller, Weaver and McClement
Sarah McLellan: The Coyotes will be moving on from Derek Morris, GM Don Maloney: "We wanted to change our mix." Sarah McLellan: The Coyotes called on pending UFAs yesterday. They are looking to add a scoring winger or two, improve their…
NHL Rumors VII: Wild, Stastny, Boyle, Gionta, Komarov, Babcock and Lecavalier
Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: The Wild will be talking with Thomas Vanek's agent, but are also believed to significantly interested in Paul Stastny and Matt Niskanen. Both Stastny and Niskanen will want big, long-term deals, so they wouldn't be…
Top 10 2014 NHL Free Agent Wingers
Expanded look at unrestricted free agency this week by Todd Cordell, who can be found on twitter @ToddCordell. While this is recognized league-wide as a poor free agent class, those hoping to address the wing and add some scoring punch are…
Morning Hits: Buyouts, Trading Draft Picks, Injuries and Callahan’s Clauses
Dan Rosen: The Lightning use a compliance buyout on Ryan Malone. The move clears $4.5 million off their cap. Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Blues GM Doug Armstrong is looking for an offensive forward before or after the…
NHL Rumors IV: Callahan, Stastny, Ducks and Subban
Pierre LeBrun: Not finalized yet, but Ryan Callahan's contract extension with the Lightning will be for six years and $34.8 million, a $5.8 million salary cap hit. Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Avs Joe Sakic said late last night…
NHL Rumors I: Callahan Deal Close, Maple Leafs and Canucks
Chris Johnston of SportsNet: A long-term contract extension between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Ryan Callahan is "imminent." The deal is believed to be longer than five years and worth as much as $5.5 million a year. Callahan's agent, Scott…
NHL Rumors VII: Greene, Draft, Marleau, Hartnell, Gionta, Isles, Stamkos and Ekblad
Darren Dreger: Kings and Matt Greene closing in on a four year, $10 million contract extension. Jimmy Murphy: Wouldn't be surprised if the Bruins tried to trade up at the draft. Gare Joyce: The Jets and Canucks have made series…
NHL Rumors II: Stastny, O’Reilly, Callahan, Greene, Blue Jackets and Wild
Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Avs Patrick Roy is confident that they will be able to re-sign Paul Stastny and Ryan O'Reilly, "I'm certainly very confident things will go well." He doesn't really want to go through arbitration, but O'Reilly…
NHL Rumors III: Hurricanes, Red Wings, Yandle, Overpaying UFAs and Tocchet
Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Hurricanes GM Ron Francis has lot of decisions to go over and make this offseason. “I don’t foresee a major makeover,” he said. “We’ve got some pretty good pieces in place. I…
NHL Rumors I: Islanders, Lightning and Flyers
Arthur Staples of Newsday: The Islanders are open to trading their No. 5 pick at this years draft. "We're open to trading the pick for someone we think can come in and help us right away," Snow said recently. The…
NHL Rumors IV: Lightning – Lindback, Brodeur, Callahan and Richards
Joe Smith: Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said they are considering re-signing goaltender Anders Lindback. The Lightning like Andrei Vasilevskiy and Kristers Gudlevskis, but they want them to play. Ben Bishop will carry a heavy load as the teams No. 1…