Free Agent Rumors: Callahan, Stastny, Elliott, Miller, Bolland and Iginla
Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: The Lightning have made a "good case" for Ryan Callahan to remain with the team according to his agent. "There's no question he did enjoy it," Bartlett said. "He was impressed by the…
NHL Rumors II: Salary Cap, Stastny, Lightning, Schultz, Komerov, Rasmussen and Seattle
Ken Campbell: An agent said he thinks next seasons salary cap will be in the $68 to $70 million range. Adrian Dater: There have been no contract extension talks between the Avalanche and Paul Stastny yet. They are expected to…
NHL Rumors: Lightning, Canadiens, Islanders, Red Wings, Penguins, Maple Leafs and Blue Jackets
Damian Cristodero of the Tampa Bay Times: The Lightning could look at dealing one of their goalies. Ben Bishop is their No. 1 goalie. Anders Lindback is a RFA. They recently signed Andrei Vasilevskiy to an entry-level contract. They also…
NHL Rumors II: Flyers, Grabovski, Capitals, Whitney, Halak and Lombardi
Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: New Flyers GM Ron Hextall may go looking for a left winger for Claude Giroux. Pending UFA left wingers could include: Matt Moulson, Benoit Pouliot and Mason Raymond. Jets Evander Kane could be a…
NHL Rumors I: State of Florida Edition
Damian Cristodero of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning's Ryan Malone is still in the Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Program. It is believed that players in this program can still be bought out. The buyout period starts 48 hours after…
Morning Hits: Mason, Jagr, Maple Leafs, KHL and Vasilevski
Ken Wiebe: Flyers Steve Mason confirmed that he missed Game 1 and 2 with a concussion. Chris Johnston: Devils Jaromir Jagr contract breakdown: $3.5 million salary with a $250,000 bonus every five games from game 10 to 45. Up to…
NHL Injuries: Penguins, Duchene, Backes, Umberger, Bishop, Datsyuk and Weiss
Shelly Anderson: Penguins coach Dan Bylsma gave no injury updates. Dan Rosen: Avs Matt Duchene said he wasn't close to 100 percent, but he felt good enough that he would be able to make plays. Brian Wilde: The Blues say…
NHL Rumors: Red Wings, Alfredsson, Capitals GM Candidates, Flames and Canucks
Craig Custance of ESPN: Some early offseason priorities for Red Wings GM Ken Holland. 1. Add an impact defenseman - the will have cap space this summer as David Legwand, Daniel Alfredsson, Mikael Samuelsson, Todd Bertuzzi, Kyle Quincey, Jonas Gustavsson…
NHL Rumors: Spezza, Callahan, Panthers, Canucks, Kulemin, Islanders and Habs Ticket Revenue
Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Warren thinks that Jason Spezza has likely played his last game in a Senators uniform. The Senators could trade Spezza for a package that includes a "harder"player that GM Bryan Murray is looking for.…
Rask, Varlamov and Bishop Named As Vezina Trophy Finalists
The NHL named their three finalists for the Venzina Trophy for the 2013-14 season: Tuukka Rask (Bruins), Semyon Varlamov (Avalanche) and Ben Bishop (Lightning). We included images for their regular season stats along with some @extraskater stats. The bottom images…
NHL Rumors: Grabovski, Kulemin, Oilers, Islanders Sale, Lightning, Canucks and Leafs
Michael Traikos of the National Post: The agent of Capitals Mikhail Grabovski and Maple Leafs Nikolai Kulemin said that his clients could be a free agent package, though he added that each are interested in remaining with their current team.…
NHL Injuries: Backes, Getzlaf, Beleskey, Alfredsson, Murray, Tyutin and Bishop
Chris Kuc: Blues coach Ken Hitchcock: "We get (David) Backes back in the next two or three games, we're going to even go higher." Lou Korac of In The Slot: Backes and his upper-body injury didn't skate yesterday. "I mean, he's not…