Morning Hits: Capitals, Maple Leafs, and Blues
J.J. Regan of CSN Washington: After getting Marcus Johansson locked up for the year, the Capitals have about $460,000 in cap space. That number does include three goalies, with Justin Peters the one most likely to end up in the…
Morning Hits II: Bruins Not Friendly for Young, Elite Players? Leafs Lines
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: If the last 10 years, there have been some big named, young talent that the Bruins have traded before they've hit their prime - Joe Thornton, Phil Kessel, Tyler Seguin and Dougie Hamilton. Is there a…
Rumors and Notes: Predators, Rangers, and Maple Leafs
Josh Cooper of Yahoo! Sports: Cooper lists five reasons why it could be a good time for the Predators to look at trading Shea Weber within the next year.1. The offers will be ridiculously in Nashville’s favor - perceived value,…
Rumors and Notes II: Visnovsky, Bobkov, Hoffman and Bernier
Swisshockeynews.ch: Lubomir Visnovsky tells cas.sk that he's still looking for a NHL contract, but Europe is also an option. "I could imagine working in the Czech league, Switzerland or in another league, or start the season in Europe, and then…
Rumors and Notes: Pens, Sutter, Marner, Orpik and Stars
Jason Mackey: Penguins GM Jim Rutherford. "The two deals went hand in hand so we could add more depth." Rutherford adds that trade talks started before the draft. Jason Mackey: GM Rutherford: "We're up against the cap. We certainly have…
News: Lou Lamoriello Resigns From Devils … Named Maple Leafs GM
New Jersey Devils: Lou Lamoriello resigns as president of the New Jersey Devils. “Lou Lamoriello created and defined what it meant to be a New Jersey Devil,” said Harris. "His brilliance in shaping this franchise into one of the most…
Morning Hits: Expansion, Sens, Flames, Wings, Leafs, and Clowe
David Pagnotta: The GTA Sports and Entertainment in an email after they were unable to submit an expansion application. They still plan to focus on a GTA area and "hope that another such opportunity presents itself in the future." The $2…
Rumors II: Ehrhoff, Ladd, Hoffman, Oduya, Galchenyuk and More
Jason Brough of Pro Hockey Talk: Rick Curran, the agent for UFA Christian Ehrhoff, in an email to PHT. “ doesn’t mind having the flexibility of a single year commitment. He’s confident in his ability to provide a valued role…
Rumors II: Bruins, Oduya, Kruger, and Bernier
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: The Bruins still need to find a top-four defenseman, preferably one that shoots right and has some offense to his game. It might have to wait until closer to the start of the season, and it…
Rumors I: Tyler Bozak and Blues Notes
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Teams that could use Maple Leafs center Tyler Bozak include the Coyotes, Devils, Wild, Red Wings and Bruins.Brendan Shanahan isn't about to name himself or anyone else their new GM right now. Talk of…
Rumors II: Red Wings and Maple Leafs
Ansar Khan of MLive: (mailbag) The Red Wings have $6 million in cap space and need to re-sign RFAs Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Jurco, Teemu Pulkkinen and Landon Ferraro.They are probably finished with free agent market. If they look to make…
Rumors II: Devils, Blues, Maple Leafs, Oilers, Stars and Senators
Tom Gulitti: If the Devils are going to consider giving up a significant asset, they are going to want a player who is "a certain age" who fits with the team now as well as two-three years from now. Dennis…