Rumors and Video: Avs, Flames, Leafs, Wings, Nelson and Ducks
Elliotte Friedman: The Avalanche are willing to listen to offers on forward Ryan O'Reilly. There is no guarantee that he's trade by the draft, or even at all, but the Avs will look at their options. He'll be a UFA…
Rumors IV: Canucks, Panthers, Draft Notes on Coyotes and Leafs
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Canucks are holding their pro scouting meetings this week and it's expected they will decide on whether Eddie Lack or Jacob Markstrom will be put on the trade block. The Canucks don't have a second-…
Rumors III: Hurricanes, Penguins, Wild, Sharks, Capitals and Flyers
TSN Insider Trading: LeBrun: Eric Staal and the Hurricanes will meet to talk about his future. Staal will be a pending UFA after next season.They will either look to sign him to a cheaper contract extension or put him on…
Rumors II: Bruins, Penguins, Avalanche, Senators and Leafs
Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Bruins Carl Soderberg will get a big raise from his $1,008,333. He has priced himself out the Bruins lineup and they have a suitable replacement in Ryan Spooner. Soderberg won't have a lot of…
Rumors III: Bruins and Maple Leafs
Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Looking at some priorities for the Bruins this offseason. "Obviously they've got to look to trade some people from their roster. I think Milan Lucic is the one they've got to look long and hard at…
Rumors V: Maple Leafs, Kessel and Potentially Interested Teams
Elliotte Friedman and Gord Stellick on Hockey Central @ Noon on the Maple Leafs, Phil Kessel and who might be interested: "If teams out there are going to do it, they're beginning to call the Maple Leafs and saying, "Okay, if…
Rumors IV: Backstrom, Draft Notes for Coyotes, Leafs and Devils
Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: The Wild might not be able to buy out goaltender Niklas Backstrom as Backstrom had elbow surgery after the season. “He had a procedure done at the end of the season to clean up a…
Rumors III: Malkin, Reilly, Canadiens, Canucks, Wild and Devils
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Friedman on his Evgeni Malkin comments last week. In a radio interview Friday, I discussed Evgeni Malkin, saying he was frustrated by losing, other teams were hearing rumours he wanted a change of scenery, but there…
Rumors II: Avalanche, Fisher and Reilly
Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: The Avalanche already have six defensemen under contract for next season and are not expected to re-sign pending UFAs Jan Hejda and Ryan Wilson.They will have a about $11 million in cap space and…
Rumors: Teams Calling For Kessel … Could Consider Trading No. 4
Elliotte Friedman said that a handful of teams have talked to the Maple Leafs about what it would take to get Phil Kessel. If a trade were to be worked out, it likely wouldn't happen for at least another couple…
Rumors I: Brodziak, Reilly, Ryan, Nolan, Saad and Kruger
Dhiren Mahiban of Pro Hockey Talk: There have been no contract talks between Kyle Brodziak and the Wild according to his agent. Brodziak will likely become a free agent on July 1st. “No, nothing yet,” Broziak’s agent, Allain Roy, told…
Who To Trade For – Rick Nash vs Phil Kessel
By Peter Harling, who can be found on twitter at @pharling Both Rick Nash and Phil Kessel are the subject of trade rumors currently, but who is more likely to be traded? Kessel trade rumors were rampant heading into the…