NHL Rumors III: Oilers, Maple Leafs, Ducks, Stars, Avs and Bonus Overages
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: (Oilers GM Craig MacTavish Q & A) Q: About that No. 3 pick? You’re not of a mind to give it up, are you? What about moving up to No. 1? A: There will…
NHL Rumors I: Blues, Leafs, Available Centers, Jets and Byfuglien
Jeremy Rutherford: It's unlikely the Blues re-sign any of their own pending UFAs until after July 1st. Their UFAs include: Steve Ott, Brenden Morrow, Derek Roy, Carlo Colaiacovo and Ryan Miller. Pending RFAs that don't have any deals imminent include: Vladimir…
NHL Rumors III: Smoke in Leafland – Bolland, Raymond and Franson
Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: "The Leafs perspective on this is, why present an offer that chances are Bolland & his agent will sit on until free agency?" ... "I think this will play out very similar to Bozak where they get into…
NHL Video: HC – Could the Leafs Trade Phaneuf? Sharks and Thornton
SportsNets Hockey Central Panel talks about the Maple Leafs possibly trading Dion Phaneuf at the draft and Sharks possibly trading Joe Thornton.
NHL Rumors VIII: Maple Leafs Edition – Franson, Kadri and Gardiner
Darren Dreger: The Maple Leafs preference is to re-sign Cody Franson, but they have some trade offers on the table for him. Hope Smoke: Darren Dreger: "It's an interesting question in terms of what the asking price might be for Franson"…
NHL Rumors V: Teams Looking To Trade Up and Down At The Draft
Rory Boylen of The Hockey News: Boylen looks at the top five teams that might be considering trading their first round pick. 1. Florida Panthers at No. 1 - the first overall pick has been traded five times before, three…
NHL Rumors VIII: Leafs To No. 1? Stralman, Smith, Kesler, Spezza, and Thornton
Gare Joyce of SportsNet: The Panthers No. 1 pick might be available, but they won't move it for anything along the lines of the rumored Maple Leafs No. 8, Jake Gardiner and Nazem Kadri. The Leafs would then draft Aaron…
NHL Rumors VII: Maple Leafs, Bolland, Gardiner, Boyle, Avs, Stastny and O’Reilly
Steve Buffery of the Toronto Sun: Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis on moving up in the draft: Yeah, we would depending on the price. We think, like I think most teams think, that it’s fairly deep in terms of quality,…
NHL Rumors VI: Thornton, Rangers, Flames, Cammalleri and Phaneuf
David Pollak: "Understand skepticism and disbelief surrounding #SJSharks "rebuild," but that is the message. Yea, could be just diminishing expectations. Or getting someone -- pick a name -- to agree to waive a no-movement clause. #SJSharks seem to be serious about…
NHL Rumors IV: Boyle, Nabokov, Gaborik, Markov, Callahan, Leafs, Caps and Flyers
Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: The Islanders are aggressively shopping the rights to Dan Boyle. The Sharks received 2015 5th round pick from the Islanders earlier this month for Boyle's rights. "Garth's done a great job, he's kept us abreast of…
NHL Rumors III: Spezza, Kesler, Campbell and the Islanders
Bruce Garrioch: The Maple Leafs and Canadiens are not on Jason Spezza's 10 team no-trade list as he knows he likely won't be sent to either place. Aaron Portzline: As best as Portzline can tell with the Blue Jackets regarding…
NHL Videos: Kypreos Links Oshie-Kesler, Berglund-Spezza, Leafs-Berglund … Coaching Talk
Kypreos links TJ Oshie to any Ryan Kesler talk, and Patrick Berglund to the any Jason Spezza talk. The Maple Leafs have asked about Patrick Berglund, and Kypreos drops Nazem Kadri's name. Dan Bylsma in Vancouver sparks coaching rumor mill.