Tag: Vancouver Canucks

Trade Rumors involving: O’Reilly, Loktionov, Streit and Luongo

Adrian Dater via twitter: Lots of teams calling the Avalanche about Ryan O'Reilly, but the Avs are saying they are not dealing him. Dennis Bernstein via twitter: LA Kings forward Andrei Loktionov has requested a trade. Craig Custance via twitter: Teams…

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Morning Rumors: Canucks, Canadiens, Flyers, Avalanche, Capitals, and Kings

Jim Jamieson of the Vancouver Province: Canucks assistant GM Laurence Gilman said that with Eddie Lack being out six months, that it won't have any impact on the Roberto Luongo trade talk. The Canucks will likely now have to get…

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Injury notes: Niskanen, Joensuu, Burns, Lack, Kaleta, Callahan and Brown … Sceviour to AHL … Danis to waivers

Seth Rorabaugh via twitter: Penguins Matt Niskanen is out 2 to 4 weeks with a lower-body injury. NY Islanders via twitter:  Islanders Jesse Joensuu will be out 5 to 7 weeks after having surgery on a sports hernia. David Pollak…

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Avs-O’Reilly still far apart, trade looming? Despres available … Luongo waits … Coyotes dealine Thurs. … NHL expansion

Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Dater notes that Avalanche fans may need to start contemplating the future of the team without center Ryan O'Reilly. The Avs and O'Reilly remain about $8 million apart on a long-term contract. A 'bridge'…

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Rumors: O’Reilly, Weiss, Subban and Luongo … Videos: Hotstove and Coaches Corner

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: There has been talk that the Avalanche are calling around to see what they could get for center Ryan O'Reilly. The asking is a young forward and a 2nd round pick. Flyers GM Paul…

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Three teams contracted Habs about Subban as talks don’t progress … Gardiner to AHL … Perry/Getzlaf the new Suter/Weber

Josh Rimer via twitter: Rimer is hearing that the Flyers have contacted the Canadiens about P.K. Subban. Center Sean Couturier would likely be a piece going to the Canadiens for Subban. Two other teams have contacted the Canadiens about Subban.…

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Lines and Starting Goalies: Maple Leafs, Penguins, Senators, Islanders, Canucks and Capitals

Dave Feschuk via twitter: Maples Leafs lines: Bozak-MacArthur-Kessel. Grabo-Kulemin-JVR. Kadri-Komarov-Lupul. McClement-Brown-Orr. Pittsburgh Penguins via twitter: Penguins lines: Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis Tangradi-Malkin-Neal Cooke-Sutter-Kennedy Glass-Vitale-Adams (Jeffrey). Bruce Garrioch via twitter: Senators lines: Michalek-Spezza-Silfverberg, Latendresse-Turris-Alfredsson; Greening-Smith-Neil; O'Brien-Regin-Condra. Defensive pairings: Methot-Karlsson, Gonchar-Phillips, Wiercioch-Benoit. New York Islanders via twitter: Islanders lines: Moulson-Tavares-Okposo, Grabner-Nielsen-Boyes,…

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Trade Rumors: Luongo, Oilers, Blackhawks, Capitals, Niederreiter, Subban and Flames

David Ebner of the Globe and Mail: So the Canucks have said they have "two No. 1s" in net and their GM has a potential deal in place. “Would you not say I have two No. 1s right now?” said…

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Potential deal in place for Luongo … Luongo market shrinking … Free Agent notes on O’Reilly, Benn and Subban

Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun: When asked why he hasn't traded Roberto Luongo already, Canucks GM Mike Gillis said: “Roberto has a no-trade, so in discussions prior to the lockout, he had a say in where he was prepared…

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Quick hits: Lecavalier, JF Jacques, waivers, Hillen, Gardiner, Rinaldo, Redden and Leino

Dan Rosen via twitter: Vincent Lecavalier is playing in his 1,000th game today. He's the 5th former #1 pick to play 1,000 games with his drafting team. Mike Modano, Gilbert Perreault, Denis Potvin and Chris Phillips are the 4 other players.…

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Avs and O’Reilly could be $1.5 million apart … Canucks had a plan … Sharks still testing Gomez … A couple starting goalies

Adrian Dater via twitter: Avalanche GM Greg Sherman says that talks continue with Ryan O'Reilly's agent, Mark Guy. The Avalanche have 2 offers that are on the table: 5 years and $17 million and 2 years and $7 million. The…

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Sunday morning hits: Luongo, Thomas, Babchuk, Benn, Subban, Bertuzzi, Atkinson, Gomez and Islanders

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: The Panthers have shown interest in Roberto Luongo, but GM Dale Tallon would have to sweeten the pot to land him. Maple Leafs GM Dave Nonis hasn't been as aggressive as many had thought.…

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