NHL Rumors: Vegas Golden Knights and the Calgary Flames
On the Vegas Golden Knights ... Pierre LeBrun: Talked to a General Manager yesterday who guessed that the Golden Knights already had three first round picks with more picks likely be added before Wednesday. Jim Matheson: There are some people…
NHL Expansion Draft: St. Louis Blues Primer
Forward Decisions The bulk of St. Louis’ front line production comes from six established forwards that will be protect, and they have some solid prospects, who are expansion ineligible. Coming off another stellar year with 39 goals and 36 assists, Vladimir Tarasenko…
NHL Rumors: Columbus Blue Jackets, Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers
On the Columbus Blue Jackets ... Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: There have been reports that the Blue Jackets and Vegas Golden Knights have reached an agreement leading up to the expansion draft. The Blue Jackets will pay a…
NHL Rumors: Kings, Senators, Predators, Bruins and Flyers
On the Los Angeles Kings ... John Hoven: Word is the Golden Knights are wanting a first round pick from the Kings to take Dustin Brown. On the Ottawa Senators ... Darren Dreger: When the Maple Leafs were trying to…
NHL Rumors: NY Islanders, Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild
On the New York Islanders ... Arthur Staple: IF the Islanders decide to trade John Tavares at some point, there is zero percent chance he'll be moved to a team in their division. Arthur Staple: Nothing has been decided with…
NHL Expansion Draft: Dallas Stars Primer
On the heels of a disappointing season and infirmary of injuries Dallas is well-positioned for the expansion draft. They’ll likely protect all their key pieces while exposing mid-range young players who haven’t significantly impressed, or veterans not counted on highly…
NHL Expansion Draft: Tampa Bay Lightning Primer
The Lightning played most of the season without star center Steven Stamkos and nearly snuck into the playoffs with a late season run with Nikita Kucherov scoring 40 goals and Victor Hedman registering a career-high 72 points. Tampa has been…
NHL Rumors: Marc-Andre Fleury, Vegas Golden Knights and the Anaheim Ducks
On Vegas Golden Knights and Marc-Andre Fleury ... Chris Nichols: Ray Ferraro on TSN 1040: "I was told that Fleury is staying in Vegas." Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Marc-Andre Fleury on waiving his no-movement clause before the trade…
NHL Expansion Draft: Calgary Flames Primer
There's a lot of intrigue about what the Calgary Flames will do with protecting some of their players. We all know that their star players will be protected but it's some of the last forwards and the goaltender spot that…
NHL Expansion Draft: San Jose Sharks Primer
The San Jose Sharks will have some interesting decisions to make on who to protect in the expansion draft soon. I think they're going to go eight skaters and one goalie since they're a really deep team and it's better…
NHL Notes: Trades With Vegas, NY Rangers, Senators and Neil
On Trades with the Vegas Golden Knights ... Pierre LeBrun: Bill Daly had a conference call with GMs on Monday to go over any last minute expansion questions and he let the GMs know that they don't want any trades…
NHL Rumors: Sharks, Oilers, Flyers, Flames, Canucks and Maple Leafs
On the San Jose Sharks ... Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: There is nothing new to report and will likely be quiet until after the expansion draft with regards to free agents Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. The Sharks…