Rumors: Panthers, Capitals, Lightning and Islanders
Saturday Night Headlines ... Sportnet: Elliotte Friedman: The Panthers have begun contract extension talks with Aleksander Barkov, likely six- to eight-years. A couple sources said that if Capitals defenseman Brook Orpik is out long-term, should check out their interest in Jets…
Rumors: Hurricanes and Panthers
On the Carolina Hurricanes and Eric Staal ... Bob McKenzie of TSN: Hurricanes GM Ron Francis and the agent for captain Eric Staal, Rick Curran, spoke on the phone yesterday about the pending unrestricted free agent.Neither side would comment on…
Morning Hits: Top 25 UFAs, Diving, Byfuglien, Canucks and Waivers
Kevin Allen of the USA Today: Top 25 potential unrestricted free agents: 1. Johnny Boychuk (NYI) 2. Marc Staal (NYR) 3. Christian Ehrhoff (PIT) 4. Carl Soderberg (BOS) 5. Mike Green (WSH) 6. Antoine Vermette (ARI) 7. Cody Franson (TOR)…
Rumors II: Hurricanes, Panthers, Avs, Kings, Blues and Oilers
Chip Alexander of the Charlotte Observer: Hurricanes coach Bill Peters. "We're not going to get bigger overnight but that's definitely an objective of ours, to get bigger." Hurricanes GM Ron Francis continues to look for ways to improve his team. "It's…
NHL Rumors III: Jason Spezza – Panthers, Blues, Ducks, Flames, Predators,
Harvey Fialkov of the Sun Sentinel: Bruce Garrioch said that Jason Spezza would waive his no-trade clause for 10 teams, including the Panthers. Spezza is the prototypical center that GM Dale Tallon craves. The need for a center is low…