Rumors and Notes II: Capitals, Red Wings, and Peverley
Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Braden Holtby and Marcus Johansson have arbitration hearings set for July 23rd and 29th with the Capitals. “Nothing to comment on at this point other than we are preparing for the arbitration hearing on July…
Rumors II: Capitals and NHL Expansion
Alex Prewitt of the Washington Post: The Capitals had been looking to find a No. 2 center for awhile, but early offseason thoughts have them thinking that Evgeny Kuznetsov could fill that hole. UFAs Eric Fehr's third line center role…
Rumors I: Oduya, Devils, Capitals and Flyers
Chris Hine of the Chicago Tribune: Johnny Oduya's agent Don Meehan confirmed yesterday that Oduya won't be returning to the Blackhawks. The Sabres are thought to be front-runners in signing him. Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News: The Stars,…
Rumors I: Arbitration Dates Set – Preds and Caps Work To Sign RFAs
Adam Vingan of the Tennessean: The arbitration hearing dates for Predators RFAs Colin Wilson, Craig Smith and Taylor Beck have been scheduled, but those dates may not be needed. "It's just a process," Poile said after the final day of…
Rumors and Notes: Capitals, Flames, Untouchables, and the Flyers
Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Braden Holtby's agent, David Kaye, said that there is "nothing to report" in a text with regards to contract talks with Capitals GM Brian MacLellan. Two weeks ago, MacLellan said that he made a "huge"…
Rumors III: Friedman Roundup
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: There are still some useful free agents available - Brad Boyes, Christian Ehrhoff, Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, Cody Franson, Curtis Glencross, Jim Slater, Lee Stempniak and Scottie Upshall. “I think you’re going to see some good…
Rumors I: Canucks, Leafs and Blues
Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province: The Canucks trading Kevin Bieksa was a no-brainer. The trading of Zack Kassian was needed for both sides. With no apparent interest in re-signing Shawn Matthias last year, the Canucks should have traded him…
Rumors II: Kuznetsov, Galchenyuk, Boedker and Stewart
Chuck Gormley: Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov said that they had talked about a longer contract, but they settled on a two-year deal. On a longer deal: 'We'll see later.' David Pagnotta: There isn't much of an update on Alex Galchenyuk and…
Rumors and Notes: Boedker, Stars, Oilers, and Arbitration List
Craig Morgan of Fox Sports Arizona: Coyotes Mikkel Boedker filed for salary arbitration yesterday, with Coyotes having the option to select either one- or two-years. Agent Jarrett Bousquet and GM Don Maloney have been having contract talks for about three months. "When…
Trade: Blues Send Oshie to Capitals for Brouwer, Prospect and Pick
The St. Louis Blues have traded T.J. Oshie to the Washington Capitals for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley and a 2016 3rd round pick. The 28-year old Oshie was drafted 24th overall in the first round of the 2005 draft by…
Rangers III: Nash, Voracek, Sharp, Grabner, Fehr and More
On the Rangers and Nash ... Know there was some talk about Rick Nash in the last few weeks. His full no-trade ended today but sounds like NYR keeping him.— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 1, 2015 On the Flyers ...…
Rumors XV: Shattenkirk, Tarasenko, Yandle, Richards, Ward and Ladd
On Kevin Shattenkirk ... Spoke w/Kevin Shattenkirk's agent Jordan Neumann who says there's no truth that Shattenkirk is being dealt.— Craig Custance (@CraigCustance) July 1, 2015 On the Blue Jackets and Shattenkirk ... They could easily put together a package.…