Quick Hits: Laich, Bettman and Sabres Coaching Staff
Dan Rose of NHL.com: Capitals Brooks Laich was finally able to get back on the ice yesterday. "Now when I step on the ice I feel completely free as opposed to very limited, like the last two years," Laich told…
NHL Rumors: Bissonnette, Staal, Del Zotto and the Sharks
Alex Prewitt of the Washington Post: UFA Paul Bissonnette's agent said that the Capitals are one of "five or six teams" that have some level of interest in him. “Right now he’s just looking for a good organization where he…
NHL Rumors III: Treliving Talks Flames … Trotz Talks Second Line Center
Aaron Vickers of Flames.nhl.com: Flames GM Brad Treliving on their current roster. “One of the things that help you improve is creating internal competition at all positions. You look at our team right now. We’ve got some young forwards that…
NHL Rumors II: Braun, Leafs, Spaling, Stoa and Nelson
Kevin Kurz of CSN Bay Area: The Sharks have started contract extension talks with Justin Braun, though nothing is imminent. “Nothing yet. We will be talking more later in the month after Justin’s wedding,” Neil Sheehy said via email. Braun…
Salary Cap Outlook – The Metropolitan Division
Continuing on from where we left off with the Atlantic Division, it’s now time to take a look at the cap situations of the other Eastern Conference teams in the Metropolitan (what a weird name) Division. *All figures according to…
NHL Rumors I: KHL Option, Mueller, Leafs, Red Wings and Analytics
Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Capitals coach Barry Trotz has been accused in the past of clashing with players from Russia. The Caps have three Russians, including Alex Ovechkin. Trotz has said that he'll have to sit down with Ovechkin…
The Offseason “Losers” So Far Are ….
Written by Greg Stamper, who can be found on twitter @g_stamp91. In part one of this article (which can be found here) we took a look at some of the teams that were blessed with a solid offseason and deserved their…
NHL Rumors III: Friedman’s Final Thoughts of the Summer
Elliotte Friedman: Teams could be eyeing Coyotes Antoine Vermette, who has one year left on his deal. GM Don Maloney would like to sign to an extension.Have to think Ryan O'Reilly will follow Paul Stastny out of town. There is…
NHL Rumors II: Capitals, Blackhawks, Oilers and Predators
Chuck Gormley of CSN Washington: Speculation out of Detroit that they are looking at Capitals right-handed Dman Mike Green. The Capitals could use a second line center, and head coach Barry Trotz has spoken highly of Gustav Nyquist. The Caps would…
NHL Rumors III: Sharks, Dmen That Could Be Available and Kulikov
David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Despite saying that the Sharks on in a "rebuild phase," GM Doug Wilson still wants to win. "I never lowered the expectations of making the playoffs, because we're still a very good…
NHL Injuries: Crosby, Hertl and Wilson
Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Penguins Sidney Crosby will have arthroscopic surgery on his right wrist in the next few days after therapy on it could not fix the problem. Source said that Crosby "did play with a terrible wrist"…
NHL Rumors III: Trade Candidates, Wings, Green, Brodeur, Hayes and Pokka
Tim Kavanagh of ESPN: Top centers that are rumored to be on the trade block: 1. Vincent Lecavalier 2. Ryan Johansen - there is the unlikely scenario that due to the stalled contract talks that teams may call to see…