Tag: Washington Capitals

The Top 10 Worst NHL Contracts

Every year teams sign players to contracts that are awful. It’s the nature of the business, sometimes you have to take a gamble to try to improve your team, and sometimes, those gambles backfire drastically. For my list, the likes…

Greg Stamper

NHL Rumors: Kevin Hayes and the 2015 Winter Classic

Joe Haggerty of CSNNE: Source confirms that the Bruins have interest in UFA Kevin Hayes. Hayes is looking for a situation where he could compete for an NHL roster spot this season. That wouldn't happen in Chicago. Jarome Iginla and…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors II: Johansen, Brodeur, Kane, Green, Ward, Tootoo, Selanne and Biznasty

Matt Larkin of the Hockey News: The Blue Jackets want to give RFA Ryan Johansen a bridge deal, but Larkin thinks they could end up regretting it. Citing P.K. Subban's bridge that may have cost the Canadiens an extra $2…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Flyers, Bissonnette, Malone, DeKeyser and Staal

Randy Miller of NJ.com: (questions for Flyers GM Ron Hextall from twitter)Hextall on if he sees any more moves before the start of the season, lots of Zach Bogosian rumors out there: "Ah, that's hard question to answer. You never know…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Flyers, Bissonnette, Malone, DeKeyser and Staal

Randy Miller of NJ.com: (questions for Flyers GM Ron Hextall from twitter)Hextall on if he sees any more moves before the start of the season, lots of Zach Bogosian rumors out there: "Ah, that's hard question to answer. You never know…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Methot, Bissonnette, Isles, Holland and Weber

Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators defenseman Marc Methot is scheduled to become a UFA at the season. They had been talking about a contract extension, but they are at a stalemate, so don't expect a long-term deal anytime…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors: Johansen, Bissonnette and Hextall on the Cap

Aaron Portzline: RFA forward Ryan Johansen has two- and four-year offers for the Blue Jackets on the table. There hasn't been much talk between the two sides lately. The Blue Jackets don't want to a four-year deal as it would…

Mark Easson

NHL News: Ovechkin and Hextall on Del Zotto

Dmitry Chesnokov of Yahoo! Sports: Alex Ovechkin in an interview: His injury at the World Championship, “A knee ligaments tear.” He continued playing in the tournament: “We did some X-rays, sent them to Washington. At first I thought: ‘That’s it.…

Mark Easson

NHL Rumors II: Wild, Sens, Hawks, Caps, Selanne and Pens

Craig Custance of ESPN: (mailbag) The health of Niklas Backstrom and Josh Harding may leave Darcy Kuemper as their number one. A bit of risk, but carried the team for stretches last season. Custance thinks the Senators waited too long…

Mark Easson

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…

Mark Easson

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…

Mark Easson

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…

Mark Easson