NHL Rumors: Free Agents – Butcher, Kerfoot, Byron and Clifton
On Will Butcher ... Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Source confirms that the Pittsburgh Penguins will be among the teams talking with free agent defenseman Will Butcher. The Penguins do have eight defensemen on one-way contracts for next season,…
NHL Rumors: Will Butcher – Devils, Sabres, Knights, Avs, Pens, Canucks, Oilers, and Canadiens
On Will Butcher ... Mike Chamber of the Denver Post: Source saying that at least the New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres and Vegas Golden Knights will be speaking with free agent Will Butcher today. There is still a chance that…
NHL Rumors: Avs and Zadorov … Will Butcher … Red Wings and Athanasiou
On the Colorado Avalanche ... Adrian Dater: There still isn't a deal done between the Colorado Avalanche and RFA defenseman Nikita Zadorov, but continues to maintain that it is just a formality. On Will Butcher ... Ted Kulfan of the…
NHL Rumors: Arizona Coyotes, Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings
On the Arizona Coyotes ... Craig Morgan: doesn't think the Coyotes will look to make a significant blue line addition until they get a better sense as to when Jakob Chychrun will return from his offseason training injury. On the…
NHL Rumors: Predators … Lightning and Kucherov … Butcher
On the Nashville Predators ... Adam Vingan of the Tennessean: With Mike Fisher retiring, the Predators will have Ryan Johansen, Nick Bonino, Calle Jarnkrok and Colton Sissons down the middle. Frederick Gaudreau is a possibility as well. The Predators will…
NHL Rumors: Jagr, Kucherov, Penguins and Butcher
On Jaromir Jagr and Nikita Kucherov ... Larry Brooks of the NY Post: notes that Jaromir Jagr was told after the season by the Florida Panthers that after the expansion draft he would be getting a contract offer from them.…
NHL Rumors: Will Butcher – Penguins and Canucks
On Will Butcher, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Vancouver Canucks ... Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Teams aren't able to talk to Butcher's camp until the 16th, with the Avs holding his rights until the 15th. Butcher's agent did say this…
NHL Rumors-Notes: Will Butcher – Avalanche, Stars, Maple Leafs and Devils
On the Colorado Avalanche and Will Butcher ... Adrian Dater of BSN Denver: Will Butcher has let the Avalanche know that he won't be signing with them and will become a UFA on August 15th. “We informed the Avalanche of…
NHL Rumors: Colorado Avalanche and the New York Islanders
On the Colorado Avalanche ... Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: (mailbag) Starting to think that Matt Duchene will start the year with the Avalanche. The Avs only have three defensemen signed right now and Duchene could land them a…
NHL Rumors: Thomas Vanek, Will Butcher and Karl Alzner
On the Detroit Red Wings and Thomas Vanek ... Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: The Detroit Red Wings and free agent winger Thomas Vanek remain in contact. A few teams have been in contact with the 33-year…
NHL Rumors: Philadelphia Flyers and Colorado Avalanche
On the Philadelphia Flyers ... Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Daily News: Defenseman Andrew MacDonald has three years left on his deal at a $5 million cap hit. The Flyers could make him expendable. Teams are calling Vegas GM Geoge…
NHL Expansion Draft: Colorado Avalanche Primer
Colorado, with a historically bad season in their rearview mirror faces a dilemma regarding Francois Beauchemin that critically impacts their strategy. Buying out the declining defenseman, or convincing him to waive his no movement clause, would count Beauchemin as exposed…