Tag: Winnipeg Jets

The latest rumors, news and injury notes involving the Winnipeg Jets. From free agent speculation to trade rumors, we got you covered.

Rumors I: Landing Spots for Kane, Oilers, Kings, Leafs and Lightning

Mike Johnston of Sportsnet: Seven potential trade destinations for Evander Kane and potential trade chips. 1. Penguins - Kasperi Kapanen, Nick Spaling, Beau Bennett, Blake Comeau, Scott Harrington2. Ducks - Matt Beleskey, Jakob Silfverberg, Devante Smith-Pelly, Nick Ritchie, Emerson Etem,…

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Rumors IV: Evander Kane and Who Might Be Interested

Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press: Evander Kane's agent said that they have talked to GM Kevin Cheveldayoff about Kane playing elsewhere. "It’s something that Kevin and Evander have addressed multiple times in the past several years, and I’ll…

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Video: Evander Kane’s Agent and Paul Maurice Talk About Kane

Ken Wiebe: Evander Kane's agent, Craig Oster, said that Kane will have shoulder surgery in the next day or two. The injury dates back to last season and has got worse over time. Oster on Kane: "He's playing through a…

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Rumors IV: Kane Needs Surgery and the Rumors Around Him

BREAKING: Darren Dreger: Evander Kane will be out four to six months as he needs shoulder surgery. Will scare most teams away, but not all of them. Jason Brough: Jets Blake Wheeler: "We're expected to uphold a certain standard...if you don’t…

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Rumors VI and Videos: Evander Kane and the Jets

4:20 PM: Renaud Lavoie: "1) Jets Evander Kane was in a track suite because he thought the team meeting was at the team hotel and not a the arena. 2) When he realized the meeting was at the Arena he…

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Rumors I: Kane, Neil, Fisher, Ribeiro, Santorelli and Clifford

Andy Strickland: Jets Evander Kane was scratched for violation of the teams dress code and wearing a track suit to the arena. Bob McKenzie: Said before the season that this has to be year that the Jets and Evander Kane…

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Rumors III: Friedman Roundup

Elliotte Friendman of Sportsnet: Jets Evander Kane was scratched from last night's game which was in his hometown. Jets coach Paul Maurice didn't say it was injury related. Sabres Cody Hodgson was benched last Friday. If the Sabres were to…

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Rumors II: Red Wings, Jets, Canadiens and Capitals

Craig Custance of ESPN: Red Wings GM Ken Holland. “I’m not going to pay a price to bring in someone to be a sixth or seventh defenseman or bottom-six forward,” Holland said when we chatted over the weekend. Dylan Larkin…

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Top 25 2015 NHL Free Agents

You may not agree with our rankings, but here is our initial 2015 Top 25 NHL free agent list. In creating this list we took into consideration factors such as players age, position, injury history, likelihood of signing with another team,…

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Injuries: Shattenkirk, Hall, Hanzal, Severson, Eriksson plus more

St. Louis Blues: Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk will undergo abdominal surgery in the next seven to 10 days, and then will be week-to-week. Joanne Ireland: Oilers Taylor Hall re-aggravated his bruised bone that had kept him out for the previous three…

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Morning Hits: Waivers, Declining the White House and Injuries

Pierre LeBrun: The Lightning put goaltender Evgeni Nabokov on waivers. Matt Baker: Lightning GM Steve Yzerman:  "We didn’t feel it was right for Evgeni or the team to kind of keep him here if he’s not going to play." Yzerman…

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Rumors I: Vermette, Winnik, O’Reilly, Legwand and the Canucks

TSN's Insider Trading: Bob McKenzie: Coyotes Antoine Vermette is the hottest commodity on the market with Ducks, Blackhawks, Avalanche, Canadiens, Rangers, Senators and Blues showing some level of interest. The price keeps going up. The Coyotes could likely get a…

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