Month: June 2019

report this ad In our second installment of the NHL rumor rundown on the day before free agency, there are updates surrounding the Tampa Bay Lightning, Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks when it comes to Joe Pavelski. There is news on what the buyout of Andrej Sekera means for the Edmonton Oilers moving forward.
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The Calgary Flames announced today that they have signed forward Alan Quine to a one-year, two-way contract extension. Quine, 26, notched 19 goals and 33 assists for 52 points in 41 games with the AHL’s Stockton Heat in 2018-19, ranking third in the AHL in points per game (1.27). He also appeared in 13 NHL
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report this ad The Calgary Flames went into the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver hoping to improve their team and potentially add some draft picks. They didn’t make any trades to add selections, but they didn’t trade any away and ended up selecting five players over the weekend. Jakob Pelletier was selected by the Calgary
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report this ad Phil Kessel has been traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Arizona Coyotes. Details of the trade are that the Penguins will receive forward Alex Galchenyuk, and defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph in exchange for Kessel, defenseman Dane Birks and a fourth-round pick. No salary was retained in the deal. Kessel spent the past
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GLENDALE, ARIZ.—The Pittsburgh Penguins traded high-scoring winger Phil Kessel to the Arizona Coyotes for centre Alex Galchenyuk on Saturday night. Minor league defenceman Pierre-Oliver Joseph also will go to Pittsburgh. The Coyotes get minor-league defenceman Dane Birks and a 2021 fourth-round draft pick. The 31-year-old Kessel had 27 goals and 55 assists with the Penguins
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According to multiple reports, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators have a deal in place to swap blueliners Nikita Zaitsev and Cody Ceci. The tentative deal is not expected to be announced before July 1, when Toronto pays out Zaitsev’s $3 million signing bonus. Toronto may also be adding other assets to complete the trade. TOR and
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The Carolina Hurricanes announced today that the team has mutually parted ways with Mike Vellucci, their assistant general manager/director of hockey operations and Charlotte Checkers head coach. “I’m thankful for my time with the Hurricanes organization,” said Vellucci. “We created some great memories in Charlotte, including winning the franchise’s first Calder Cup and bringing the first championship
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report this ad It’s no secret that, after years of being touted as owning one of the league’s deepest prospect pools, the Arizona Coyotes now lack high-end offensive talent in the organization. The club’s scoring woes, which kept the team out the playoffs despite allowing the fifth-fewest goals in the league, were well-documented last season.
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report this ad In today’s second installment of the NHL rumor rundown, there is news out of Buffalo that acquiring Colin Miller might mean falling dominoes, the Maple Leafs have two teams hot after free agent defenseman Jake Gardiner and the Devils haven’t spoken with Taylor Hall. There are teams interesting in Brian Boyle and
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