Extension talks to start for some pending restricted free agents Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: From understanding, the New York Islanders and the agent for Mathew Barzal, J.P. Barry, have already established that they’d like to have contract extension talks this fall. Barzal’s numbers so far have him between Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. That
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The Bruins, Krug and Coyle have started contract extension talks Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports: After a not having contract extension talks with the Boston Bruins this past offseason, defenseman Torey Krug seems little relieved that negotiations have started. “It’s exciting. Now that we’re in the regular season I don’t want to talk too much
DALLAS — Brett Ritchie scored on his first shift against his former team barely a minute into the game and the Boston Bruins opened defence of their Eastern Conference title with a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Danton Heinen had a power-play goal in the first period and Tuukka Rask made
The Delaware North Group that owns both the Boston Bruins and their home arena TD Garden is completing a major $100-million expansion on the arena. The 50,000 square foot expansion has encompassed many areas of the venue including the upper and lower bowl seating. Boston’s iconic Black and Gold seats had been replaced with an
Petrovic could get a deal from the Bruins Jim Matheson: There is the sense that the Boston Bruins could sign PTO defenseman Alex Petrovic to a two-way deal. He would get a good amount of money if he’s on their AHL team. Canucks could move Virtanen James (@Account4hockey): Chris Johnston said on Sportsnet 650 on
Jake DeBrusk sees the RFA template via McAvoy and Carlo Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports Boston: Jake DeBrusk saw what the future may hold for him as far as his next contract (likely next summer). The eventual restricted free agent sees other comparables as well. Brock Boeser and Travis Konecny are the two most looked
Penguins probably won’t be negotiating with Murray and Schultz in-season Rob Rossi of The Athletic: Both Alex Galchenyuk and Justin Schultz will be unrestricted free agents after this season. Restricted free agents for the Pittsburgh Penguins will include Matt Murray, Marcus Pettersson, Jared McCann, Dominik Kahun and Dominik Simon. That group of seven carries a
The Boston Bruins are going to need to make a decision soon with regards to forward Peter Cehlarik. If it feels like that statement has been repeated for years, that’s because it has been. In fact, it’s felt that way since Cehlarik got his first taste of NHL action during the 2016-17 season, playing in
MONTREAL — Jake Evans scored late in the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night in the first NHL pre-season game for both teams. Who Scored? Artturi Lehkonen and Nate Thompson scored for the Canadiens in the first period and Nick Cousins added
Bruins RFAs a “work in progress” Conor Ryan: Boston Bruins GM Don Sweeney said yesterday that there is no new updates on contract talks between Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo. Sweeney said it’s still a “work in progress.” What could RNH be worth? Jim Matheson: Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is entering the final year
Zach Werenski deal blueprint for Charlie McAvoy, Brandon Carlo deals? Joe Haggerty of NBC Sports Boston: The new trend of “bridge deals” is this third-year kicker. We have seen it with the Pavel Zacha and Zach Werenski deals. Year 1 and Year 2 were a hair lower with the contract year boost. The other parts
On McAvoy and Provorov after Werenski signing (three years, $15 million) Bob McKenzie: Tweet thread. “Nothing imminent on the Charlie McAvoy (BOS) or Ivan Provorov (PHI) RFA deals but with camp opening this week, and CBJ signing Zach Werenski to a three-year, $15M deal today, expectation is talks on McAvoy and Provorov will heat up
Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson is still without a contract as training camp is set to begin later this week. A source said on Saturday that a deal could get done in the next three to four days. Pettersson has his visa ready and just needs to get a
© James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports Bruins and Krug haven’t talked extension Mike Zeisberger of NHL.com: Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug is entering the final year of his contract. He’d like to remain in Boston but so far contract extension talks have been “nonexistent.” “Nope, nothing,” Krug said at the NHL Player Media Tour on Thursday
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs and Marner … Bruins and McAvoy © Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports Maple Leafs and Marner closing in on a bridge deal? Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas had been hoping to have Mitch Marner re-signed by July. thinks they will get
© Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports The Charlie McAvoy waiting game… Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic: No player wants to wait and play the “chicken game” with management. Unfortunately, the RFA jam-up has caused too many players to have to sit and wait until September at best. The defenseman appears headed toward a post-entry bridge
© Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports Vancouver Canucks GM Jim Benning was on Sportsnet 650 talking about Loui Eriksson, their salary cap situation, Brock Boeser, and a first round draft pick Sportsnet 650: Benning on forward Loui Eriksson: “I had conversations with Loui. At one point in the summer we had conversations with teams to see
The Boston Bruins have been one of the best teams in the NHL’s salary-cap era. They’ve been to the Stanley Cup Final three times, winning once, and have made the playoffs in all but four of the 14 salary-cap seasons. You can bet they’ll be there again this season, but the end of their reign