Hughes would like to remove St. Louis’ interim tag TSN: Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes on interim head coach Martin St. Louis and where he’d like to see him. “Well, I’d like to see him part of the Montreal Canadiens organization for the long term, and remove the interim tag, if that’s the question you’re
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Devils not into Dvorak and looking for goaltending Jimmy Murphy: Confirming that the New Jersey Devils are not interested in Montreal Canadiens forward Christian Dvorak. Jim Biringer: Frank Seravalli said on the Daily Faceoff Show that the New Jersey Devils are looking for goaltending. The Devils appear to have fallen out of live with Mackenzie
Top-six winger options for the Penguins Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now: The Pittsburg Penguins should be looking for a middle-six winger ahead of the trade deadline. Forward Jason Zucker has been out since January 25th and there is no timetable on his potential return. He wasn’t lighting it up before his injury with 6
Arthur Staple of The Athletic: Some potential trade targets for the New York Rangers. Rickard Rakell – pending UFA – If the Rangers aren’t able to land Canucks J.T. Miller, Rakell could be one top-six winger the Rangers look at. Rakell is familiar with Mike Zibanejad. It may not cost a first-round pick for Rakell.
Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff: Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser has been scoring more since Bruce Boudreau took over, but there is the sense that they are not sold that he is worth his qualifying offer this offseason. J.T. Miller could stay and the Canucks move Boeser to create some salary cap flexibility. Could New
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there’s talk about which defenseman the Anaheim Ducks might move. The Chicago Blackhawks have a popular player in Brandon Hagel, but are they going to trade him? The Toronto Maple Leafs are interested in a few players that may not be available and the Vancouver Canucks might prefer to move
Jim Rutherford and the Urgency of Trades? Scott Burnside of The Daily Faceoff (interview): With the trade deadline a little over a month away, focus turns to the Vancouver Canucks. Particularly, Jim Rutherford gets the spotlight and rightfully so. Rutherford said some interesting things as the Canucks approach March 21st. This was telling. It’s more
The Latest On The Vancouver Canucks and Brock Boeser Thomas Drance and Rick Dhaliwal of The Athletic: With the Vancouver Canucks’ front office set, trade discussions and chatter have picked up. One sticky subject is Brock Boeser and for good reason. His bridge deal was backloaded where Boeser’s qualifying offer would be $7.5 million. That’s
Some pending UFAs who could be on the move Dan Rosen of NHL.com: Pending UFAs that might find themselves available ahead of the trade deadline include Claude Giroux, Marc-Andre Fleury, Tomas Hertl, Phil Kessel, Joe Pavelski and John Klingberg. Giroux holds the hammer on if he’ll be traded for not. If Fleury wants to be traded, the Washington Capitals, Colorado
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, while some teams are going to be looking for full-time coaches this season and this summer, other teams are going to look to extend the contracts for coaches they currently employ. Meanwhile, there is a lot of talk surrounding Tuukka Rask and whether a contract with the Boston Bruins is
The big news for the Vancouver Canucks this past week was the signing of the team’s two RFAs – Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson. As well, a number of players were put on waivers and there’s the case of defenseman Travis Hamonic, who’s given the team word that he was not opting out of the
The first few drafts of the 2010s were not particularly kind to the Vancouver Canucks when it came to first-round picks. Though, once Jim Benning took over as general manager, their luck seemed to change. Since 2014, they have made seven first-round selections, and only three of them are not on the roster right now.
The Vancouver Canucks started the 2020-21 season without J.T. Miller, their leading scorer from last season. Miller is ruled out for the season-opening road trip due to a false positive COVID-19 test. The NHL has agreed with health officials that players will travel on team flights and not commercially or privately. The Canucks will be
The 2020-21 NHL season is upon us, and the Vancouver Canucks start the season with a back-to-back against the Edmonton Oilers. After the team’s performance in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, expectations are higher than last season. Multiple players will be expected to take the next step in their development, while others will fall out
The Vancouver Canucks are going to have to unload some salary in the coming months whether it be in exchange for some more budget-friendly contracts or even just prospects and draft picks. They have a number of assets that could be of interest to other teams, including some veterans and developing prospects. It has been
Now that the dust has settled on a great 2020 Stanley Cup Playoff run by the New York Islanders, it’s time to look at will get them to the Final next season. It’s no secret that although the Islanders are great at keeping the puck out of their own net, they have a hard time
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news that Montreal Canadiens prospect Cole Caufield might be headed overseas to play hockey. Meanwhile, in Detroit, Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard says he likely won’t be back with the team, but will he retire? The Vancouver Canucks deny any notion they’re trying to trade Brock Boeser, and
In the fist edition of Anaheim Ducks News & Rumors, I’ll look at the Ducks coming to an agreement with a new ECHL team, speculate whether the Ducks’ could be in on Brock Boeser, look at the plans surrounding OC Vibe and the NHL arena rankings, Troy Terry’s new extension, and how Trevor Zegras is