© James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports Blues-Maroon still not out of the question Ben Frederickson: St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong said that Joel Edmundson would be signed by afternoon. Patrick Maroon and the Blues are still on each other’s radar. There is no update on Ivan Barbashev yet. Wild interview two potential GMs Michael Russo
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Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: Sabres Buyout Window, Broeser Wants $7 Million, And The Blackhawks… © Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports Will the Sabres use their second buyout window? Lance Lysowski: The Buffalo Sabres now have another buyout window that will be opening up. GM Jason Botterill usually doesn’t like to go that round, but
Last summer, Buffalo Sabres’ defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen pushed his body to higher levels of strength and cardio conditioning by flipping tires. This summer, he’s the focal point of trade speculation as several teams continue to “kick the tires” in terms of his availability. Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen’s name has been swirling in trade rumors for
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: Wild GM Candidates … Buffalo Sabres Notes on Gusev, Gardiner… © Kevin Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports Some Minnesota Wild GM candidates Michael Russo: The Minnesota Wild didn’t end up meeting with Ron Hextall yesterday about their general manager opening. Sources did say that they are close to setting up an
© Kevin Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports Rangers need to move some salary Colin Stephenson of Newsday: The New York Rangers second buyout window opens up on Monday. The Rangers are now over the salary cap ceiling and will need to move some salary. They also have two remaining restricted free agents in Tony DeAngelo and forward
© Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Top 10 ‘untradeable’ NHL contracts Ken Campbell of The Hockey News: The ‘bad’ contracts of Milan Lucic, James Neal, and David Clarkson have been traded over the past week or so. Taking a look at the top 10 contracts that have four or more seasons remaining that may be untradeable.
© Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports What can Edmonton get for Milan Lucic and Jesse Puljujarvi? Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic: It is not automatic that Milan Lucic stays in Edmonton this season. Lucic owed just $16 million of actual money as opposed to $24 million salary cap-wise ($6 million AAV). Several teams have looked into
© Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Eriksson buyout offered little savings as Benning tries to find someone to take entire cap hit Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet: The almost 34-year old Loui Eriksson has already received $27 million over the first three years of the six-year, $36 million deal. He’s still an NHL player, but the third-fouth
© Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defenseman Henri Jokiharju to the Buffalo Sabres for forward Alex Nylander. The 20-year old Jokiharju was drafted 29th overall in the first round of the 2017 draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. The 21-year old Nylander was drafted 8th overall in the first round of the
© Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports On why Pavelski over Zuccarello … Potential deadline need … Stars could move Honka this offseason Mike Heika of NHL.com: (mailbag) Believe that the term given to Joe Pavelski, along with being able to keep their 2020 first-round pick and the long run fit was why they went with Pavelski
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: The Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs © John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports The Buffalo Sabres have a little more flexibility after signing Johansson Lance Lysowski: The Buffalo Sabres gained some flexibility after signing forward Marcus Johansson. They have around $6.6 million in salary cap space and could revisit
Multiple teams thinking Marner offer sheet … Canadiens looking at Laine next? David Pagnotta: The New York Islanders and Montreal Canadiens are among the multiple teams that are considering sending Mitch Marner an offer sheet. The Islanders are serious about it. The Canadiens may be more focused on Winnipeg Jets forward Patrick Laine. Now it’s
report this ad BUFFALO, N.Y. — Realizing how difficult it is to lure free agents to Buffalo, Sabres general manager Jason Botterill has spent the past two-plus years relying on trades to stock his roster with established talent. It happened two years ago, when he acquired defenceman Marco Scandella from Minnesota. Botterill did it once
© James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports Teams calling Hurricanes hinting at an Aho offer sheet Pierre LeBrun: “According to sources, Carolina got calls from 3 different teams today on Sebastian Aho, hinting at an offer sheet. The ‘Canes told them they would match any offer sheet. Carolina did tell them they would entertain trade conversation. Believe
The Buffalo Sabres to add a former Flame Chris Johnston: It’s sounding like the Buffalo Sabres will be signing Curtis Lazar to a one-way contract. The Calgary Flames didn’t qualify him. GM Botterill won’t comment on Ristolainen and if there was a trade request Lance Lysowski: Sabres GM Jason Botterill wouldn’t say if defenseman Rasmus
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
© Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports The New Devils and Taylor Hall not talking yet Luke Fox: Taylor Hall said that there have been no contract talks with New Jersey Devils GM Ray Shero. He is eligible to sign a contract extension on July 1st, but Hall said that neither side is in a rush to
© Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports The Vegas Golden Knights have traded defenseman Colin Miller to the Buffalo Sabres for a 2021 2nd round pick (St. Louis) and a 2022 5th round pick. (pending trade call – Bob McKenzie) The 26-year old right-handed defenseman was drafted 151st overall in the 5th round of the 2012