July 1. One of the most enjoyable, exciting, and nerve-racking days of the calendar year. For many, July 1 marks the unofficial start of the summer and Canada Day, a national holiday in Canada. However, in the hockey world, July 1 marks the start of NHL Free Agency, more commonly referred to as Free Agent
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Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: There could be some news on Justin Williams by the end of the weekend. Chip Alexander: Carolina Hurricanes coach Rob Brind’Amour said he didn’t know if Williams was coming back but added: “I would welcome him back. It would be nice to see.” Teams are now eligible to sign contract extensions
© Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports Notes on Barrie, Tanev and Labanc Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Now Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tyson Barrie could be looking for $8 million per season on his next deal. The Colorado Avalanche weren’t going to go that high for him. Barrie is sixth overall in scoring for defensemen the past
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
report this ad The battle of Ontario had a ceasefire on Canada Day, with the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs making another multi-player trade. The centrepiece of the trade was swapping right-handed defencemen Cody Ceci and Nikita Zaitsev. However, Ottawa gained an underrated and valuable player in right-winger Connor Brown. At 25 years old,
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, and forwards Connor Brown and Michael Carcone to the Ottawa Senators for defensemen Cody Ceci and Ben Harpur, forward Aaron Luchuk and a 2020 3rd round pick (Columbus Blue Jackets). Thoughts from the media Ken Warren: “The Zaitsev-Ceci deal is a good hockey trade for the
© John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports Maple Leafs listening to trade offers on several players Darren Dreger: The Toronto Maple Leafs are telling teams that they are willing to listen to trade offers for Kasperi Kapanen and Nazem Kadri. If they traded Kapanen, they would need to get a defenseman back. They would need to
© Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports A fit between the Oilers and Canucks involving Lucic and Eriksson? TSN: Darren Dreger on if there could be a fit between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks with regards to Milan Lucic and Loui Eriksson. Oilers new coach Dave Tippett had Eriksson in Dallas for three seasons. Lucic does
Home NHL Free Agents NHL Rumors: Top 20 Trade Candidates … Top 30 Free Agents © James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports Top 20 NHL trade candidates Craig Custance of The Athletic: Looking at the top 20 NHL trade candidates a couple of weeks away from the NHL draft. 1. Jacob Trouba – Jets2. P.K. Subban
Leafs could use some help on the PK Luke Fox of Sportsnet: The Toronto Maple Leafs could stand to improve their penalty kill. Two of their top four most used penalty killers could be on their way out of town. Defenseman Ron Hainsey is a UFA and forward Connor Brown is in the rumor mill.
Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports Wild looking to make moves Michael Russo of The Athletic: Minnesota Wild GM Paul Fenton continues to look to remake the Wild. He cleared some cap space at the trade deadline and there is talk that trade chatter is increasing. Sources are saying the Wild are dangling Jason Zucker again. If
Ways to help out the Toronto Maple Leafs salary cap situation Luke Fox of Sportsnet: Looking at five ways that Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas could help alleviate some of their salary cap issues. 1. Let their free agents walk – pending UFAs include Jake Gardiner, Ron Hainsey, Tyler Ennis, and Martin Marincin. Igor
Dubas has authority too… John Shannon: Multiple sources have confirmed that Kyle Dubas has the authority to fire coach Mike Babcock and he doesn’t need to get approval from the Board. KHL … possibly one coming and one going Kevin McGran: KHL free agent forward Ilya Mikheyev is leaning towards either the Toronto Maple Leafs